Santa Cruz County
Your UAPD Representative
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: Tim Jenkins, tjenkins@uapd.com.
Your Contract
Also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this sets your salary, benefits, and many working conditions. Download as PDF.
Membership Application
Membership is what gives our union power. You must submit an application to be a member of UAPD.
Employee Benefits
Additional information about your healthcare, retirement, and other benefits.
Personnel Department
Additional information and documents may be found on the Personnel Department webpage.
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Details of the Santa Cruz County Tentative Agreement
The UAPD Negotiating Committee has reached a second Tentative Agreement (TA) with the County of Santa Cruz over a successor collective bargaining agreement. This TA also settles the Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed by the Union against the County and contains...
Legislative Advocacy
Every year UAPD sponsors and endorses state legislature bills that are beneficial to working doctors and those they care for.
Legal Expertise
UAPD stewards and staff get advice and support from experienced labor attorneys.
Know Your Rights
Union members have the right to union representation at any meeting with management that they reasonably believe may lead to discipline. These are called Weingarten Rights.
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