CAPE News

California’s public employees breathed a huge sigh of relief when San Jose Mayor Charles Rufus “Chuck” Reed finally made the official announcement that his ballot measure would fail to appear on the November 2014 statewide ballot.

Reed’s ballot measure was designed to strip public employees of their defined benefit pensions, a policy made popular...

Second & Third Cost-of-living Pay Hikes Effective 10/1/14 and 4/1/15, Fringe Benefit Contract Adds to Paychecks

All six of CAPE’s Los Angeles County bargaining units ratified the salary contract agreement late last year providing for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase. The first 2% pay increase...

April Public Service Announcement from CAPE highlights Earthquake Awareness

CAPE sponsored public service announcements will run on the popular all-news CBS radio station during the month of April.

The 30-second messages, recorded by the director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, urge Southern California...

2013 CAPE Top Recruiter Award:
Jonathan P. Bell

CAPE 30 Years-Plus Member Award:
Craig Cline
Jose Lopez
Mary Ohde
And Erik Updyke

CAPE 2013 Volunteer Service Award:
Coby Skye                 ...

February 20, 2014

The CAPE Political Endorsement Committee -- PEC -- held their formational meeting on Tuesday, February 11th to establish protocol for reviewing the endorsement requests from candidates vying for LA County 3rd District Supervisor and County Assessor in 2014.

There are at least two top-tier candidates...

Deadline for Technical Support Unit Members' Contract Negotiations Survey is February 12, 2014

The current multi-year contract MOU governing the salary, benefits, and working conditions for CAPE's Technical Support Bargaining Unit members of the Sanitation Districts will expire on June 30, 2014. Our bargaining unit representatives...

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