The county is in contract talks, again, this year with various labor groups, including Service Employees International Union Local 1021. It represents the largest bargaining group of county employees. Last week, the union put out notice that local businesses could get some free ad space in the weekly updates on those talks. Here’s the announcement: [...]
Last week, the months-long negotiation between San Joaquin County governments and its largest group of employees, represented by SEIU Local 1021, seemed to be drawing to a close. The county declared an impasse on Nov. 7, setting up what could be a last meeting before the county imposes terms. You can read on the county’s [...]
Members of Service Employee International Union Local 1021 stepped up its public campaign over the weekend with a full-page advert in the Sunday paper on Page A2. Here’s the ad: The ad compares the salary and retirement benefits of Tim Lowe, a road maintenance worker, with Tom Gau, the newly appointed director of Lowe’s department, [...]
Service Employees International Union filed a suit today against the county. A union official had filed a California Public Records Act request to view contracts with outside vendors. The county missed the 10-day response deadline, but today the county did send a response to the initial request from the union. Here’s a link to the [...]
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted to go ahead with plans to partially outsource transcription services at San Joaquin General. County staff recommended the move, saying it would save the hospital much-needed dollars. SEIU Local 1021, which represents the transcriptionists, disagreed with those numbers. The union members proposed concessions to cut costs, including taking [...]
Both county and labor officials have said they need to work together to weather the economic storm ravaging state and local budgets. The sentiment is repeated in a letter Service Employees International Union Local 1021 sent to County Administrator Manuel Lopez. In the letter, the union also notes “it is not a time for excessive [...]
