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Merced County: Important Update Operations Directive #26
On June 13, 2025, UPE met and conferred with Merced County Department of Human Services about changes to Operations Directive #26 – a...
Jul 10


Meet and Confer: Update on Office Assistant Classification
On May 20, 2025, UPE met with Merced County to discuss changes to the Office Assistant (OA) job classifications. The County has made...
Jun 25


Department of the Registrar of Voters and Elections Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP) Update
On February 24, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) had a meet and confer with the County of Merced Department of the Registrar of Voters...
Jun 25


UPE Update: Expectations Memo at the Tax Collector’s Office
On June 3, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) met for a second time with Merced County’s Department of the Tax Collector to discuss the...
Jun 23


WVPP Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Update
UPE met with Merced County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services on June 3, 2025, regarding the proposed policy for the workplace...
Jun 18


Assessors and Clerk Recorders Office WVPP Update
UPE met with the Assessors and Clerk Recorders Office on May 27, 2025, regarding the proposed policy for the workplace violence...
Jun 13


Merced County Tax Collector Classification Updates
On May 16, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) met with Merced County’s Tax Collector’s Office to discuss proposed updates to the...
Jun 4


Meet and Confer: HSA Employee Evaluation Forms
On May 16, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) met with Merced County’s Human Services Agency (HSA) to discuss proposed updates to...
May 29


WVPP Meet & Confer with Merced County Library
On April 18, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Library Department to discuss the Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP),...
May 19


Ongoing Meet and Confer with Tax Collector’s Office – Department Expectation Memo
On April 16, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Department of Tax Collector’s Office regarding a proposed Department Expectations Memo....
May 19


Meet and Confer: HSA Employee Evaluation Forms
On May 5, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Department of Human Assistance to discuss proposed changes to the employee performance...
May 15


WVPP Meet and Confer with Department of Auditor-Controller
On April 15, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Department of the Auditor-Controller to discuss the Workplace Violence Prevention...
May 13


WVPP Meet and Confer with Tax Collector's Office.
On April 15, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Department of the Tax Collector to discuss the Workplace Violence Prevention Program...
May 8


Merced Unit 3 Tentative Agreement Ratified!
Your Merced Unit 3 UPE Negotiations Team is excited to announce that the Merced Unit 3 membership ratified the new contract with Merced...
Apr 29


Workplace Safety Wins: UPE & DCSS Meeting Update
On April 7, 2025, UPE met with the Merced County Department of Child Support Services to discuss workplace violence prevention. During...
Apr 25


Update on Workplace Violence Prevention Program – Public Health Department
On April 4, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) met again with the Merced County Department of Public Health to continue discussions...
Apr 25


UPE Merced Unit 3 Reaches Tentative Agreement on New Contract with Merced County
Your UPE Merced Unit 3 Bargaining Team is pleased to announce we have reached a tentative agreement with the County on a new two year...
Apr 24


Unit 3 Contract Negotiations Update
UPE met with Merced County on April 11, 2025, for the second round of negotiations. During this meeting, UPE presented multiple...
Apr 21


Meet and Confer with HSA: Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP) Update
On March 19, 2025, UPE met for a second time with Merced County’s Human Services Agency (HSA) to discuss the proposed Workplace Violence...
Apr 21


Telework Update for HSA Employees
UPE met with Merced County’s Human Services Agency (HSA) on March 19, 2025, to discuss the department’s Telework Policy for a third time....
Apr 18
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