CASE Is Back at the Bargaining Table. Just a reminder that it is critical that all members encourage their colleagues to join the fight and support the Bargaining Team in its efforts to improve benefits and salaries for us all. An increase in our membership enrollment would serve as a critical showing of our members’ commitment and engagement in the outcome of the important terms under negotiation and the CASE Board appreciates members assisting with its efforts and extensive time commitments.
CASE’s Sponsored Legislation. CASE’s sponsored legislation, SB 605, which would seek to ensure competitive compensation for state attorneys and administrative law judges in State Bargaining Unit 2 by aligning their salaries with those of public sector attorneys across California, was held on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File. This means that the bill is no longer moving forward this year. The difficult decisions made by the Appropriations Committees in both houses were informed by the state’s budget situation – the $12 billion deficit the state faces in the current year.
CASE, together with our lobbying and communications teams, made every effort to advance this bill to provide CASE members with the compensation parity they deserve, and we are disappointed at this outcome, but we will continue to fight for better wages and working conditions for all CASE members at the bargaining table and in the legislature.