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Sutter Court Bargaining Update
On October 2, 2025, your Sutter Negotiations Team met with the Court for our 3rd negotiations session. We passed over a couple more...
Oct 3, 2025


DHA Meet and Confer: Fraudulent Document Referral Process
On 9/30/25, your 008-bargaining team met with the department regarding their proposal for a new fraudulent document referral process for...
Oct 2, 2025


UPE Member Update – Utility Billing Services Classes
On August 28, 2025, United Public Employees met again with the Department of Finance and Department of Personnel Services to continue...
Oct 2, 2025


Healthcare Cost Relief For 2026 – Unit 3 Members
Merced County has announced that health insurance premiums will rise in general by approximately 13.9% in 2026. This increase is due to...
Oct 1, 2025


Meet and Confer Update: Airports Dispatch Emergency Staffing
On September 19, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) again met with the Department of Airports to address the ongoing staffing shortages...
Oct 1, 2025


Meet and Confer Update: Court Public Copy Machines
United Public Employees (UPE) met with the Court on September 17, 2025, regarding the Court’s proposal to discontinue four public copy...
Oct 1, 2025


Sutter Bargaining Update
On September 25, your Sutter Bargaining team met with the Court for our 2nd negotiations session. We passed over about 8 proposals, some...
Sep 30, 2025


Placer Bargaining Update
Yesterday, your bargaining team met with the Court team and the CEO to address the current bargaining impasse. Both sides articulated...
Sep 30, 2025


Meet and Confer Update: DCFAS/APS On Call
On September 15, 2025, UPE met with the County about the revised On-Call P&P for APS (Adult Protective Services). Upon reading the...
Sep 19, 2025


Placer Bargaining Update
As many of you may have seen from the posted position statement by the Court, we did not offer a counter to the Court's package proposal...
Sep 19, 2025


Meet and Confer Update: Feedback Reports
Greetings, union brothers and sisters, On September 18th, 2025, your 008/005 governing board members met with the department for a second...
Sep 19, 2025


Meet and Confer: Leave Usage before Service Retirement
On September 11, 2025, UPE held its third meeting with the County regarding their proposed plan to implement a new policy regarding the...
Sep 17, 2025
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