On October 1, 2024, your 005 Office-Technical governing board met with DHS management to discuss their “Reception Desk Coverage Procedure.” DHS never notified us of this new procedure until a member informed us. This procedure did not exist before, as there is no past document on which it is based. Its implementation impacts the Health Services Coordinator classification, so we are meeting to mitigate the impact and revise this document.
DHS management was difficult to work with, but more meetings will come. Stay tuned!
UPE thanks governing board members Sylvia Garcia, Jennifer Avalo and steward Diana Corona for their participation and advocacy.
On June 2, 2026, your UPE bargaining team met with Labor Relations and members of management to discuss the implementation of a new time clocking and scheduling system. The purpose of these meetings i
Greetings, union brothers and sisters, Your 008 and 005 negotiations team met with the department over the implementation of CORE. UPE continued to try to convince the department to offer additional
On May 19, 2026, UPE met again with DHA regarding ongoing issues at Susie Gaines Mitchell (SGM). UPE again brought up the lack of interview space. The Department stated that they recently added anothe