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Labor Relations

Human Resource Services’ Labor Relations provides advice, guidance and direction to employees, supervisors and administrators on a wide range of Labor Relations and collective bargaining matters. The Labor Relations team manages the relationship between the University and its organized bargaining units and associated unions.

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Collective Bargaining

Select a representation from the following for details and related collective agreements:

Questions about agreements or the bargaining process? Review the comprehensive list of bargaining agreement related FAQs for answers and resources on the Unions page.

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Labor Relations

  • Review our Representation FAQs and Resources to help you make an informed decision about union representation
  • Department guidance for Unexpected Visitors in your workplace
  • In the state of Washington employees have the right to join or assist a labor organization, as well as the right to refrain from joining or assisting a labor organization. Understand your rights and responsibilities around Union Organizing
  • Glossary of Terms for labor relations and bargaining agreements
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What We Do

The Labor Relations team is responsible for managing:

  • Employee, supervisor and administrator labor relations questions
  • Addressing union organizing and employee representation matters
  • Contract/policy and procedure consultation, interpretation and administration
  • Collective bargaining
  • Grievance administration, investigation, mediation and arbitration
  • Labor/Management relations and meetings
  • Labor/Management informal conflict resolution
  • Administrator and management training
  • Union requests for information
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Contact Labor Relations

For general collective bargaining and labor relations questions, email the team at hrs.labor@wsu.edu.

If you are a represented employee and you have questions about your specific bargaining agreement, contact your union representative.

Answers to common questions can be found in our Bargaining Agreement FAQs.