Santa Clara County doctors represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike against Santa Clara County, and the UAPD Board of Directors has put its full support behind that strike. UAPD is also moving...
AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders reminded readers of the San Francisco Chronicle that "the sky is not falling on the California pension system" in an editorial published this week. Read the full text of Saunder's editorial, entitled California Pension System...
San Mateo County has informed UAPD that due to a $31 million dollar budget gap for the next fiscal year, they are not planning to renew their lease at Burlingame Long Term Care Center when it expires in June 2013. However, they do plan to open 32 additional nursing...
Memorandum of Understanding Imposed by Solano County From the Vacaville Reporter (8/23/11): Solano County is at odds with another union since it rejected the county's last, best and final offer for a new contract agreement. The Board of Supervisors will consider today...
Though Santa Cruz County representatives made no specific proposals during their single bargaining session with UAPD in May, and none during the most recent meeting on September 6th, the County's team presented information that strongly suggested that they would seek...
On May 17th, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved the imposition of 156 hours of furloughs for each full-time equivalent employee (pro-rated for part-time employees) in the unit for fiscal year 2011-2012. The County agreed to once again establish and administer a...