UAPD's legal counsel of Weinberg, Roger, and Rosenfeld sent out a firm "cease and desist" letter this week to CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz and Federal Receiver Clark Kelso. In the letter, UAPD has demanded that CDCR immediately stop any unilateral action on their...
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
Patton State Hospital Unhinges Their “Matrix”
Recently, UAPD met in a Joint Labor-Management Committee to discuss the dissolution of the Matrix. What was the Matrix? In short, the Matrix was the chain-of-command which Bargaining Unit 16 doctors had to follow at Patton State Hospital. Doctors had been...
BU 16 On-Call Assignment Now Less Onerous for Some Institutions
Bargaining Unit 16 employees at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are starting to see some relief from high call volumes and workloads that have been stretching the limits of what can be considered a reasonable expectation for after-hours...
A Brief Update on Sierra Conservation Center
SCC recently rolled out the Electronic Health Record System (EHRS). A grievance was filed regarding the inadequate training. The department has agreed to provide additional training to staff. The UAPD participated in the Meet and Confer process regarding the...
Grievances filed against CDCR’s Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry Programs
When the telemedicine and telepsychiatry programs were first launched by the department, physicians were told that they would not have to cover On-call assignments. The department then decided to start requiring them to cover on-call assignments. The Department...
Clarification about State Doctor Salary Memo
UAPD has received questions from CDCR and CCHCS doctors regarding a recent memorandum that was distributed to employees. The memorandum was titled "Excluded and Exempt Salary Increases for Fiscal Year 17-18." The 2017 pay increases described in that...