CDCR Resources and Contact Information: For official information regarding CDCR reductions see CDCR's Employee Layoff Resources Website. The CDCR Human Resources Helpline can be called between 8 am and 5 pm weekdays at 1-888-793-4473 (select option #2). You can...
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
Kelso: End of prison oversight not certain
Kelso said the state also should create a quasi-independent medical bureaucracy within the corrections department to make sure the state doesn't backslide because of budget cuts or a lack of interest. Read full article in the The Associated Press
CalPERS is Stable and Affordable
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...
AB 109 and Corrections Layoffs
In July of this year the CDCR mailed out seniority scores to all of its employees, in preparation for staff cuts that it says will accompany the prison population decrease mandated by AB 109. So far, the UAPD has not been given any formal information specific to our...
New PIE (Permanent Intermittent Employees) Program for BU 16
In the last round of negotiations the UAPD encouraged the State of California to reduce its reliance on outside contractors by creating its own in house type of registry for filling in temporary vacancies with existing civil service workers. Such a registry program...
Out of State CME Covered by BU 16 Contract
Under the UAPD contract for State BU 16 employees, there is no distinction between out-of-state and in-state CME courses, with both kinds qualifying for "up to seven (7) days per fiscal year of Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave and reasonable travel time" and...