Tentative Agreement Reached with Central California Legal Services!
BREAKING: Tentative Agreement Reached!
It is not easy, especially when working or bargaining amid a pandemic where in-person meetings are not possible, but we have breaking news: we have reached a Tentative Agreement on our contract with Central California Legal Services! Your bargaining team fought off takeaways that could have hurt workers’ rights to grieve plus many more victories that we are proud to present to you.
Member ratification on the Tentative Agreement will take place on Thursday, October 29th from 11:00 AM and conclude by 2:00 PM. Our bargaining team, made up of fellow CCLS co-workers, is recommending a YES vote to accept the Tentative Agreement. Pending the results of our membership vote, the tentative agreement will then be voted on by the CCLS Board of Directors for approval.
How To Vote
Our membership vote will be conducted completely online to your work email address. Only full dues-paying members are eligible to vote on the Tentative Agreement. If you are not a current member or unsure, sign up to become a member here: www.seiu521.org/membership. To avoid receiving a provisional ballot, you must submit a membership application by Tuesday, October 27, 2020, by 7:00 PM.
Election Details
Date: Thursday, October 29th
Start time: 11:00 AM
End time: 2:00 PM
Election Format: Virtual online ballot. Eligible members will receive an email to their work email address from Survey Monkey to cast one vote to accept or reject the Tentative Agreement. One vote per member. NOTE: Management’s condition for allowing work email to ratify this Tentative Agreement is all eligible members must submit their ballot while off-the-clock. Vote on your lunch break.
Highlights from Tentative Agreement
- One-year term agreement. We return to the bargaining table next year, 2021.
- One-time payment of $331.15 to each CCLS employee, excluding Executive Director.
- Protected contract language that allows workers their right to a grieving procedure.
- New language that guarantees workers’ right to union representatives and shop stewards during meetings with management
- New comp time language for exempt employees. Ability to accrue comp time if working beyond 7.5 hours/day or 37.5 hours/week. In addition, an employee may work up to 10 hours of comp time in a week without prior approval.
- $50/month allowance for Fresno office staff if work majority of the week in office.
- CCLS’s permanent employees may participate in the School Loan Reimbursement Assistance Program (SLRAP).