Bargaining Update No.9 | December 21, 2021
- Our ASEA Contract Negotiating Committee (CNC) met with the State of Alaska’s bargaining team on December 20, the sixth negotiating session. Day Two of the session, December 21, has been cancelled.
- After 3 months of meeting with the State’s negotiating team, even after the CNC proposed a monetary package on Article 19 (Health) and Article 21 (Wages) the State, again, was not prepared to discuss monetary terms.
- As announced during the last CNC worksite meeting, the State wants to do the following:
- Give the State the ability to contract out jobs regardless of cost
- Make seniority subject to whether your supervisor thinks you’re a good employee
- Eliminate automatic merit step increases
- Permit the State, at the Governor’s discretion, to furlough GGU members up to 10 days per contract year
- Join us for our next CNC Worksite Meeting on January 6, 2022 at 12 noon. Register at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsf-qvqDoqEtbAyPrR-deDuuWUlrXkfRbc - The next Bargaining Session will take place on January 6-7, 2022, and January 24-25, 2022, via Zoom. Start time will be 9:30 am on January 6. ASEA Members can register at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-GrrTsvE9f7tuXeaXUGtYAR5etu9oKg
ASEA members are eligible to observe contract negotiations with the State of Alaska (SOA). Registration is required to receive a link to the Zoom meeting. Participation is limited to Zoom connections only, no call-ins. Observers must remain muted but be prepared to introduce themselves.
ASEA and SOA adopted the following agreement related to negotiating sessions conducted by video or audio conferencing: Negotiating sessions will be administered in a way to prevent unauthorized participation. Each Chief Spokesperson will be responsible for providing access information to their respective participants. Any participant not willing to identify themselves, or who has no bona fide reason to be involved in the bargaining session, may be denied access by either party.
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- Visit the CNC webpage:afscmelocal52.org/CNC to contact the CNC members or obtain copies of this and future bargaining updates.