On Wednesday the Department of Mental Health (DMH) informed workers that it intends to reduce the ratio of treatment staff to patients by almost a third within all five of its hospitals starting next month. The notice sent to UAPD states that DMH is “evolving into a...
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Hundreds Gather to Remember Slain DMH Employee
Hundreds gather to remember Donna Gross Napa Valley Register VIDEO: Napa State employees remember Donna Gross Napa Valley Register Atascadero State Hospital Performs Vigil For Employee Killed On Duty KVEC State workers remember...
Remember Donna Gross 10-23-11
October 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of Donna Gross, a dedicated Napa State Hospital Psychiatric Technician. In remembrance of Donna and commitment to the cause of safety for all staff and patients, the Safety Now Coalition will come together at...
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...