...concerns taken seriously and receive equitable treatment, we really need to form a collective bargaining unit," said Steve Bouta, the group's chairman. "Right now we are not true participants in the decision-making process." Bouta said...

...benefits and work rules such as grievance procedures. "We're falling behind groups that represent themselves," said Steve Bouta, who works at the university museum in Fairbanks and is the organizers' chairman. Rates on the nonunionized staff...