Fairbanks SU Member Featured in National Reporter
Fairbanks Supervisory Unit member and northern chapter president, Scott Leigh, is featured in the December/January national publication of the Public Employee Advocate.  The article entitled, "A plan that works," has a photo of Scott and quotes him. It addresses Alaska's infrastructure such as the Dalton Highway and the Yukon River Bridge and their importance to the state's economy.  To read the article go to => A plan that works

Union Rallies
Across Alaska, in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Wasilla, Soldotna, Juneau, and Ketchikan, union members held rallies on Monday, April 4, 2011. This was an opportunity to show support of collective bargaining rights as a civil right. Anchorage Daily News photos of Anchorage rallies Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5.  See also ADN article, Unions mark MLK death with protests

Attacks on labor starting in Alaska, too
The Public Safety Employees Association (PSEA) is extremely concerned and offended by the recent attempts to villainize public employees as the cause of the 2008 economic meltdown and continued financial woes of the nation. Common sense is that public employees did not cause this problem by virtue of being a government employee -- the thought alone is ludicrous and the evidence indicates otherwise. This is scapegoating at its worst and every citizen should be personally offended by it. See entire article by Rob Cox published 2/28/2011 in the Anchorage Daily News.

Legislative Reports
Cindy Spanyers is our Legislative Liaison. She prepares regular reports on legislative matters. She reports on - Upcoming Hearings - New Legislation - Legislative Update.  Go to the Legislation page of our website to read her reports.  Legislation

Health Benefit Changes
The recommendation has been approved to allow routine services, which would normally be associated with the physical examination, to be received at any time during the benefit year, with a maximum of one service of each type per benefit year.

The application time period for submitting HSFA claims  has been extended from 60 to 90 days after the the end of the benefit year to allow additional time for claims processing and, when necessary, the claims appeal process.
For more details on these changes, go to the News Page

Final Contract
A PDF version of the Final Contract is available online.  To view the contract go to => Final Contract  You can also use the link in gold bar at the top of the web site.

Contract Agreement Ratified
On April 2, 2010 a majority of the SU Bargaining team tentatively agreed to a new 3 year contract.  The members of the Supervisory Unit were then given the opportunity to vote on whether to accept the new contract.  The ballots were counted in the Anchorage field office on May 17, 2010 and the contract was overwhelmingly ratified.

Preferred Hospital
The AlaskaCare Preferred Hospital for the Anchorage area is Alaska Regional Hospital.  The change took place as of April 1, 2010.  For more information => Preferred Hospital

Catastrophic Leave
We have a “Catastrophic Leave” account that is maintained by our union for our members to access in times of extreme need and/or extended absence from the job due primarily to FMLA issues.   For more information go to => Form

Service Step Pay Increases
An agreement on service step pay increases was reached with the State of Alaska and the Alaska Public Employees Association / Supervisory Unit. The Service Step Letter of Agreement (LOA) was signed on November 5, 2008. This agreement is the same as the GGUs LOA and will provide for a 3.75 % service step (increase in base salary) every two years. To review the agreement click on the following. => LOA