2017 Contract Negotiations Survey

Our labor contract expires June 30, 2017 and we need your participation as we prepare for negotiations. This survey was developed so that our Bargaining Team may construct a contract proposal that closely reflects what the membership considers important and relevant. It is important that we all answer honestly and realistically.

Please submit your completed survey by Monday, March 27, 2017.

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* 1. Your contact information

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* 2. Are you working full-time or part-time?

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* 3. Please check your top 3 issues for this contract:

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* 4. CONTRACT LENGTH

I prefer:

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* 5. COMPENSATION

What do you consider a fair and realistic net wage increase?

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* 6. Please rank the following based on your priorities:

  Not important Somewhat Important Important Very Important Strike Issue
How important is a wage increase to you?
How important is increased time off?
How important is fairness/equity in the selection and approval of vacation periods?
How important is the control of your schedule: 9/80s, telecommuting and other alternate work schedules?
Is the protection of our current Health Care package a priority?
Is holding the line on Health Care costs for employees a priority?
Is the protection of your retirement and employee costs a priority?
How important is it to improve the Layoff language to protect employees and improve bumping rights?
Is Binding Arbitration a priority?

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* 7. LANGUAGE ISSUES

What part of the contract would you like to see improved/strengthened? Please include Article number and Section (if known). To see contract, visit www.seiu521.org/hacsc

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* 8. Do you have other thoughts or concerns you want to share with our Bargaining Team?

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* 9. WORK ENVIRONMENT

Compared to a year ago, is your morale at work:

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* 10. WORKLOAD / ASSIGNMENTS

Compared to a year ago, is your workload:

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* 11. Compared to a year ago, is the difficulty of your assignments:

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* 12. Are you often expected to work out of your classification or cover colleagues' work without compensation?

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* 13. Have you filed a workers’ comp claim within the last five years?

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* 14. Would you have filed a worker’s comp claim if you had not feared retaliation from management?

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* 15. Are new employees or employees with new assignments in your area expected to shadow another worker to learn the job rather than actually being trained by an employee receiving the Trainer Differential?

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* 16. Which statement reflects your work environment best?

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* 17. Which statement best describes the performance evaluations from your supervisor?

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* 18. We’re all in this together! We are all in this to win a good contract!
This promises to be difficult negotiations. The Bargaining Team members can negotiate for long and tedious hours but management will not move to a fair offer unless we are all behind our Team. We can only win if we are active. How do you plan on becoming active? Check all that apply.

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