Protecting your happy

Just when we thought the Court couldn't go any lower, they slithered in yet another slimy proposal—this time targeting our members' vacation rights. Today, the Court responded to UPE's proposal to increase vacation slots for all units with their own proposal. The Court proposal contains language that could reduce the number of available vacation slots and potentially give the CEO discretion to decide whether certain units should lose vacation slots altogether. Vacation time i

On August 6, 2026, UPE met with the Sacramento Superior Court regarding its proposal to eliminate the daily lunch closure and implement continuous public service hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. During the meeting, UPE presented information from other California trial courts and written statements from current and former Civil Self-Help Services employees. UPE advocated for employee safety by proposing: A consistent law enforcement presence in the Civil Self-Help Services

Court Offers Insulting One-Time Payment Your UPE Court Professional Unit Bargaining Team continued negotiations with Sacramento Court on August 14, 2026. UPE made seven additional proposals in an effort to improve working conditions and livable wage increases. The proposals included wage increases, protections against AI, improvements to retiree health benefits, and the ability to cash out sick leave and/or convert to vacation time. The Court responded with an insulting prop

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, On August 13, 2026, your 008 board met with DHA management to follow up on the implementation of ABAWD. Clients are now receiving letters saying that their CalFresh is ending, and workers have not received the info needed to provide clients with how to meet their work requirements and/or receive exemptions. Additionally, training was not conducted in the manner we were told it would, leaving workers unprepared. We made several proposal

Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers, On August 12, 2026, your 005 board members and subject matter experts met with DHA management regarding the CMISP line function at East Commerce, following the closure of 28th Street. We met with management regarding the transfer of this duty earlier this year, and we were told that all members in the BCW unit at East Commerce would be trained to assist the current staff with this phone line. That did not happen until now, 6 months later