As of February 23rd, the VA Northern California Health Care System is offering vaccination appointments to Veterans who are essential workers, regardless of age, including those working in the utility industry.
The new 3-year Legal Aid at Work contract achieves the excellent wages and benefits that reflect the important work you all do, including an organizational minimum wage, increased sick leave income protection time, pay increases and job classification transparency, and so much more!
Another successful negotiation with Santa Rosa Home Health! In a true partnership manner, collaboratively we have reached a new agreement with management on weekend scheduling and workflow.
While we strive to celebrate Black History year-round, in recognition of Black History Month, we want to take the opportunity to feature some incredible Black labor leaders at ESC Local 20. Read on to meet some of ESC Local 20 Black member leaders, past and present, who broke barriers and fought — and continue to fight— for economic mobility, stability, and equity on the job.
The Executive Board of the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE, is excited to welcome Wei-Ling Huber as the new Assistant Executive Director. A lifelong activist for justice, Wei-Ling spent the last 25 years working to improve and expand economic opportunities for East and North Bay hospitality and food service workers during her time as president of UNITE HERE 2850. She is excited to now join Local 20’s committed member leaders and talented staff in their efforts to raise contract standards to even greater heights and help more professional workers enjoy the benefits of union membership.
Due to a vacancy on the Optometry Unit Board, nominations are now open for District 3 Representative. Nominations for the position are due Monday, February 22nd, 2021.
Effective April 1, 2021, two Physical Therapists will staff each holiday, and assignments will be done based on rotation.
PG&E has changed its policy on notifying employees about potential COVID exposures to comply with a new state law. PG&E will contact you directly if their contact tracing determines that you had close contact with the COVID-positive person. If you have concerns, call the PG&E HR help line, 415-973-HELP.
Last week, President John Mader and Executive Director Frankie Preciado met with the new PG&E CEO, Patti Poppe. The tone of this introductory meeting was positive and we look forward to many more to come.
IFPTE applauds and thanks President Biden for acting so quickly to overturn these destructive and draconian Trump executive orders. There remains a lot of work to undo the great damage done to our federal workforce and our federal institutions by the Trump Administration, and today’s actions by President Biden is a great start toward achieving that goal.
