Two remaining LSLMC classes in 2017: Improving Relationships class in Santa Clara on Friday, September 29, and Leading with Emotional Intelligence/Courageous Conversations class in Vallejo on Thursday, October 19. Register today!
No agreements have been finalized at this time. The August 31 session saw a significant change in the direction of negotiations, so this update will be brief and more details will be provided on the upcoming call today at 3:30pm. The potential scope of agreement is narrowing to two main points: to establish an NBR (New Business Rep) classification, and to offer voluntary incentives only for limited voluntary relocations of Estimators.
Two New Letters of Agreement Reached. Call for Estimating and Service Planning Tuesday, 9/5 at 3:30pm to get more information and answer questions!
Ready for our next contract negotiations? Join us at an upcoming meeting.
Hungry? Join us at the Labor Day Pancake Breakfast at the Carpenters’ Labor Center at 8am.
On August 14th, a “SP&D Advancement Program Highlights” email was sent to employees on which management used the ESC logo without the permission of the Union. Unfortunately, some members thought this implied an agreement with the Union but that is not accurate…
ESC Local 20 condemns violent, hateful, and racist speech and actions, like that which occurred recently in Charlottesville, by white nationalists and other hate groups…
A bill (H.R. 1716) has been introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit the Administration from imposing its government wide hiring freeze on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill’s sponsor is Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-7), and co-sponsored by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2).
IFPTE urges decision makers to oppose cuts to Affordable Care Act (ACA) protections, including gutting the pre-existing conditions protections, and ending the Medicaid expansion to states that has provided millions of our most vulnerable citizens health coverage and the so-called American Health Care Act that would leave at least 24 million Americans without healthcare coverage.
It is with great sadness we share the passing of Wendell Smith, former ESC Local 20 EPA Unit President and veteran EPA Region 9 Water Division engineer. With more than 25 years of service as an elected leader of ESC Local 20, Wendell also received ESC Local 20 highest honor, the Ben Hudnall Award, in 2015.
HR 1461 starts with attacking the use of Official Time at the VA… but who is next?
“…This misguided bill places significant restrictions on the ability of elected union representatives to use official time for representational purposes. In fact, the restrictions are so harsh and so broad, that they would essentially dissuade union representatives from using official time at all, which is the intended outcome of HR 1461…”
