2021-24 Clark County contract ratified by members!

After tallying the votes, your 2021-2024 collective bargaining agreement (your contract) was approved by the membership!  

This was a major hurdle, and there is still a lot of work to do to get the bargaining cycle closed out and money into your paychecks. We will continue to provide updates as this work progresses.

Next steps include:

• HR is preparing the necessary ordinance for Council approval.
• Both parties are working towards getting this on the May 17th Council Agenda — let me know if you’re interested in testifying.
• Following Council approval, necessary updates to Workday will be programmed.
• Agreed upon classification updates and market studies will commence — we are working to prioritize classifications with active recruitments and/or multiple vacancies.
• We don’t have a date for the Retention Bonus checks or annual wage adjustment backpay, but I would not expect them before June.

Feel free to contact your Union Representative Rachel Whiteside if you have any questions, or any member of your Bargaining Team: Cary Armstrong, Sarah Smith, Katie Carle, Ben Ransonet, and Alex Van Dinter.

Tentative Agreement Reached – April 2022!

The Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with the County for your 2021-2024 contract!

As noted in previous communications and chapter meetings, this has been an arduous process with the County. Through the patience of our membership and the diligence of this Team we have a better deal to present you than we did six months ago when the County handed us their “last best final offer.”

At the Chapter Meeting in March, the Bargaining Team presented an overview of changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and discussed where we started vs where we ended. Since that meeting, we learned of a retention bonus offered to AFSCME and demanded the same for our members. We are happy to report that this agreement includes a two-part retention bonus in addition to the other changes presented in March.

Please review the summary of changes and the full redlined version of the contract, then VOTE via the electronic ballot sent to your personal email by 12 p.m on Fri.,  April 22. 

Feel free to contact your Union Representative Rachel Whiteside if you have any questions, or any member of your Bargaining Team: Cary Armstrong, Sarah Smith, Katie Carle, Ben Ransonet, and Alex Van Dinter.

Contract Mediation Update – Jan. 2022

As you may recall, our membership split with the Coalition back in August when the County made it’s Last Best Final offer that same month. Since then, we have solicited feedback at multiple chapter meetings and continued to meet with the County and a state provided mediator. This has been a frustrating and demoralizing process from the start, but your Bargaining Team has been working hard to get the best outcome for the membership.

As a reminder, all provisions of our collective bargaining agreement (CBA) remain in full effect while we continue to negotiate with the County. However, there is no provision in the existing CBA for a wage adjustment for 2022. The County currently has 2.2% on the table (which is what other groups are receiving), but we will not be eligible for the increase until our membership has voted to ratify a new agreement.

We do not currently have our next mediation date scheduled, though the mediator is continuing to facilitate discussion between the parties, and we hope to have a tentative agreement ready to present to the membership before the end of January.

Feel free to contact your Union Representative Rachel Whiteside if you have any questions, or any member of your Bargaining Team: Cary Armstrong, Sarah Smith, Katie Carle, Ben Ransonet, and Alex Van Dinter. Once we have something concrete, we will host a virtual Q&A session prior to holding a ratification vote.