Yuba Negotiations Update
Greetings, Union Family,
On November 12, 2026, your Yuba Negotiations Team met with the Court for our fourth contract bargaining session. The Court provided additional cleanup language, and we provided counterproposals to our salary and accruals proposals. Last session, we asked the Court what their financial ceiling was with salary increases. They said it is 3.5% in year 1, and 2% in year 2. We countered this today with 4% in year 1 and 3% in year 2. We hope we can push for a little more, as the Court rejected our health coverage and retiree health proposals, and seems unwilling to move much on accrual rates. We counter-proposed with 12 hours of sick time per month, and 4 hours of increases to vacation at each step. We also had a discussion around flex time, and allowing more flexibility for staff to take shorter lunches or come in earlier if they have errands to run and want to avoid utilizing their accruals.
The Court will be taking these back and will respond at our next session scheduled for November 24th. Please wear red to support your team!
Stay tuned.
