Updated: August 7, 2024
On June 28, 2024, SEIU 925 filed two petitions with PERC (Public Employment Relations Commission) to represent:
- Professional staff employees who advise students or prospective students on financial aid funding for education, enrollment and admissions, academics and courses, career paths, and professional development
- Professional staff in Continuum College
For each petition, PERC will conduct an investigation to determine which of the petitioned-for job classes/titles should be in each unit. After the unit composition is determined for each unit, PERC may hold an election in which employees in the unit decide on union representation.
During the time between the filing of the petitions and the resolution of the question of union representation, Washington collective bargaining law requires UW to maintain a state of “dynamic status quo.” While UW may implement final decisions already made, UW must not make any decisions to change wages (i.e., retention adjustments, in-grade compensation changes, merit), hours (i.e., FTE changes) and working conditions (i.e., a schedule change, work location, or a material change in workload) for employees included the representation petitions until the question of union representation for those employees has been decided. The public policy underlying this legal requirement is that employees should vote without potentially being influenced by such changes.
To comply with the dynamic status quo rule, employees included in the two groups below will not be merit eligible, unless advised by Labor Relations:
1. Professional staff employees who advise students or prospective students on financial aid funding for education, enrollment and admissions, academics and courses, career paths, and professional development:
- The following job profiles using the Counseling of Students professional staff exemption are precluded from merit. Employees in these job codes will not be included on department merit files and will not receive merit.
| Job Code | Job Profile |
|---|---|
| 11349 | Academic Counselor – Lead (E S 8) |
| 19101 | Academic Counselor – Lead (NE S 8) |
| 11348 | Academic Counselor – Senior (E S 7) |
| 19102 | Academic Counselor – Senior (NE S 7) |
| 11347 | Academic Counselor (E S 6) |
| 19100 | Academic Counselor (NE S 6) |
| 11350 | Academic Counselor Lead – UAA (E S 8) |
| 19103 | Academic Counselor Lead – UAA (NE S 8) |
| 11351 | Academic Counselor Principal – UAA (E S 9) |
| 19104 | Academic Counselor Principal – UAA (NE S 9) |
| 11354 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (E S 7) |
| 11355 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (E S 8) |
| 11356 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (E S 9) |
| 19105 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (NE S 7) |
| 19106 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (NE S 8) |
| 19107 | Academic Services-Assistant Director (NE S 9) |
| 11366 | Academic Services-Associate Director (E S 10) |
| 11365 | Academic Services-Associate Director (E S 9) |
| 19109 | Academic Services-Associate Director (NE S 10) |
| 19108 | Academic Services-Associate Director (NE S 9) |
| 11362 | Academic Services-Director (E S 10) |
| 11363 | Academic Services-Director (E S 11) |
| 11360 | Academic Services-Director (E S 8) |
| 11361 | Academic Services-Director (E S 9) |
| 19112 | Academic Services-Director (NE S 10) |
| 21812 | Academic Services-Director (NE S 11) |
| 19110 | Academic Services-Director (NE S 8) |
| 19111 | Academic Services-Director (NE S 9) |
| 11376 | Counseling Services Coordinator (E S 6) |
| 11377 | Counseling Services Coordinator (E S 7) |
| 11378 | Counseling Services Coordinator (E S 8) |
| 19616 | Counseling Services Coordinator (NE S 6) |
| 19617 | Counseling Services Coordinator (NE S 7) |
| 19181 | Counseling Services Coordinator (NE S 8) |
| 11341 | Counselor (E S 6) |
| 19596 | Counselor (NE S 6) |
| 11343 | Counselor, Lead (E S 8) |
| 19184 | Counselor, Lead (NE S 8) |
| 11342 | Counselor, Senior (E S 7) |
| 21754 | Counselor, Senior (NE S 7) |
| 19595 | Counselor-Intern (NE S 5) |
| 19795 | Counselor-Student Services (NE S 5) |
| 19796 | Counselor-Student Services (NE S 6) |
| 11334 | Instructional Supervisor (E S 8) |
| 19246 | Instructional Supervisor (NE S 8) |
| 11333 | Study Skills Instructor (E S 7) |
| 11331 | Study Skills Instructor (E S 8) |
| 11332 | Study Skills Instructor (E S 9) |
| 19318 | Study Skills Instructor (NE S 7) |
| 19316 | Study Skills Instructor (NE S 8) |
| 19317 | Study Skills Instructor (NE S 9) |
| 19793 | Study Skills Tutor (NE S 5) |
- The University has employees performing student advising work in titles outside the Counseling of Students professional staff exemption. Departments must use the “Precluded – Position in Collective Bargaining” reason code for all employees performing student advising work, unless advised by Labor Relations. Awarding merit to an employee performing student advising work is a violation of status quo and may result in an overpayment.
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- For positions coded as “Precluded-Position in Collective Bargaining” due to performing student advising work, use the Additional Information from Unit column to indicate the approximate percentage of job responsibilities that would be reasonably described as advising students or prospective students on financial aid funding for education, enrollment and admissions, academics and courses, career paths, and professional development. Please work with managers to estimate these responsibilities and indicate the approximate percentage rounded to the nearest tenth percent (example: 10%, 20%, 30%, etc.)
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2. Professional staff in Continuum College
- Continuum College must use the “Precluded – Position in Collective Bargaining” reason code for all pro staff employees, unless advised by Labor Relations.