{"id":1160,"date":"2016-06-28T13:53:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T13:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/labor\/2016\/06\/28\/negotiations-recap-for-june-28-2016"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:22:43","slug":"negotiations-recap-for-june-28-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/2016\/06\/28\/negotiations-recap-for-june-28-2016","title":{"rendered":"Negotiations Recap for June 28, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recap summarizes the 27th bargaining session between the UW and the UWHA to form the first union contract for UW medical and dental residents and fellows (collectively called &#8220;Residents&#8221; below). The parties&#8217; mediator was unable to attend this session.<\/p>\n<h4>Synopsis<\/h4>\n<p>UW proposed further increases to Residents&#8217; pay and to the annual home call stipend for each Resident. UW also secured a commitment from Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital to observe the same holidays as UW (Harborview and UWMC) for Resident work assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The union delivered proposals focusing on pregnancy, and declined UW&#8217;s proposal to allow birth mothers to opt out of overnight work immediately pre- or post-partum. The union proposed a reverse dynamic, where such Residents would be automatically barred from working these shifts without prior physician approval. UW expressed concern over the potentially discriminatory nature of such a rule.<\/p>\n<h4>UW Proposals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Compensation<\/strong> &ndash; UW further expanded its proposed increases to Residents&#8217; pay, as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>First Year (effective after ratification):<\/strong> Recalibration of the stipend schedule with a 3 percent across-the-board increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Second Year:<\/strong> 3 percent across-the-board increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Third Year:<\/strong> 3 percent across-the-board increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Home Call Stipend<\/strong> &ndash; UW further expanded its proposed &#8220;home call stipend,&#8221; designed to recognize Residents&#8217; need to report to training sites on short notice, for upcoming academic years (AY) as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AY 2017:<\/strong> $900 annual lump sum payment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AY 2018:<\/strong> $1,100 annual lump sum payment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AY 2019:<\/strong> $1,100 annual lump sum payment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Holidays<\/strong> &ndash; UW proposed language memorializing Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital&#8217;s commitment to observe the same holidays as UW (Harborview and UWMC) for Resident work assignments.<\/p>\n<h4>Union Proposals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Maternity Leave<\/strong> &ndash; UWHA proposed four weeks of paid maternity leave, which Residents could supplement with other leave types for up to a total of five months off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Limitations<\/strong> &ndash; UWHA declined UW&#8217;s proposal to allow birth mothers to opt out of overnight shifts\/ in-house call during their last month of pregnancy and for two months post-partum. The union proposed reversing this model to an opt-in dynamic, whereby Residents during their third trimester of pregnancy or two months post-partum would be automatically precluded from working overnight call, unless an exception was granted by their physician.<\/p>\n<p>UW expressed concern that a model where Residents are treated differently because of their pregnancy status and must take concerted steps in order to retain a regular work schedule is paternalistic, and resembles discriminatory practices that have been deliberately outlawed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definitions<\/strong> &ndash; UWHA proposed adjustments and additions to UW&#8217;s proposed list defining terms used throughout the contract.<\/p>\n<h4>Next Steps<\/h4>\n<p>The next UW-UWHA bargaining mediation session is currently being determined by the parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recap summarizes the 27th bargaining session between the UW and the UWHA to form the first union contract for UW medical and dental residents and fellows (collectively called &#8220;Residents&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negotiation-update","union-uwha","duration-2016-2019"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"George Thomas, Jr.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/labor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}