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UPE Members of the Month!
UPE Recognizes & Appreciates Your Support!
2021 Member Appreciation
2022 Member Appreciation
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Dahlgren Minh Dang, Tata-Marie French, Padraic Stephens, Brandi Lomack, Brandon Nassirian, Brenda Andrews Johnson, Amy O'Donnell, Sharon Camel Jacobs
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005 Bargaining Update
May 17, 2022
Your 005 UPE Negotiations Team is excited to announce that the 005 membership ratified the new contract with Sacramento County by an overwhelming margin of 94% to 6%. The 005 UPE Negotiations Team thanks the membership for their participation in the vote and support during the negotiations.
UPE would like to extend a special thanks to all the 005 UPE Negotiations Team members who put in many hours of work to make this contract possible. The agreement will now go before the Board of Supervisors on May 24th, 2022, for final ratification.
Together We Are Strong!
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Meet and Confer Update:
71J Lien Search Reports & Research Services
On Thursday, March 10, 2022, UPE met with representatives from the Department of Finance, Tax Collection, and Licensing Division to allow the county to extend the Lien Search Reports & Research Services deadline.
Sacramento County can complete the RFP formal process. UPE will be re-noticed once the RFP is completed and provided a time for a Joint Labor-Management meeting with UPE and Sacramento County.
The contract extension has been extended and is to be completed no later than December 2022.
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Meet and Confer Update:
008 - Civil Rights Case Comment Template
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008 Negotiations Update
April 22, 2022
UPE 008 Bargaining Team Declares Impasse
After a long month of being put off by the County, your UPE 008 Bargaining Team met with the County on April 22, 2022. UPE hoped the sides could make major movement towards a fair and equitable contract. Instead, the County continued to demonstrate how little they value their employees. The County countered with inadequate cost of living increases that fail to address the sky-rocketing cost of living, rejected UPE’s proposal for equity adjustments, proposed a change to the social worker classifications that would see a reduction in pay for workers with a master’s degree, and offered across the board rejections to nearly all UPE’s outstanding monetary proposals.
The County negotiations team made it clear that...
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Merced Unit 3
Language Changes to Paralegal Classification
On May 12, 2022, United Public Employees (UPE) met with Merced County District Attorneys (DA) Office regarding the proposed modifications being made to the paralegal classifications. UPE expressed concern over the vague proposed changes to the job specifications. Disputing each change and clarifying the extent of any added job duties to the Paralegal classification. In concluding the Meet and Confer, it is UPE’s understanding as follows:
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Meet & Confer:
Economy & Efficiency- Black Infant Health Contracts
On Monday, April 18, 2022, UPE met with representatives from the Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health (DPH) to extend the Black Infant Health Program for an additional three years. The Division of Public Health contracted with two organizations specializing in maternal and child health services for pregnant and parenting African American women and reducing infant mortality.
UPE agreed to extend the contract for an additional three years
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Know Your Rights
It is imperative that you know your employee rights in order to ensure equal treatment and fairness in the workplace. As a public employee, you have rights that are granted through your union contract, state and federal law, and workplace policies. UPE's staff and member-leaders have...
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UNION MEMBER
BENEFITS & RESOURCES
- Aflac Insurance
- Dental Discounts
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- AT&T Discounts
- Leave Donations
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Join UPE - the largest independent public sector union in Sacramento County - as we fight for livable wages and fair contracts for our members and their families.
Together We Are Strong!
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May 2022
All Board Meetings held in-person as regularly scheduled
Weds, May 4 - 005 Office Technical Meeting, 6pm
Thurs, May 5 - Sutter Meeting, 12pm - CANCELLED
Tues, May 10 - Merced Unit 3 Meeting, 5:30pm
Tues, May 10 - 008 Welfare Non-Supervisory Meeting, 6pm
Weds, May 11 - El Dorado Meeting, 6pm
Weds, May 11 - Court Professioanl Meeting, 12pm
Thurs, May 12 - Court Office Technical Meeting, 6pm - CANCELLED
Tues, May 17 - Board of Directors Meeting, 6pm - CANCELLED
Thurs, May 19 - Yuba Meeting, 12pm
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