Bargaining Updates
2025 Contract Ratification Vote
It’s time for Research Coordinators and Consultants (CoCos) to vote on the tentative agreement to ratify our 2025 - 2026 contract! The wins in this tentative agreement are a direct outcome of our collective power demonstrated through our organizing and commitment to...
2025 Contract Ratification Notice
Earlier today we sent an update that we reached a tentative agreement with UW yesterday on our union contract for Research Coordinators and Consultants! Now it’s time for the entire unit to vote to ratify the contract! The ratification vote is your chance to approve...
Bargaining Update – Tentative Agreement Reached!
There’s a certain section of the population that knows what it’s like to deadlift 650lbs, or see the sunrise breaking over the mountains after a cold and rainy slog, or unknot the complexities of the perfect spice blend, the finished crochet project, or the last bug...
Bargaining Update – July 7th Recap
UW Research Coordinators and Consultants (CoCos) deserve a fair contract! Sign on to this letter demanding UW value the work we do with a fair contract and pay parity with Research Scientists and Engineers (RSEs), our fellow bargaining unit members. At our fourth...
Bargaining Update – UW Cancelled Bargaining Session
Next week marks some important events: the Fourth of July, the Start of the New Fiscal Year, and (we had hoped) an important CoCo event. We were expecting to have our own Fourth celebration (the 4th bargaining update), but UW canceled the bargaining session, delaying...
Bargaining Update – June 16th Recap
Dear Colleague, Another week, another Bargaining Session! UW Research Coordinators and Consultants (CoCos) met with UW administration for our third Bargaining Session on Monday, June 16th, and we made significant movement on several articles. Here’s a quick recap of...
Bargaining Update – June 9th Recap
Dear Colleague, UW Research Coordinators and Consultants participated in our second Bargaining Session with members of the UW administration earlier this week! The UW admin team was not ready and requested to caucus for the first 1.5 hours rather than begin at our...
It’s bargaining time! 🥊 💪 ☮️
Today, UW Research Coordinators and Consultants held our first Bargaining Session with members of UW administration’s bargaining team. Thanks to our majority support and unit’s engagement, our team was well prepared, and it was an overall success! We built our initial...