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MultiCare is putting patient safety at risk by demanding their Indigo urgent care providers work excessively long and fatiguing shifts.
After winning their union election over two years ago, physicians and providers continue the fight. They want to provide the best and safest possible care to their patients. Please help by attending our picket!
Fifty-three employees for California state prisons have tested positive for COVID-19, according to new figures released on Sunday.
The California Institute for Men (CIM), in Chino, had 16 reported cases, the most among the state’s 18 facilities — including prisons and other offices — where employees have reported positive tests, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
California State Prison, Sacramento had 5 positive tests and Folsom State Prison had 4, according to a tally the corrections department keeps on its website.
Among the offices with a positive test is the department’s headquarters at 1515 S Street, according to an email sent to employees in the building Friday.
The number is up from a dozen workers on March 26.
After staff members test positive, the corrections department restricts movement at their institutions and works to identify who the infected person has been in contact with, according to the department. The institutions restrict movement and quarantine people determined to be at risk.
Employees at the institutions are screened for COVID-like symptoms at the gates and turned away if they have symptoms, the department has said.
The corrections department has published extensive guidance for employees at its website, including instructions for keeping home and work surfaces clean, keeping in communication with loved ones during the pandemic and talking to children about what is happening at https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/information/.
These general policies vary by specific department, organization, and state. As previously mentioned they are subject to change. Listed below are some of your rights and suggestions to protect yourself:
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Upon member request, the Director of DSH will be at Napa State Hospital this upcoming Friday for a meeting. NSH members have been sent details regarding this upcoming Friday’s visit.
If you have any questions regarding the upcoming meeting this Friday, please call the UAPD Northern California HQ office at (916) 442-6977 or email uapd@uapd.com.
The updated Memorandum of Understanding for the County of San Mateo is now online and available in PDF format. SMEP members with mailing addresses on file shall also receive a physical copy of the MOU as a booklet from UAPD in the upcoming weeks.
If you are unsure your mailing address on file is current or have any other questions regarding the contract, please contact UAPD’s Northern California office by phone or e-mail.
In recent months, the UAPD has approached the State Controller’s Office on behalf of our membership. UAPD members have had the issue of excess pension funds being taken out of their paychecks only to have random checks administered to members by the Controller’s office.
This is an ongoing problem for UAPD and other unions. In addition, other unions (CASE) have voiced their frustrations in publications such as the Sacramento Bee (click here to read the article) regarding not having their pay raises factored into current paychecks.
Please be advised that UAPD remains in “direct contact” with the Controller’s legal staff. Clearly, it will take some time to resolve this matter. The union will prevail in rectifying all Controller issues.
This case deals with five misleading practices CDCR has been implementing and their push for psychiatric staff reductions.
As of April 25th, UAPD’s bargaining team has wrapped up negotiations with the City and County of San Francisco. CCSF members will receive an email containing an agreement summary and a link to the ratification ballot within the next few days, so keep an eye out.
Many thanks to Tim Jenkins and our bargaining team’s hard work on negotiating this new three-year tentative agreement.
In January, CAASD members notified us that employees were being asked to sign a new RAFT agreement. In response, the UAPD reached out to the department. The department replied by providing an update with the following changes, many of which are proposals that UAPD made back in August of last year:
1. Expectations were removed from the RAFT agreements
2. Only employees who perform telework are required to sign the RAFT agreement
3. The department removed the term “agreement” from the form
If you do not telework and you are being asked to sign a RAFT agreement, please contact your union representative and provide details.