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Sacramento Court Employees to Receive Salary Increase UPE was notified by Sacramento Superior Court requesting to open our contract and move the negotiated 4% raise scheduled for our members to receive the first full pay period after October 1, 2022, to be effective the first full pay period after July 31, 2022.      The Court also intends to implement a non-negotiable 3% raise, resulting in a 7% increase effective the first full pay period after July 31, 2022. The increase should be reflected on your August 19, 2022 paycheck. This will be extended to all Court employees, including represented and unrepresented workers.      In addition, the Sacramento Superior Court will extend an $85 per month parking stipend to employees assigned to the downtown Court locations (Main Jail, Hall of Justice, Gordon D. Schaber (GDS) Courthouse, and the Department of Technology). This stipend will begin September 2022. The contract was only opened by the UPE Governing Board authority to accept the terms mentioned above. We will begin negotiations for a successor agreement no later than March 1, 2023, as our contracts are set to expire June 30, 2023.

Meet and Confer 005 Claims Assistant Class Study On June 23rd, UPE met with representatives from the Department of Health Services to discuss the impact and implementation of changing the position title of the Claims Assistance Specialist to Health Service Coordinator (H.S.C.) and adding the position of Sr. Health Service Coordinator (Sr H.S.C).      The County stated the reason for the position title change was... CONTINUE READING

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... CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Merced Unit 3 Contract Ratification Vote Results Your Unit 003 UPE Negotiations Team is excited to announce that membership ratified the new contract with Merced County by a margin of 77% to 23%. The Unit 003 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 003 UPE Board members; Marcy Gallardo, Lisa Sykes, Frankie Romero, Adela Maya, Monica Lerma, and Mayra Ybarra, who put in many hours of work to make this contract possible. The agreement will now go before the Board of Supervisors on July 19th, 2022, for final ratification.

Meet & Confer Update - DHA  005 /008 Implicit Bias Training UPE met with DHA on June 13, 2022, to discuss an upcoming implicit bias training for all staff. UPE called for the meeting to better understand the reasoning behind the meaning and to assess its potential impact on our members. UPE is especially concerned that the training is for all DHA employees, but there are only four available sessions. This is likely to cause a significant workload impact for those employees not attending the training.   As a result of the meeting and UPE’s questioning, the Department made the following changes: The training is voluntary, and anyone already scheduled may opt out. Use of cameras during the training is not required as UPE and DHA are still negotiating over the use of desk cameras in DHA. Workers are encouraged but not required to actively participate in the training.