Negotiations for our next contract start fall 2024! These negotiations will build on the foundations of our current contract, bringing more improvements to our working conditions and wages. This is our opportunity to strengthen our contract and our voice on the job.

The current contract can be found here.

This bargaining survey will inform our bargaining team on priorities of state workers. Currently, only workers in the four AFSCME-certified bargaining units are covered under our collective bargaining agreements. Workers in the other four bargaining units must certify their bargaining units before being able to negotiate a contract - but you are encouraged to fill out this survey!

Fill out this survey to have your voice heard!

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* Your Name 

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* Your mobile phone number (non-work number)

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* Your email address (non-work email) 

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* What is your job title/classification?

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* What is your pay grade?

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* What department/agency do you work for?

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* What bargaining unit are you in?

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* How long have you been a Nevada state employee (total all your years if you left state employment and came back)? 

Wages, PERS, and Additional Pay

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* Through our CBA and the legislature, AFSCME members fought for and won 24% in cost-of-living wage increases across 2 years. How important are cost-of-living wages increases to you?

Note: this does not include your annual merit step increase.

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* In 2023, AFSCME members fought for and won longevity pay, a reward program for long-term employees, through the legislature. How important is it to you to put longevity pay into our contract?

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* In our current CBA, bilingual pay is 5%. How important is it to you to raise bilingual pay?

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* In 2023, AFSCME members passed a bill to cap employee PERS contributions to 10%, but the bill was vetoed by the Governor. How important is it to you to address employee PERS contribution amounts?

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* Currently, employees at UNLV and UNR pay for parking at work. How important is it for you to get free parking at work?

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* In 2023, we negotiated for retention bonuses. How important is it to you to continue to receive retention bonuses?

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* Which financial benefit is most important to you?

Job Classifications and Duties

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* Have you been assigned duties outside your current job classification?

Workloads and Overtime

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* Is your workplace fully staffed?

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* Do you believe that the workload in your department is distributed fairly among employees? 

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* How important is it to negotiate workload reduction?

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* What ideas do you have to address workload reduction?

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* Is your job classification seniority respected during shift bids, mandated overtime, time off requests, unit bids, and promotions?

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* If your job classification seniority is not being respected, please share how in the box below.

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* In the last two years, how have mandated overtime assignments improved?

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* In the last two years, how often have you been mandated overtime (on average, per week)?

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* How has mandated overtime affected your life? You can pick multiple options.

Paid Time Off

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* Have you used your four (4!) personal days, negotiated in the last contract?

Note: 4 personal days became available Jan 1, 2024.

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* How important is it to negotiate additional vacation days?

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* How important is it to negotiate additional personal or "stress/burnout" days? 

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* How important is it to earn additional sick days?

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* In our last CBA, AFSCME members negotiated a PTO cash-out program. How important is this program to you?

Note: Eligible employees can cash out up to 40 hours, twice a year, if they have accumulated over 240 PTO hours.

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* In our last CBA, AFSCME members negotiated raising the PTO accumulation ceiling to 480 hours. How important is it to you to raise the amount of PTO employees can bank?

Work Schedules

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* Do you currently have the option of working on a flextime schedule? 

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* How important is it to you to have the option of a flextime schedule?

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* Do you currently have the option of working on a 4/10 schedule?

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* How important is it to you to have the option of a 4/10 schedule?

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* Do you currently have the option of teleworking?

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* How important is it to you to have the option of telework? 

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* Why would the option to telework be important to you?

Health and Safety

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* Do you feel safe at work?

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* What would make you feel safer at work?

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* What health and safety problems, if any, exist in your workplace?

Career Advancement

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* How important is it to you to pursue higher education?

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* Does your agency/department offer a tuition reimbursement program?

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* How important is a tuition reimbursement program to you?

Other Issues

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* How have the historic wage increases AFSCME members won in the last CBA and through the legislature, 24% across two years, impacted you?

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* What issues should be prioritized during contract negotiations? Please rank the following issues in order of your priority, with 1 being the highest priority and 9 being the lowest priority.

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* Are there other issues you think need to be addressed through bargaining?

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* We must continue to build our union by having member-to-member conversations with other state workers. Are you willing to get involved?

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