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Merced District Attorney’s Policy Manual Update
On June 17 and June 20, 2025, UPE met and conferred with the Merced County District Attorney’s Office regarding proposed updates to their...
Jul 22, 2025


Meet and Confer Update: COT Class Study
On July 14, 2025, UPE held its final meeting with the Court regarding the Court Office Technical Classification Study. The Classification...
Jul 18, 2025


Meet and Confer: CWS-CARES Sandbox
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...
Jul 17, 2025


UPE Placer Superior Court 2025 Bargaining
Greetings UPE Family, On Wednesday, July 16th, your bargaining team met with the Court to begin discussions on a successor agreement....
Jul 17, 2025


County Doubles Down on Hardship: Ends DHA App Reg Differential
On July 11, 2025, the County provided its first response to UPE regarding bargaining since UPE declared impasse on June 24, 2023. Instead...
Jul 11, 2025


2025 Voluntary Time Off (VTO) Program – Update
On June 16, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) met with representatives from the Sacramento Superior Court to discuss the Voluntary Time...
Jul 10, 2025


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, 2025


THANK YOU!
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!...
Jul 9, 2025


Important Information Regarding Planned Strike for UPE Court Office Technical and Court Professional Units
United Public Employees represents 3500 members in the UPE 005 Office Technical and 008 Welfare Non-supervisory bargaining units in...
Jul 7, 2025


STRIKE
UPE sisters and brothers, tomorrow July 8, 2025, WE WILL STRIKE! After months of negotiations, members of the 005 Office Technical...
Jul 7, 2025


UPE Placer Superior Court 2025 Bargaining
Dear Members, I hope this message finds you well. Recently, UPE distributed a bargaining survey, which is a crucial step in starting the...
Jul 7, 2025


Behavioral Health Assessment and Consultation for Parents/Legal Guardians Policy and Procedure
Greetings, brothers and sisters! On June 23, 2025, your UPE team met with the department about changes to the above policy. This was...
Jul 7, 2025
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