“I’ve been talking to my co-workers, many who I don’t normally talk to throughout the workday, because if we want to see improvements in our workplace, we need a contract. The only way us workers in the welfare offices will have a contract is if our co-workers join us as AFSCME members. I’m surprised by how easy it is to have these conversations, because so many people really do want to see changes,” said Jolene Porter, an administrative assistant at Welfare Support Services

“This is historic,” said Harry Schiffman, an electrician at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and president of AFSCME Local 4041. “After years of fighting for our right to have our voices heard, we are underway, working on our first contract that will set the foundation for changes to how state workers are treated and how we have a say in state services, our working conditions and our lives.”

In the coming months, we will be negotiating our very first contract with the state under the collective bargaining law that AFSCME members won in 2019. But before we can do that, we must get our bargaining units certified to negotiate. To get our bargaining unit certified, we need DMV staff to sign an authorization card!