EVS LIVES MATTER

The Executive Director role in EVS stands vacant. A new person will eventually step in — whether as an interim or permanent hire. And whenever leadership changes, people naturally start hoping maybe this time things will be different. Maybe this person will listen. Maybe this person will fix what has been broken. Maybe this person… Read more: New Director, Same Machine

Whenever you go into a business agreement with someone, you put it in writing. Not because you expect things to go bad — but because clarity prevents things from going bad. When expectations aren’t clear, that’s when misunderstandings happen. That’s when people say, “That’s not what I meant,” or “That’s not what I agreed to.”… Read more: Leadership Priorities Change. Contracts Don’t.

The EVS Worker’s Guide to Making Your Employer Work for YOU Let’s be clear. Environmental Services workers are not entry-level humans.We are frontline infection control. We keep the hospital running. If you’re going to give your labor, your back, your knees, your nights, your weekends — you better squeeze every dollar out of what’s available… Read more: Get The Bag. KEEP The Bag!

Modernizing Call-Out Procedures: Efficient on Paper, Risky in Practice. On paper, the new QR-based call-out system looks modern and efficient. It creates a time-stamped submission. It sends a confirmation receipt. It feeds directly into a live Excel attendance tracker. From a documentation standpoint, that sounds organized and accountable.Modernization is not the problem. The problem is… Read more: QR CODE ATTENDANCE REPORTING

WHO ACTUALLY MAKES THE RULES ABOUT ID BADGES? Lately, there’s been confusion around employee ID badge enforcement in EVS. Some staff have been told that Protective Services policies give authority to enforce stricter rules, override accommodations, or threaten discipline. That is not accurate. To understand why, you have to look at the policy hierarchy. Not… Read more: The Truth About Our Badge Policy

Your commute time just tripled if you have a B Permit.. For many frontline workers, parking at this campus has become a daily obstacle course — one that starts long before the shift does and doesn’t end until well after it’s over. Finding a parking spot can take 30 minutes or more. Employees circle lots,… Read more: 100 Miles & Walking

Most payroll problems don’t start with employees doing something wrong. They start with systems that don’t match reality. In EVS, employees are repeatedly told to “check your timecard before payroll closes.” That sounds reasonable — until you look at the actual conditions workers are dealing with. If you’re off on Friday, there is no way… Read more: Clock Blockin’: A Day Late & $200 Short

They have a file on every single one of us.Every conversation.Every email.Every tardy.Every late login.Every attendance review.Every audit.Every prior “informal” counseling.It’s all compiled, organized, and sitting in a packet before they ever call you down.And you?You walk into that office empty-handed. Alone. Completely unprepared.That’s the imbalance.By the time you’re called into a meeting, the Department… Read more: WEINGARTEN RIGHTS- Interactions With Management & How To Protect Yourself

“Life is like a box of chocolates,” Mama always said. You never know what you’re gonna get”, Which is adorable advice… until you realize sometimes what you get is chocolatey goodness on the outside- and wage violations on the inside. Take See’s Candies. Gold boxes. Satin bows. A sweet little grandma smiling at you like… Read more: If They’re On Your Time- Its Alright.. But If You’re On Theirs 👀

This Article is for the times when Leadership makes it’s (in)famous announcements in huddle. They read what is written on a publication written by some Administrator down the hall. Sometimes Upper Management will even come in and make the announcement themselves. They can’t answer your questions or elaborate on details. You are told they will… Read more: AFSCME 3299 SX ARTICLE 2: How Managerial Manifestations Get Deflated

They keep calling it “bidding.” If pressed, they call it the “new bidding style,” as if this were a cosmetic update and not a fundamental rewrite of how seniority works.