We introduced our economic proposals in today’s bargaining session. Your bargaining team took your feedback and priorities to heart, and brought forward a creative, comprehensive, and multi-faceted package that addresses several key issues including:
- Overall grid adjustments to help make our starting salaries competitive with our public sector peers,
- Structural changes in pursuit of equity and to recognize the practical day-to-day job duties,
- Recruitment flexibility, and
- Retention of institutional knowledge
We also introduced some new concepts to address work-related expenses and reduction of our carbon footprint.
We have been made well aware of the economic difficulties that we are competing with, but your bargaining team made a compelling argument for these improvements. This will not be an easy process, and your team will need you to take action to support their efforts.
You can start here – tell us your story: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/25-27-contract-quote
You can also send a text to the Governor’s office letting him know why economic respect is so important!
Text UNITED to 237263
We are back at the table in a couple of weeks and expect Management’s response to our proposal.
In Solidarity,
Alfredo Gonzalez
John Jaquish
Katie Christopherson
Evelyn Fielding Lopez
Kendra Sheedy
Christina Dallen
Becky Stephens, Labor Advocate
Jason Holland, Labor Advocate