We represent 24 San Benito County Courts workers.
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MOU Extension for General Representation Unit
MOU Extension until 09/30/2011
Meetings & Events
- Combined Member Meeting: 2nd Wednesday of every month, 12-1 PM
Location change: SEIU Local 521, 710 San Benito St., Hollister
Please bring your own lunch.
For the following chapters: City of Hollister, Chamberlain's Children Center, MV Transportation, San Benito County, San Benito County Water District, San Benito Superior Court.
- Additional meetings & events listed under the Events tab in the purple column on the right.
Victory for Court Accountability and Oversight 
April 20 - We won this fight, but the battle continues!
Our phone calls and testimony from SEIU 521 court worker Annette Ruiz-Vides on Tuesday worked! An Assembly committee has voted 10-0 to pass AB 2521, which will bring transparency to the state court system. The bill now goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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In the News
- Tulare County Court Workers Volunteer on Furlough Days
Workers put furloughs to good use
USA Today, Feb. 28, 2010
Employees at the Tulare County courthouse learned in November that they would be furloughed one day a month. Courtroom clerk Miguel Espinoza and SEIU organized a volunteer day at a Visalia food bank, where 20 furloughed workers prepared care packages. "Giving back made furloughs a little easier to swallow," he says.
Photo on the right: Courtroom clerk Miguel Espinoza volunteering at a Visalia food bank along with fellow SEIU 521 members.
- LOIS HENRY: Closing courts wrong approach
The Bakersfield Californian, Nov. 14, 2009
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Blog
Newsletter - The Court Reporter
February 2010
In this issue:
- Weather can't keep 521 members down
- Corporations Given More Political Power
- Judicial Council votes to keep courts closed
- Stay In Touch
Courts workers can stay in touch with each other through a Yahoo e-mail group. Send an e-mail to:
Local_521_Superior_Courts-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (note that's three underscores and then one hyphen).
- Court-county squabble endangers and unites retirees
September 2009
May 2009
October 2008
We represent court workers in the following counties:
Kern
Kings
Fresno
Mariposa
Monterey
San Benito
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Tulare