Dog Days of Summer May Lie Ahead. The parties met again last week to continue bargaining for a successor MOU. In last week’s special edition CASE Files, you saw the general back-and-forth so far. Unfortunately, CalHR let another week go by without providing an improved economic offer that appropriately recognizes the value you provide to …
Preparing for what’s to come. It was a short week of bargaining with no meeting last Tuesday and a very brief call on Thursday during which the teams reviewed the progress so far and the outstanding items left to resolve. Unfortunately, CalHR still wasn’t ready with proposals on the items CASE Members care about most: …
Rollover madness continues. The CASE Bargaining Team and CalHR met again this week and dispatched with another set of rollover agreements that preserve existing elements of the MOU and reached agreement on several technical updates and not-too-exciting updates to language. CASE is focused on the present and moving forward; CalHR seems stuck in the past. …
Where things stand. The CASE Bargaining Team and CalHR met last Thursday, and the salary lag that shorts families, causes CASE professionals to flee state service, and hampers hiring was the center of discussions. As legal professionals know all too well, disputing parties can disagree most on the issue presented and the facts that should …
CASE Proposes, CalHR Receives. The Bargaining Team met last Thursday with CalHR to discuss the status of pending proposals and to offer additional ideas for improving CASE members’ benefits and protections under the MOU. CalHR has held off on responding to proposals offered thus far, citing the upcoming May Revise, which the Governor is expected …
Back to the table. The CASE Bargaining Team and CalHR resumed negotiations last week after taking the prior week to caucus individually regarding proposals and progress. After several weeks of preliminary discussions on which provisions of the MOU needed discussion and which could safely be rolled over to the next contract, the teams began discussing …
Talks Continue. The CASE Bargaining Team and CalHR met again last week to wrap up the initial identification of appropriate MOU provisions for rollover and additional discussion. Travel Expenses. CASE members know all too well that lodging and meal reimbursement rates have been too low for too long. Last week, CASE presented a proposal to …
THIS WEEK IN BARGAINING: The CASE Bargaining Team and CalHR Representatives met twice last week and began the in-depth, thoughtful process of examining each article in the MOU. The first order of business, however, was formally agreeing to the ground rules guiding the process. Ground rules set expectations for both parties during negotiations, including provisions …
Salary Equity. The CASE Bargaining Team met with CalHR on Wednesday to establish ground rules for this year’s MOU negotiations, emphasize the need for improved salary and benefits, pay parity for ALJs, and protected telework for all Unit 2 professionals, among other items. Members of the CASE Bargaining Team provided valuable context to the Governor’s …
Your CASE Bargaining Team met on its own (without state management) last Wednesday to review results from the member bargaining survey, and to prepare for formal negotiations with Gov. Newsom’s representatives from the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). The Team is preparing for what is expected to be long and very tough negotiations. Your …