Coronavirus has strained the economy of local and state governments throughout our nation, leaving a $54.3 billion deficit in the California budget. Governor Newsom has responded with the May budget revise, which includes a proposed 10% pay reduction for all…
Governor Newsom proposed a $138 billion general fund budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The proposed budget is subject to approval by the legislators on June 15, 2020. In addition to across the board proposed cuts the Governor proposed the…
The Negotiation team submitted a number of key proposals to address economic concerns of our membership. While we recognize that this is contract negotiations and it requires bargaining between both parties we moved forward with a number of key economic…
The Negotiation team met with the State the week of March 9, 2020 to start the process of negotiating a new contract that starts on July 1, 2020. Read the full report by clicking TEAM Report 1
We are thrilled to announce that CalHR has informed us that the State Controller's Office will begin to process the general salary increase and retroactive pay for our bargaining unit. The increase should be reflected in our June 1 pay…
As many members have reached out regarding their pay warrant not reflecting the general salary increase, we have reached out to CalHR requesting an update on the status. They continue to report that the pay letter has been sent over…
On Thursday, February 2, the new collective bargaining agreement for Bargaining Unit 19 -Health and Social Services Professional Employees, was ratified by the votes received of the membership with 86.5% voting to accept and 13.5% voting to reject. The count…
The Tentative Agreement and ballots to vote on ratifying the contract have been mailed out. Members of the Negotiation T.E.A.M. and our Business Agents have scheduled a number of work site meetings throughout the state to go over the agreement.…
We have completed a summary of the Tentative Agreement reached with the State. For the Tentative Agreement to be ratified, a members' vote must be taken. Of the votes received, a majority is needed to ratify the Tentative Agreement as…
The 2016 Negotiation Team reached a new agreement on December 16, 2016, after a lengthy process that included a statewide survey to members, a large Occupational meeting, a statewide Stewards meeting and feedback from members and leaders. We began bargaining…