Alaska Correctional Officers Association (ACOA) was established in 2004. We are an independent, non-profit labor organization representing Alaska's Correctional Officers.

Correctional Officers work behind the scenes to protect the public, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You truly do “Walk Alaska's Toughest Beat.”

The mission of the Alaska Correctional Officers Association is to promote and enhance the Correctional Officer profession, to advocate for safe terms and conditions of employment, fair and equitable wages and benefits to allow Correctional Officers to properly support their families. ACOA members “Walk Alaska’s Toughest Beat” and our primary mission is to ensure that each officer is able to return safely to his or her family at the end of each shift.

Please remain involved and provide your input. Please don't hesitate to call, write, drop us an e-mail, or even stop by and visit with us.

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Back Pay Delayed
Please help Payroll Out

The original goals for getting you all your checks will not be met, although it was clearly stated as a goal to begin with.

We have been in close touch with the Payroll people, working on the back pay. They are very good people, working very hard to get the money out as soon as possible.

Payroll has been working overtime and weekends to get the job done as soon as possible. In addition, Payroll themselves do not want to go past the end of the fiscal year, June 30th, as it would create much more work for them.

It is not the good people in Payroll who are responsible for this mess; they are like you, just feeling the brunt of inappropriate actions by others.

Every email, every call to Payroll only slows down the process. If you want to vent, call us or call those responsible for working against the contract and voiding it.

As you read in Danny’s email, we have requested that each Officers get an accounting (audit) of their back pay. This is also time-consuming. In addition, please do not file a Notice of Pay Problem until you receive your audit and you see there is an error. Notice of pay problems will also slow down the people at Payroll.

Thank you for your assistance and patience.

Updates

7/8/10

ACOA Red-line Agreement

Disclaimer: Attached here a draft of the 2009-2012 Contract, Red-line. This is a working copy and it is still under review, but we wanted you to be able to see where we are today.

Arbitrator Greer’s decision