What Anchorage negotiates with unions — and what it doesn't

Oct 2, 2026

Municipal staff summarized the typical subjects that appear in CBAs (wages, hours, leave, allowances), listed management rights and code exclusions (e.g., drug testing, police/fire retirement/medical), and explained personnel rules default where CBAs are silent.

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At the work session municipal HR explained the items typically included in collective bargaining agreements and the subjects municipal code excludes from bargaining. "The things that we do negotiate are, like I said, schedules, hours of pay, wages, holidays, leave, things like promotions and tool allowances, clothing allowances," Anna Billingsley said, listing concrete examples of negotiable terms.

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