Department of Personnel Administration Director Debbie Endsley sent a memo saying: "With respect to furloughs, the current program ends June 30, and the Administration expects the State to resume normal hours of operation in July. The Governor's budget proposal...
The UAPD Bargaining Team met with representatives of the State Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on April 28th, May 19th, and again on June 10th. Responding to the UAPD Bargaining Team’s strong rejection of the State’s February 4th offer, on the more recent...
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) Bargaining Team met with representatives from the State of California for the first bargaining session on Wednesday, June 4. Representing the doctors were: Dr. Georgia Thomatos, Department of Corrections and...
In late May, the state Supreme Court granted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s request to hear one of the appeals he filed in response to a series of decisions made earlier this year; specifically the Supreme Court will review a Superior Court judge’s decision...
Despite mounting evidence that his furlough plan has failed, Schwarzenegger continues to pour state money into legal challenges to delay their inevitable end. Following last week's rulings in favor of UAPD and other unions, the Schwarzenegger administration filed...
The UAPD Bargaining Team met with representatives at the State Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on April 28th and again on Wednesday May 19th. On both dates, the DPA passed conceptual proposals that improved somewhat on what the State had initially...