County Bargaining E-Blasts!
Keep up to date on County Bargaining with E-Blasts!
6.14.11
We are proud to announce the launch of a new website to let the community
know what the
real priorities of San Diego County government
are; perks, bonuses, and car allowances for management; pay cuts, more work,
and fewer benefits for us!
That’s not fair!
WWW.SANDIEGOCOUNTYNOTFAIR.COM
The new website features personal stories about our members who repair
county roads, protect foster children from child abuse, keep the county’s
long-term care facility operating, find housing for poor San Diegans and other
vital functions.
The website will be promoted through banner ads on the websites of the
San Diego Union-Tribune, North County Times, San Diego Reader,
Voice of San Diego and
other news, blog and information sites.
Log onto the website to email or call the Board of
Supervisors and tell them that we just want what’s fair! Tell
them to cut the fat, not the front lines!
6.13.11
Important News About Your Paycheck!
The county wants to FORCE you to take these pay cuts!!!
So what's at stake for the average county worker?
· At
least $252 a month in a 7% pay cut
and
- $80
a month for bilingual premium
- $174.45 a month for
hospital outstation premium
- $36 a month for
locked facility premium
- $140 a month for
inmate supervision premium
- $100 a month for the
Masters of Social Work premium
It is outrageous that they
want us to take these cuts while top managers continue to pay less
for health care, receive performance
bonuses, and get car allowances!
It's time to show up and
TAKE A STAND!
Come the the Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting
tomorrow to get an update on bargaining and JOIN THE FIGHT!
Tuesday, June 14
6pm
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Note New Location!!!
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Teamsters Local 542
4666 Mission Gorge Place
San Diego, CA 92120
5.26.11
Today in
bargaining...
Negotiations
really heated up as the County offered us another counter-proposal which looks
very much like the first one!
- Same 7%
pay cut.
- Same
elimination of most premiums.
- Same
elimination of all step increases.
Once again, they
failed to explain to us why managers continue to receive performance bonuses,
car allowances, and long-term disability coverage while we get NONE
of these.
Also, the County
still did not address why they get more life insurance and more money for health
care than we do.
It’s time to
take a stand and fight for what is
fair!
Join us at the
June 4th
“Justice for Working Families”
Rally
at the County
Administration Center (10 a.m.)
You can also show your support by participating in
Purple Thursdays. Members across the county are wearing purple every Thursday
to demonstrate their support of our Bargaining Team. You can check out pictures
of Purple Thursdays on our Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in your worksite
yet? Contact your Worksite Organizer and find out how to get it
started!
For UP-TO-DATE information on the
County Bargaining
Process visit http://www.seiu221.org/countybargaining/Default.aspx
5.25.11
Today members across the county walked up to their supervisors or managers and asked them to stand behind them. We make a difference in the work that we do and it is unacceptable that management and the Board of Supervisors are getting raises and better benefits while we, who serve the public, are asked to sacrifice.
We asked managers to sign a simple pledge and say that our lives and our families are just as important as theirs! We asked managers to tell the Board of Supervisors it's time to do what is right.
A few managers stood behind their employees and signed the pledge, however, most did not!
It's time for us to take a stand for what is fair. Come to the Justice for Working Families Rally on June 4th to let the county know that we will stand up and fight for a fair contract.
Saturday, June 4th
10 a.m.
County Administration Center
1600 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA
Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/seiu221 to see pictures from today's "March on the Boss" action!
5.23.11
We
asked the County: “Aren’t our lives, our health, our work, and our families
just as important as yours?”
It’s time for us to take a
stand and fight for what is fair!
Be at the next County CAT Meeting
Fight back against management's bonuses and perks
while they’re asking us to sacrifice!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
6:00 p.m.
SEIU Local 221
4004 Kearny Mesa Road
San Diego, CA 92111
I'm
Taking a Stand!
√ Mark your calendars now and be
at the June 4th“Justice
for Working Families” Rally at the County Administration
Center (10 a.m.).
It’s time for us to demand what’s fair! Go to www.seiu221.org to get the most up to date
information.
You can also show your support by
participating in Purple Thursdays. Members across the county are wearing
purple every Thursday to demonstrate their support of our Bargaining
Team. You can check out pictures of Purple Thursdays on our Facebook
page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in your
worksite yet? Contact your Worksite Organizer and find out how
to get it started!
For UP-TO-DATE information on the County Bargaining
Process visit http://www.seiu221.org/countybargaining/Default.aspx
5.20.11
This week in
bargaining...
we found out who the County is
really taking care of!
| County
Management |
County
Employees |
| more vacation |
more work |
| more money for health care |
increasing health care
costs |
| life insurance up to $500,000 |
life insurance = $10,000 |
| long term disability coverage |
NO long term disability
coverage |
| performance bonuses |
pay cuts! |
We asked the County this
week: “Aren’t our lives, our health, our work, and our families just as
important as yours?”
