by Suzanne Wilson | Sep 14, 2011 | California Counties, Santa Cruz County
Though Santa Cruz County representatives made no specific proposals during their single bargaining session with UAPD in May, and none during the most recent meeting on September 6th, the County’s team presented information that strongly suggested that they...
by Suzanne Wilson | Sep 14, 2011 | California Counties, Santa Cruz County
On May 17th, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved the imposition of 156 hours of furloughs for each full-time equivalent employee (pro-rated for part-time employees) in the unit for fiscal year 2011-2012. The County agreed to once again establish and...
by Suzanne Wilson | Sep 14, 2011 | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California State of California Doctors
In July of this year the CDCR mailed out seniority scores to all of its employees, in preparation for staff cuts that it says will accompany the prison population decrease mandated by AB 109. So far, the UAPD has not …
by Suzanne Wilson | Sep 14, 2011 | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California State of California Doctors
In the last round of negotiations the UAPD encouraged the State of California to reduce its reliance on outside contractors by creating its own in house type of registry for filling in temporary vacancies with existing civil service workers. Such …
by Suzanne Wilson | Sep 11, 2011 | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California State of California Doctors, Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Social Services (DSS), Department of State Hospitals (DSH), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Featured
Under the UAPD contract for State BU 16 employees, there is no distinction between out-of-state and in-state CME courses, with both kinds qualifying for “up to seven (7) days per fiscal year of Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave and reasonable...
