Bargaining is underway! The first day of bargaining was February 27th, 2025. Our contract is set to expire on June 30th, 2025.
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Bargaining Team Members
Meet the bargaining team: Photos and bios (coming soon!)
Grant Swanson, Library
Robin Easton-Davis, DCHS
Imogen Fox, DCHS
Becky Lillie, DCA
Kristen Harbert, DCHS
Kristian Williams, DCS
Megan Gallagher, MCSO
Joey Jordan, Health
Jackie Tate, President of AFSCME Local 88
E Dominguez, Health
Destinee Sanchez, JOHS
Chris Johnson, AFSCME Staff & Bargaining Lead
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Printable Updates
Bargaining will be starting soon. You’ll start to see bargaining updates in your email and on the website. Check back here for printable versions of the bargaining updates that you can post on your work site union bulletin board.
Video Updates
Watch weekly Bargaining Update videos on our YouTube channel.
Bargaining Update – April 28, 2025
Watch the Bargaining video update for April 28, 2025 Read the update Bargaining Update #11 This week we didn’t bargain with the County, instead we used our work session to hit our first big milestone – all of our initial proposals are complete! Next week we’ll present the rest of those. Then comes the back
Bargaining Update – April 21, 2025
Watch the Bargaining video update for April 21, 2025 Read the update Print and post the update on your worksite Union bulletin board Bargaining Update #10 This week, we brought four proposals to the County – our biggest one being Compensation. Wages and COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) are the number one issue employees are concerned
Bargaining Update – April 14, 2025
Watch the video update for April 14, 2025 Read the update Print and post the update on your worksite Union bulletin board This week we kept it local, we didn’t meet with the County to bargain. Instead, we had an all-day worksession. This update will be much lighter than our others. Even without proposals to
Bargaining Update – April 7, 2025
Watch the Bargaining video update for April 7, 2025 Read the update Print and post the update on your worksite Union bulletin board This week’s bargaining session went smoothly. The County gave no proposals, only our Union did. We’re making strong headways on getting our proposals across the table before our deadline. We TA’d (Tentatively
Bargaining Update – March 31, 2025
Watch the Bargaining Update Video for March 31, 2025 Read the update Print and post the update on the Union Bulletin Board at your worksite Safety & Health in the Workplace At this week’s bargaining session the Bargaining Team came ready to work over some of our most important issues, like health and safety. We
Bargaining Update – March 24, 2025
Watch the Bargaining Update Video for March 17, 2025 Read the Bargaining Update for March 24, 2025 Print the Bargaining Update for March 24, 2025 – Post it on your worksite Union bulletin board (pdf) Our Day of Action was incredibly successful! Thank you to everyone who showed up to talk to us in person and
