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Our SEIU 521 Fresno County Negotiating Team met with the county on Thursday and the employer provided additional data we had requested.
Here are some key areas we are looking at:
ANNUAL LEAVE
County says the unfunded liability is too high for workers’ unused annual leave and wants to lower the cap on annual leave to 400 hours. County also wants to reduce the accrual rate to 10 days a year for 0-5 years, 15 days a year for up to 10 years, and 20 days a year for more than 10 years of service.
SEIU 521 asked for data on annual leave… how many workers and how many hours of unfunded liability the county is referring to. We now have the data and SEIU Research Department will help us do our own analysis so that we can come back with a counter-proposal.
STEP PROPOSAL
County wants to change the step structure to 12 steps, making it more than twice as long to reach the top step.
SEIU 521 asked for breakdown of specifics of the county’s proposed new steps. This week we received the information from the county and will be analyzing it for our counter-proposal.
WAGES
County wants to maintain 9% pay cut with no additional salary cuts.
SEIU 521 wants to restore 8% of the 9% wage cut that was imposed.
TERM OF CONTRACT
County wants 9 months. County wants a short contract so they can come back for more of our money!
SEIU 521 seeks a contract to run through Nov. 2, 2014 to protect our paychecks.
WHAT’S NEXT ?
Next negotiations: May 24
Next CAT meeting: May 31
ALL MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS WELCOME!
And the survey says…
We had a good turnout to our Contract Action Team meeting on Thursday, but need MORE SEIU 521 Fresno County workers to come, participate, and ramp up our energy for this contract fight!
We discussed the results from the contract survey members responded to over the last few weeks.
No surprise… Our top priorities are SALARY and JOB SECURITY!
Come to the next meeting to help plan out what worksite activities we can hold to show we want:
• A fair contract
• Respect
• Workers Unity
“In order for us to win a good contract, it’s clear we need to stand together and show the county that we’re here to negotiate fairly, and they need to do the same.”
– Heidi Perez, Office Assistant II, Dept. of Social Services
Read what the county is proposing
Read SEIU 521 proposal (PDF)
