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Greetings UPE Family! On August 5, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with Labor Relations and Employment Services regarding the Child Development Specialist Class Study. Previously, the CDS I and II classes were separate and had a one (1) year probationary period; they are now tied together as CDS I/II, as all other classifications that have a level I and II are, and the probationary period is now six (6) months. This creates a clearer pathway for CDS I’s to promote to C

Greetings UPE Family! On August 4, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with the department regarding the closure of the Ombudsperson’s Office within DCFAS. The work was shifted to its respective divisions within the Office Technical (005) bargaining unit. At the start of the meeting, the department presented year-to-date data regarding call volume. The most impact was within CPS (Child Protective Services), which your UPE team found to be of minimal impact. UPE requested that

Your 008-negotiation team met with the department regarding their proposal to yet again add more duties to our HSS members. Since the implementation of Cal Saws, eligibility cases have been plagued with the creation of duplicate persons. Sometimes this can cause complications under limited circumstances. Since the discovery of this issue, the department has had a program specialist resolving these cases. In what is becoming a predictable pattern, the department decides to red