

Read our 2025 Contract Platform
Fighting for Fairness. Fighting for the Future.
Our 2025 contract campaign is built around three core priorities shaped directly by what members have said they need most. These priorities guide every proposal we make and may shift as negotiations evolve based on the State’s responses.
Here are your top priorities:
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Safe Workplaces: Enforceable protections from unsafe conditions, workplace violence, and burnout
Fair Workload Standards: Address understaffing, overassignment, and unrealistic productivity demands
Workplace Equity: End contractor overuse, ensure internal promotions, and eliminate favoritism
Telework and Flexibility: Standardize fair, consistent telework policies that reflect the nature of our work
Licensure and Credentialing Support: Improve paid time off for CEUs and fee reimbursements
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General Salary Increase (GSI): Raise base wages across the board
Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs): Targeted raises for underpaid or hard-to-fill classifications
Geographic Pay Differentials: Compensation that reflects the cost of living in high-expense areas
Retention Incentives: Pay Differentials, education reimbursements, bilingual differentials, and longevity pay that reward staying power
Protect Our Retirement: Preserve pension security and fight back against cost-shifting
Stronger Health Benefits: Raise the State’s contribution to health care premiums
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Stronger Union Rights: Protect steward access and worksite presence
Transparency in Contracting: Require the State to justify and disclose outsourcing decisions before replacing state workers
Member Feedback in Decisions: Ensure members and union leaders are meaningfully consulted before workplace policies or conditions change
Member Input Matters: Ensure the State consults members and union leaders before making workplace changes
Shared Role in Compensation Studies: Guarantee union participation in the State’s compensation studies to ensure transparency, accuracy, and fairness in how our work is valued