2023-2025 Contract Bargaining Updates
Your University of Washington Police Management contract has been ratified! The highlights of what we bargained include:
- Management agreed to repair or replace damaged uniforms & equipment
- Compensation for personal items damaged in the performance of your duties was increased to $200 an occurrence
- Mitigated legislative changes requiring retention of personnel records by utilizing the internal affairs file to retain sexual misconduct, suspension, reduction in salary, and involuntary demotions
- Added Juneteenth as a Holiday
- Added straight time for recharge if cancelled within 72 hours
- Defended against compensatory time takeaways
- Increased minimum rest time from 8 hours to 10 hours, unless mutually agreed upon or emergent need is declared by the Chief of Police
- Maintained 16.5% supervisory premium
- Place holder for COLA or Classification Specific adjustments resulting from Teamsters arbitration
- Increased Longevity Pay (adjustment to base compensation)
- - 3 years 1%
- - 5 years 3%
- - 10 years 5%
- - 15 years 6%
- - 20 years 8%
- - 25 years 10%
- Increased fitness incentive to $300.00
- Increased educational incentive:
- - Bachelor's Degree $1000
- - Advanced Degree $1200
- Detectives assigned to the Investigators Bureau will receive an additional 4% of base for all hours worked
- Sergeants and Lieutenants assigned to Bike Patrol shall receive an additional 3% of base while performing Bike Patrol duties
- Certified armorers shall receive a 4% increase to base compensation while performing maintenance and inventory
- Place holder for medical with the Healthcare Coalition Bargaining Table
- 60 Days following ratification members may agree to a $2000.00 retention payment if they commit to two-years of service to the University of Washington Police Department.
Your bargaining team consisted of:
Chris Jaross, Lt. University of Washington Police Department
Anthony Steward, Detective, University of Washington Police Department
Ton Johnson, WFSE Law Enforcement Labor Advocate / Chief Negotiator
Brandon Crawford, WFSE Labor Advocate / Legal Counsel
Congratulations on a great contract!