Negotiations for our next contract have started! These negotiations will build on the foundations of our first 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 our priorities as 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. 

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 and Additional Pay

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* How important is longevity pay, as a reward for long-term employees, to you?

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* How important is bilingual pay 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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* In the last two years, have you been mandated to work overtime?

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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 two personal days, negotiated in the last contract? 

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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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* How important is it to be paid for unused sick days when you resign or retire? 

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 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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* Do you think setting up apprenticeship and career ladder programs for eligible employees would improve chances for promotions? 

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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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* Do you feel like you can provide for yourself and/or family on your state salary?

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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 7 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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