Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters. On January 9, 2025, your UPE 008 Bargaining Team met with the County to continue bargaining. Your team presented five additional Union proposals and responded to the County’s proposals.
Our new proposals included:
Protections against unreasonable denial of overtime.
A second hazard pay proposal for members working in dangerous facilities.
An increase in special skills pay.
A training differential for Social Workers training an intern.
A proposal to close loopholes in caseload averaging.
Your team rejected County proposals that would:
Eliminate special skills classifications and reduce special skills pay.
Remove protections against our members’ work being contracted out to the private sector.
Limit the Union’s ability to negotiate on County classifications studies, and
A proposal which would gut the program specific workgroups.