Category: Contract Negotiations

Support Our Union: The Leave Bank is Open for October!

Jason Allen

All the hours that our union puts into negotiating our contract, bringing concerns to management, and speaking up on our behalf are made possible by the Union Leave Bank — and October is one of only two months when it’s open for donations.

The leave bank is officially open today, and we can accept donations through October 31st using the form below:

Union Leave Bank Form [PDF]

You can either email the completed form or mail it to our Post Office box. Regardless of how you submit it, it must be postmarked or emailed before November 1st.

Via Email: local1857president@gmail.com

Via Post Office:
President, Local 1857
PO Box 3056
Issaquah, WA 98027

Why the Leave Bank is Important

The leave bank is a shared pool of hours that members contribute so union leadership can tap into it for negotiations, handling grievances, training, or other official union business. It keeps things fair, predictable, and transparent while preventing union leaders from having to use their own personal time to advocate for all of us.

This support is especially critical right now. With ongoing health insurance bargaining and preparations for our 2027 contract negotiations, the union needs the capacity to do work that can’t be done on KCLS time. Your donated hours directly strengthen that effort!

Don’t Stay on the Sidelines

Jason Allen

Checking your work email this week revealed those rarest of occurrences: a staff-wide email from our local union through official work channels. And coupled with the message from HR a few days later confirming that they’re working with our union to address scheduling concerns? A very big week for the often invisible nature of our union’s work!

As you likely noticed in the message from the president of Local 1857-S, the opportunity to share health insurance priorities and preferences was limited to members in good standing only. This isn’t about being exclusionary, but about the people sitting at the bargaining table fighting for the specific interests and priorities that membership voted on.

If you haven’t joined your union yet, you don’t need to stay on the sidelines. You can join today and add your voice to the chorus of your colleagues and help determine our path forward.

Have questions? Find your local steward, or you can email the executive board at eboard@kclsvoice.org.

Join Local 1857 Today

It’s time to Vote! Links to the contracts below

Victoria

Hi Everyone, 

You should be receiving your ballots in the mail over the next couple days.  Here is the link to all three contracts and the direct link will be at the bottom of this message. Please share the location of the draft contracts with your coworkers. You will need your work login to access the contracts as they are being hosted on the KCLS intranet.

We are recommending a YES vote on this contract.

https://kclsorg-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dmperry_kcls_org/Eu7vwsz4DpxHizdtc8gKbjgBEyv0WsE4GCONpg-vwX6Ovw?e=GDE3JU

Best Regards,

Victoria

Local 1857 President

Contract Results

Emily1857

All three contracts were voted on, and all the ballots were counted and confirmed on December 10th. The breakdown for the contracts was the following:

1857 Main: 213 Yes, 23 No

1857 Page: 58 Yes, 4 No

1857 Facilities: 5 Yes, 0 No

The ratified contract will start January 1, 2022.

Many thanks to the bargaining committee for their months of hard work. And a HUGE thank you to all who voted. Regardless of what you voted for, the union is YOU and you were heard. Thanks to all for attending the listening sessions, to the stewards for answering questions, and for bringing those questions to Union leadership to confirm answers. We appreciate ALL of our Union members!

Leave Bank

leas75

you_are_the_unionURGENT:  Donate some of your vacation hours to our Local 1857 Union Leave Bank in April!  You can donate as little as 1 hour, but please support the union and donate something.  The union works hard for its member, and this is a time for the members to show their support for their union.  These hours make sure our dedicated officers and union stewards are fairly compensated for the time they put in for the benefit of everyone.  Talk to your Union Stewards for more information.  Please support your union and the people who work hard on your behalf.  Download the form below, fill it out/sign it/date it, then either hand it to your union steward or mail the form in (the address is on the bottom of the form).

Print out the Union Leave Bank transfer form here.