It’s time for us to take a stand and
fight for what is fair!
Come to
the next CAT meeting, Tuesday May 24th at 6 p.m. to fight
back against management bonuses and perks while they’re asking us to
sacrifice!
√ Mark your calendars now for the June
4th “Justice for Working Families” Rally at the County Administration
Center (10 a.m.). It’s time for us to stand up and demand what’s
fair!
You can also show your support by participating in Purple
Thursdays. Members across the county are wearing purple every Thursday to
demonstrate their support of our Bargaining Team. You can check out pictures of
Purple Thursdays on our Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in your worksite yet? Contact
your Worksite Organizer and find out how to get it
started!
For UP-TO-DATE information on the
County Bargaining
Process visit http://www.seiu221.org/countybargaining/Default.aspx
5.11.11
Did you know San Diego County’s top management pay LESS for their health care, get more vacation, have better life insurance policies, and get more benefits than we do?
- Management gets up to $100 more a month for their health care than we do!
- Management gets long term disability insurance…we get NONE!
- Management’s life insurance policy covers them up to $150,000 versus our $10,000 plan!
- Management gets 2 more vacation days than we do every year!
They’re taking care of themselves while at the same time they’re asking us to make unacceptable concessions! The proposals the County has given to us could mean we would lose hundreds of dollars each month that we need to support our families.
Yesterday, we gave the County our economic proposals that would simply make us equal with what the County gives their top management and the Board of Supervisors. We also gave them proposals that would give us more protections against layoffs and contracting out.
We gave the County a simple message yesterday: WE WANT WHAT YOU HAVE. Our lives are just as important as theirs and our families need health insurance just as much as theirs do. We’re only asking for what’s fair.
We have come up with a PLAN TO WIN that will expose these inequalities and make sure we win a fair contract, but we need your help and support! Come to our next CAT meeting to hear our plan and find out what you can do to win! The meeting is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 17th at the local (4004 Kearny Mesa Rd.)
Now is the Time to Get Involved!
How can you win a fair contract?
Go to CAT Meetings - the next one is Tuesday May 17th @ 6 pm at SEIU Local 221
Attend County Bargaining Sessions – the next scheduled meetings are Wed May 18 @ 9 am at the County Administration Center (1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego) & Thu May 19 @ 9 am at SEIU Local 221 (4004 Kearny Mesa Rd, San Diego)
Join the Rally - June 4th @ 10 am at the County Administration Center at 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego. Let your voice be heard!
You can also show your support by participating in Purple Thursdays. Members across the county are wearing purple every Thursday to demonstrate their support of our Bargaining Team. You can check out pictures of Purple Thursdays on our Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in your worksite yet? Contact your Worksite Organizer and find out how to get it started!
For UP-TO-DATE information on the County Bargaining Process visit http://www.seiu221.org/countybargaining/Default.aspx
5.7.11
This week in bargaining, the County gave us
counter proposals to our language proposals. Our proposals would strengthen our
contracts by improving communication, increasing access to work sites and would
cost the County NOTHING. Still,
in almost every case, the County said NO!
This is on top of their proposals that
would already cut at least 7% out of our pay, plus the loss of all step
increases and many premiums! Can you afford to lose hundreds of
dollars a month?? The County thinks you can!
Next week, the bargaining team will begin
visiting worksites to give an update on what’s been happening and negotiations
and talk about our PLAN TO WIN! Contact your Worksite
Organizer at 858-560-0151 to find out the schedule.
Do you think your hard work is as valuable as
management’s? The County doesn’t!! Come to the next CAT
meeting, Tuesday May 10th at 6 p.m. at the local (4004 Kearny Mesa Rd., San Diego 92111)
to find out why!
You can also show your
support by participating in Purple Thursdays. Members across the county
are wearing purple every Thursday to demonstrate their support of our
Bargaining Team. You can check out pictures of Purple Thursdays on our
Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in
your worksite yet? Contact your Worksite Organizer to find out how
to get it started!
4.30.11
Last week in bargaining the County presented
us with their economic proposals. Their proposals- to freeze all step
increases, remove their 7% contribution to our retirement, and eliminate most
premiums- would mean we would lose hundreds of dollars out of our paycheck
every month!
On Wednesday, we asked the County to explain
their reasoning for each of their far-reaching proposals. They say “times
are tough” and it’s these tough economic times that require them to ask us to
give up hundreds of dollars of our pay. While it’s true many cities and
counties across the state have struggled over the past couple of years to
balance their budgets, San Diego
County is not one of
them. In fact, a report released by the Center on Policy Initiatives on
Tuesday found that the County has an annual surplus of $2.2 billion- one
of the biggest in the state!
