rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/release-the-salary-study?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-release-the-salary-study' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> AFSCME ASEA Local 52 https://actionnetwork.org/groups/afscme-asea-local-52-2 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/583/608/normal/RELEASE.png In response to continued high turnover and chronic understaffing, Alaska lawmakers appropriated $1,000,000 in public funds to conduct a salary study to ensure the State is keeping pace with comparable industries in both the public and private sectors. Based on reports received by ASEA, the salary study was completed in June/July of 2024. In August, the State amended the original contract with instructions for the company that performed the analysis to issue a “new version” of the report. That revised report was due October 31, 2024. To our knowledge, no one other than the governor and his administration has reviewed this study, which was funded by the legislature. In response to Freedom of Information Act Requests, the Governor refused to release the reports claiming they were “drafts” and a finalized report would not be available until approximately midway through the 2025 legislative session. On January 10, 2025, after being told that he could not refuse to release “draft” reports, the Governor now claims all drafts have been destroyed. See former Daily News Reporter, now blogger, Dermot Cole, who is sharing that Governor Dunleavy ‘no longer has any copies of’ the salary study. This news is truly shocking! Alaskans have a right to see the contents of the study, including drafts, to aid in adopting a budget during the upcoming Legislative Session which gavels in on January 21, 2025. Please help us demonstrate that there is significant interest from our membership and the public at large, to release the salary study. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/release-the-salary-study