Like CAPE members’ Salary Contracts, the Fringe Benefits Contract covering important benefit provisions for CAPE-represented employees is scheduled to expire September 30, 2015. The Fringe Benefit Contract is negotiated by all of the affiliated County employee associations, including CAPE, as part of the Coalition of County Unions (CCU).
The...
For those of us who can clearly remember back to 2013, we recall that the Public Employees Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) made drastic changes to every public employee retirement system. CalPERS and every County operated pension system are forever required to manage their finances responsibly.
Of course, our own pension system, LACERA, has...
When your Union investigates a grievance or any adverse action by management or any employee against a CAPE member, your Business Agent will want to know the “who, what, when, where and why” regarding the matter. Part of the “who” would be who may have seen something regarding the claim.
If you are called by a CAPE staff member and asked to...
Fact-Finding regarding the long-running contract dispute between CAPE’s Technical Support Bargaining Unit members and Sanitation Districts’ management over the terms of a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Unit’s employees occurred on Friday, April 17th.
There are two main sticking points: First, the Districts’...
Longtime CAPE communications consultant Jeffrey Monical was appointed last month to the County Economy and Efficiency Commission by newly elected 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.
The appointment presents an opportunity to provide input on County operations. The Economy and Efficiency Commission has recently issued reports...
The contract that controls pay and working conditions for CAPE members expires on September 30, 2015, but preparations for this year's Salary Contract negotiations are already well underway. The demand letter to commence formal negotiations was sent to County officials in March, along with CAPE’s initial proposals for the negotiations.
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