What will these proposals mean to us?
Look at these examples:
A
Protective Social Worker with 20 years of service will lose $436 a month!
A
Certified Nurses Assistant with 5 years of service will lose $270 a month!
A
Clerk in the Treasurer/Tax Collectors Office with 11 years of service will lose
$253 a month!
For a county with an annual surplus more than
half its annual budget, these proposals are outrageous! Can you afford to
receive less in your paycheck every month? The County thinks you
can!
On Thursday, we gave the County our
non-economic proposals which are designed to strengthen union rights and
equalize our language across bargaining units. The County spent most of
the day discussing our proposals in caucus and responding to information we
requested.
In unity,
The County Bargaining Team
Find out what you can do to win a fair contract.
Come to our next CAT meeting, Tuesday May
10th at 6 p.m. at the local, 4004 Kearny Mesa Road.
You can also show your
support by participating in Purple Thursdays. Members across the county
are wearing purple every Thursday to demonstrate their support of our
Bargaining Team. You can check out pictures of Purple Thursdays on our
Facebook page. (www.facebook.com/seiu221).
Don't have Purple Thursday in
your worksite yet? Contact your Worksite Organizer to find out how
to get it started!
Members are encouraged to watch
negotiations and show unity and solidarity to the Bargaining Team. The
schedule for bargaining this week is:
Tuesday,
May 3rd, 9 a.m. at the Local / Wednesday,
May 4th, 9 a.m. at the County
Administration Center,
1600 Pacific Highway,
San Diego
4.21.11
On Tuesday, your bargaining team sat down
with the County to begin negotiating our next contract. Thank you to all
the members who came out to support us for our “Breakfast with the Bargaining
Team” rally and those who escorted us in and stayed to watch the negotiations!
You can check out the pictures on our Facebook page...www.facebook.com/seiu221.org)
We spent the first day fighting for our
rights as union members to observe the negotiations. Your
bargaining team stood strong and held the line on the right for our members to
observe bargaining in the face of opposition. “Today we saw the power of
collective action”, Martha Rodriguez,
bargaining team member for the Social Welfare unit said, “Our bargaining team
fought for democracy”.
Yesterday, the county presented us with their
economic proposals. The county is proposing to Freeze
all salary steps, Remove the 7% offset employees receive
towards their pension, and Eliminate many premiums. In
other words, the County is asking us to work for FREE!
We
Want To Hear From You!!
What do you think about these
proposals? Come to our next CAT meeting on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at
the local, 4004 Kearny Mesa Rd.,
San Diego, CA 92111. We’ll talk about
how we respond to the county and win a fair contract.
There will also be an informational meeting
on Thursday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. in North
County at the San Marcos Senior
Center.
Please contact Sun Strait
at 858-560-0151 or sun.strait@seiu221.orgwith questions.
The County Contract
Bargaining Team
BARGAINING DATES
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Wednesday, April 27, 9 a.m., at SEIU
Thursday, April 28, 9 a.m. at County
Administration Center
(CAC), 1600 Pacific
Highway, SD 92101-
Tower 6
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 9 a.m., at SEIU
Wednesday, May 4th, 9 a.m. at CAC
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Tuesday, May 10th, 9 a.m. at SEIU
Wednesday, May 11th, 9 a.m. at CAC
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Tuesday, May 17th, 9 a.m. at CAC
Wednesday, May 18th, 9 a.m. at SEIU
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Tuesday, May 24th, 9 a.m. at SEIU
Wednesday, May 25th, 9 a.m. at CAC
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Tuesday, May 31st, 9 a.m. at SEIU
Wednesday, June 1st, 9 a.m. at CAC
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Tuesday, June 7th, 9 a.m. at SEIU
Wednesday, June 8th, 9 a.m. at CAC
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Tuesday, June 14, 9 a.m. at CAC
Wednesday, June 15, 9 a.m. at SEIU
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Tuesday, June 21st, 9 a.m. at CAC
Wednesday, June 22nd, 9 a.m. at SEIU
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Tuesday, June 28th, 9 a.m. at SEIU
Wednesday, June 29th, 9 a.m. at CAC
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4.18.11
Breakfast with the Bargaining Team
Come
out and show your support for our Bargaining Team
on our first day of negotiations with the County.
Tuesday April 19th, 2011
7:30 am
County Administration Building
1600 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92101
West Plaza (near the fountain)
Coffee and Donuts will be provided.
Walk us into negotiations on our first day!
Please contact Alexis English
at 858-560-0151 or alexis.english@seiu221.org
for more information.