Congratulations to the Winners of the Fourth Annual UPE Scholarship Competition!   The UPE Board of Directors is proud to have awarded four $2,000 scholarships to the following recipients: Zachary Rodriguez, Regina Aguanza Garcia, Briana Edvalson & Nicole Khudyakov.   Thank you to all the applicants and we wish you nothing but success as you pursue higher education.  <

DHA SGM & GALT Onsite Voting DHA Dismissive about some Health & Safety Measures Refusing to Meet DHA recently notified UPE that the Voter Registration Office will be utilizing DHA facilities at both DHA Susie Gaines Mitchell and at DHA Galt Bureaus, for the upcoming election (10/24-11/03). UPE went into action and asked how the operation will be conducted. DHA officials stated that members of the public (non-poll workers) will have access only to the community rooms at both sites but will not have access to the restrooms, breakrooms, or any other part of the facility. Continue Reading

008 Meet and Confer Update Cal-Works Class Average Score      UPE and representatives from DHA met and conferred on Friday, September 25, 2020 over the Department’s plan to create a minimum test score required for workers to move from Medi-Cal/Cal-Fresh (MACF) HSS positions to Cal-Works HSS positions.  The Department proposed requiring workers to score an average of 80% on training class tests in order to move into their Cal-Works positions.  If workers failed to meet the required score, they would be placed back into a MACF position.  The Department stated that they could not guarantee these workers would return to their same positions because those positions may already be back-filled.  Continue Reading

Sutter Bargaining Unit Update        UPE and representatives from Sutter Court met on September 24, 2020, to continue contract negotiations.  The Court had promised to make a full budget presentation to UPE at this meeting.  However, UPE was disappointed to learn that the Court did not have a complete understanding of its budget picture.  The Court could only share broad projections.  In response, UPE made a number of specific information requests relating to the Budget in order to get a complete understanding of the Court’s fiscal picture.   Continue Reading

Sign the Petition to Remove Sacramento County CEO Nav Gil  We demand the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors remove County CEO Nav Gill from his position immediately. On October 15, 2020 Gill led a 5 hour in-person meeting with 40 – 45 participants, including County Department heads.  During this meeting several participants did not wear masks and violated social distance rules.  After the meeting, one of the participants tested positive with COVID-19.  As a result, a number of Department heads had to quarantine.  Gill’s decision to hold this meeting and his failure to enforce County, State, and Federal guidelines represents a spectacular failure of leadership and a blatant disregard for the safety of his employees.      Continue Reading.

GOVERNING BOARD ELECTION 2020 Nominations produced one ballot in the 008 Welfare Non-Supervisory Unit / Eligibility Chapter       The Eligibility Chapter Consists of Human Services Specialist I & II, Human Services Quality & Review Specialists.  Continue Reading.

005/008 Meet & Confer Update Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Changes        UPE met with representatives from Sacramento County on September 18th and 21st to discuss changes to the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in response to a recent California Supreme Court Decision. Previously, money that workers received for not using County healthcare, payments of CTO over max, and vacation pay outs were not counted towards a worker’s earnings for calculating FLSA overtime.  The recent decision requires these wages to be included.  As a result, some workers were underpaid for overtime over the last three years.  The County is going back and repaying these workers.    Continue Reading.

UPE Featured in the Sacramento News & Review!     Read how UPE steps in to advocate for members when they need them the most.   Click here to read more.

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