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SCCOE Bargaining Update 11/20/2020

Santa Clara County Office of Education Chapter

We Reached a Tentative Agreement

Vote Online from Monday, Nov. 30 to Monday, Dec. 7

We reached a Tentative Agreement with COE regarding our working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to review the agreement: https://bit.ly/SCCOE-TA-112020

Our Bargaining Team urges you to vote YES so that we can ensure that management abides by the safety guidelines and workplace conditions agreed to in the agreement. 

Tentative Agreement Summary:

  • Management agreed to provide appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), including higher levels for employees who are at higher risk (custodians, those working with students with higher aerosolizing procedures, etc.), and that exposure at work would not require workers to use their time off leave, even if they are exposed multiple times.
  • During distance learning, employees will have the choice of working from home or working on-site. OTBS workers should continue their pre-agreement schedule of at home and in-office days unless given a 10-day notice. Because management’s priority is to keep all workers employed, some workers who are unable to perform their job duties at home and do not have in-person job duties may be re-assigned to alternate work instead of being laid off.
  • The stipend that we fought hard for was delivered outside of the agreement to all bargaining units.

The online vote will take place via Election Buddy from Monday, Nov. 30, 8 a.m. until Monday, December 7, 5 p.m.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • You must be a member to vote. We must have received your membership application no later than noon on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Become an SEIU 521 union member now:
    https://members.seiu521.org/SEIU521MembershipApplicationExternal.aspx
  • We must also have a correct subscribed personal email address and permission to text you on file so that an online ballot can be sent to you via email or text. Update your contact information here no later than noon on Wednesday, November 25, 2020: https://www.seiu521.org/signup

Urgent General Membership Meeting

Thursday, Dec. 3rd, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Attend our important upcoming membership meeting to receive an update about resolving safety issues related to COVID-19, re-opening school sites safely, and working from home arrangements.
Please e-mail Tammy.Dhanota@seiu521.org or sarah.gianocaro@gmail.com 48 hours in advance if you need accommodations for the meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99826129105?pwd=TzRLVnVTYmEwOXB2UnpndzRod2RKdz09
Meeting ID: 998 2612 9105
Passcode: 217726
One tap mobile: +16699009128,,99826129105# 
Dial-in: 1-669-900-9128 and type Meeting ID: 998 2612 9105. 

Save the Date! Car Caravan

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, 9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Location and route: TBD

Why: Management will still not work with us to re-open school sites safely. Also, some of our workers are being asked to return to the office or take leave of absence. 

Sign Our Petition to COE to Put Safety First

In the meantime, we ask that you sign our petition asking COE to put safety first when re-opening school sites and offices: https://www.seiu521.org/sccoesafetyfirst

Share our petition with your co-workers, friends, neighbors, and family members. We need as many signatures as possible before the next COE Board meeting on December 16, 2020.

In unity,

Your SEIU 521 COE Bargaining Team