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...
UAPD Updates
Solano County Imposes Contract on UAPD Doctors
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...
Santa Cruz County Bargaining Update
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...
Santa Cruz County Furlough Bank
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...
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...