On August 1, 2025, your UPE 008 Negotiations Team met with Sacramento County to continue contract negotiations. While progress was made...

On July 29, 2025, UPE and fellow 008 advocates met with IHSS for a follow-up on their upcoming implementation of the Telehealth...

On July 31, 2025, your UPE 008 Negotiations Team met with Sacramento County to resume contract negotiations. The parties had positive...

Since the strike on July 8, 2025, Sacramento County has yet to make any movement on their proposals. They are still asking for too many...

Hello sisters and brothers of UPE! During recent site visits this week at OB3, Kings Way, and GRP, we learned that there have been rumors...

On July 3, 2025, UPE met with the County regarding the new program that will replace CWS-CMS, CWS-CARES in October 2026. The State of...

On July 11, 2025, the County provided its first response to UPE regarding bargaining since UPE declared impasse on June 24, 2023. Instead...

UPE wishes to extend a huge thank you to all the members who stood up for their rights and their dignity during the strike yesterday!...

UPE sisters and brothers, tomorrow July 8, 2025, WE WILL STRIKE! After months of negotiations, members of the 005 Office Technical...

Greetings, brothers and sisters! On June 23, 2025, your UPE team met with the department about changes to the above policy. This was...

As an employee of Sacramento County in the 008 and 005 bargaining units, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STRIKE. Under California Supreme Court...

ATTENTION UPE MEMBERS All UPE union members, by now you are aware that both the UPE 008 Welfare Non-Supervisory bargaining unit which...

UPE is aware of the recent changes to the use of sick and vacation leave and believes that these changes are unfair and exceed the normal...

UPE met and conferred with DHA regarding a resumption and expansion of feedback forms for both HSSs in 008 and Office Assistants and...

Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers, Late on the evening of June 17, 2025, Sacramento County sent UPE a notice of its intent to seek...

When are we going to strike? - We will not be providing the exact date until the last possible moment. UPE is legally required to provide...

Today the County sent a misleading email to all 008 Bargaining Unit members regarding negotiations. The message falsely suggests that...

On June 11, 2025, members of the 008 board, along with subject matter experts from the Department of Human Assistance, met to continue...

The County is just another oppressor...you are not valued! Greetings, Union Sisters and Brothers,   After 6 months at the bargaining...

POLICY CHANGES DISCUSSED UPE met with Department of Health Services (DHS) management to discuss proposed changes to two policies at the...