Bargaining Update No.11 | January 24, 2022

• Our ASEA Contract Negotiating Committee (CNC) met with the State of Alaska’s bargaining team on January 24 for an eighth negotiating session.
• The State was not ready for further discussion on monetary proposals; therefore, the parties cancelled the 2^nd day of negotiations.
• Our CNC team and the State did Tentatively Agree (TA’d) to:
  • Article 9 Nonpermanent Employees
  • Article 11 Employment Status
  • Article 12 Layoff
  • Article 24 Holidays
  • Article 30 Travel, Per Diem and Moving
  • Article 32 Parking
  • Article 33 Protection of Rights
• ASEA members are encouraged to attend negotiations as observers, today we had approximately 40 members observing negotiations. Our CNC would like to encourage more members to observe our next bargaining session to show support for a better contract.
• A worksite meeting will be held on Friday, February 4, at 12 noon to provide updates on bargaining your next contract.
• The next two bargaining sessions will take place on Monday, February 7, and Monday, February 14, via Zoom. Start times will be 9:00 am.

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. 

pdf ASEA-SOA Bargaining Update No.11 (Jan. 24, 2022) (390 KB)