2020 Optometry Unit Board Elections Now Open
2020 Optometry Unit Board nominations are due on or before September 30, 2020 for President, District Representative 2, District Representative 4, and District Representative 6.
Optometrists & Optometric Assistants
BIG WIN: Kaiser Childcare Stipend Extended
ESC parents at Kaiser won big this week when the CKPU got Kaiser to agree to extend childcare benefits through the end of the year!
CKPU Urges Return of Childcare Benefit Program
Open letter from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions leaders seeking immediate reinstatement of Kaiser childcare benefit offered at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic which provided relief and security for parents and caregivers.
8-9-10, Screen Them Again
The 8-9-10, Screen Them Again Union Standard was developed by ODs to ensure patient and worker safety, maintain professional practice standards, and accommodate reopening. Print and share this flyer in your worksite to keep your patients and yourselves safe!
ESC Local 20 Welcomes Francisco “Frankie” Preciado as New Executive Director
The Executive Board of the Engineers and Scientist of California Local 20, IFPTE is proud to announce Francisco “Frankie” Preciado as the new Executive Director of ESC Local 20, and would like to express our deep appreciation to Karen Sawislak for her leadership and commitment to this union as the Executive Director for nearly 10 years.
Join us in Oakland, Saturday June 13
Join us, union members, and central labor councils Saturday, June 13th to condemn systemic racism and affirm Black Lives Matter.
Check Out the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions Website Redesign!
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions official website has a new design and important information about steps we are taking to protect our members!
ESC Local 20 National and Local Agreements Overwhelmingly Ratified!
ESC Local 20 members join 80,000 other Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Union members to overwhelmingly ratify the National Agreement with a 96% “YES” vote. With very strong turnout, all Local contracts were decisively passed across all bargaining units!
Our deepest condolences to President John Mader on the passing of his wife
It is with a heavy heart that we express our deepest condolences to John Mader, President of Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) Local 20, IFPTE, who unexpectedly lost his wife, Sandie, earlier this month.
Want to help? Please contribute here to funeral expenses and support of Sandie’s children.
2019 Kaiser Tentative Agreements and Ratification Documents
Over the last 18 months, members at ESC Local 20 and Coalition Unions across the nation fought hard and stood united to protect quality patient care, to preserve middle class jobs, and to restore the Labor Management Partnership– and we did it. Read the details of the Tentative Agreements.
