Today, the Public Employee Relations Commission found that the University of Washington committed an Unfair Labor Practice when it withheld scheduled pay increases from eligible advising staff . UW had been withholding scheduled raises only from employees who were trying to unionize. Advising staff have since voted overwhelming to form a union.
The decision by PERC orders UW to apply the scheduled 3% merit pay increase to all affected employees, retroactive to September 1, 2024. SEIU 925 estimates this to be close to $1.1 million in wages that UW should have paid to advising staff since September.