Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP)
As you may have heard or read, management recently introduced some changes to the Short-Term Incentive Plan (“STIP”) that not only violate our CBA, but also change the STIP award in the following ways:
Author: Clara Varner
Excess Vacation
October 14th, 2022 In 2020, due to work-from-home health orders, the Union requested management to institute a policy to pay out excess vacation. Management originally intended that policy to end in 2021, but the Union was able to secure an agreement to pay-out excess vacation for that year. Since management is unwilling to extend that […]
ESC Bulletin: Catastrophic Storms, Exams, Vacation Accrual, and more
January 23rd, 2023 Your ESC Union Updates: Catastrophic Storms, Exams, Vacation Accrual, and more.
Sutter Newsletter
Your ESC Union’s most recent updates: Member spotlight, Santa Rosa strike, and Know Your Rights on breaks.
Kaiser Open Letter
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED. After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, there simply aren’t enough healthcare workers to safely and properly care for patients. Even before the pandemic, we faced a healthcare worker shortage; now, it is becoming a full-blown crisis that threatens all aspects of patient care. Many of our co-workers have left and more are […]
Kaiser Sympathy Strike Updates
Click here for more photos! Urgent Update: Return to Work Instructions Kaiser has reached out to the unions to start the process of an orderly post-strike return to work tomorrow morning. The strike concludes at 6 am tomorrow, October 7th. Kaiser requests that employees return to work tomorrow only if their first scheduled shift starts […]
Selfie Action
This round of National Agreement negotiations is unique: Previous staffing problems have become full-blown crisis since the pandemic Facing record inflation In the past 18 months, the last 4 rounds of negotiations between KP and non-coalition unions have resulted in strike notices or strikes. Last month, a majority of Coalition union members signed our Open […]
Coalition Open Letter Delivery
Coalition Open Letter Delivery ESC members delivered our Coalition Open Letter with almost 1,000 signatures to Kaiser executives, calling on Kaiser to address the staffing crisis that’s affecting patient care. We told them that it’s time for us to come together as problem solvers with real solutions for stabilizing our workforce. Our patients are depending […]
Urgent: Emergency Storm Response
The storms of 2022/2023 have been some of the most intense we have experienced since 1995/1996. The work and dedication shown by ESC members can make us all proud.
PG&E Unit Board Election 2024
In accordance with the PG&E Unit constitution of ESC Local 20, the following positions on the PG&E Unit Board are open for election:
