We, the undersigned, are members of the Local 925 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) bargaining unit. We are asking the King County Office of Labor Relations (OLR) to fulfill their end of our Coalition Labor Agreement (CLA) Appendix 011 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) – Salary Survey. This MOA states that King County will conduct a salary survey, looking at comparable employer wages, to determine whether there should be changes to wage rates for positions within our bargaining unit. The salary survey was to be conducted per the MOA between the end of 2022 and July 31st, 2023, but we still have not received any wage adjustment proposal from King County OLR. We have met with OLR a few times and each time have been told that they are not ready yet. We were told they would have a proposal ready in February 2024, but here we are in May with nothing yet. Our CLA Appendix 011 expires in December 2024. How can we in good faith begin new contract negotiations when the provisions of our current contract have not yet been fulfilled?  
We understand that a wage study of this size is labor intensive and takes time. However, the lack of follow through and communication from OLR has become increasingly demoralizing and frustrating for our membership. We have all heard that several other bargaining units have not only received their salary survey proposals from OLR, but they have already received their wage increases and retroactive pay. This includes the CLA Appendices representing WTD Managers, Assistant Managers, and Technical Employees’ Association. Our membership cannot help but feel that it is not in line with King County’s True North values for King County to be completing salary surveys resulting in increased wage adjustments for higher paid positions while leaving lower paid frontline workers in waiting with no concrete proposal.  
We have all seen firsthand the difficulty in hiring and retaining employees across multiple positions represented by Local 925 SEIU WTD lately. First example – on 5/14/2024, King County Metro posted a Lead Facilities Electrician position making $68.98 hourly. The WTD Lead Electrician/Instrument Technician position, a very comparable position, makes ____ hourly. Second example – we have had multiple Operators leave for higher paying positions with nearby local treatment plants. One Operator left for a position paying ___ with ____ while our Operator pay range is currently at $36.37-$46.11.  
King County OLR – we are asking you to deliver us your salary survey proposal by June 14th, 2024 so that we may continue negotiations so that our membership can receive fair wages.