Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers. On July 12, 2024, your UPE bargaining team met with CPS management regarding the move of all Watt Ave staff to the new location on Kings Way. A map of the location including the layout of offices and cubicles was provided to us at the start of the meeting.
Some of the concerns your UPE team addressed were where each program will be seating, parking, and how cubicles will be assigned. Although staff will be seated in the general area of their supervisor and manager(s), seating will be chosen by staff based on what is specified in the contract. We also asked if evacuation plans were posted throughout the building, to which the county responded that they were.
UPE will tour the building on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, to ensure that the working environment is safe and that the members' needs are met with seating arrangements. We will meet again after we tour. STAY TUNED!
Thank you to the advocates, Sarah Singleton and Deanna Green