"Meet and Confer" Update

Many of Salt Lake County employees may be aware that there has been a petition filed to hold an election within the Mayor’s “Blue Collar” portfolio for representation. Yesterday in the Committee of the Whole meeting the Salt Lake County Council discussed how the election will be managed and what will be on the ballot. Originally the ballot was to give the options of the petitioning unions and “No Representation”, implying that if you did not vote for the unions on the ballot employees would not have any options for representation.

UPEA lobbied the council to change the wording on the ballot from “No Representation” to “None of the Above”, thus implying that none of the options on the ballot are acceptable. As stated in the “Meet and Confer” Ordinance, regardless of the election outcome UPEA will be able to continue to represent its members and increase membership for the benefit of all county employees. The Council unanimously approved the change in wording on the ballot. We are encouraging all of our members in the “Blue Collar” portfolio to vote for “None of the Above” as it will be a vote for UPEA.

UPEA has been actively working towards building our membership in order to best represent our members in each of the representation units. It is important to note that we are growing. UPEA increases its ability to represent county employees by recruiting new members rather than collecting signature cards. Our strength is in numbers. UPEA is working tirelessly to represent Salt Lake County employees in regards to retirement issues, the upcoming budget, and health insurance concerns. It is our intention to work towards becoming the exclusive representative within each bargaining unit when the membership is ready to do so.

Our strength is truly in numbers. Invite a co-worker to join today.