The County of Sacramento continues to mislead our membership with its recent proposal to the 005-bargaining unit, presenting it as if it...

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 recently met with the Courts on May 21, 2025, to discuss the rollout of new scanning procedures for employees in the Family and...

On May 20, 2025, UPE met with Merced County to discuss changes to the Office Assistant (OA) job classifications. The County has made...

On February 24, 2025, United Public Employees (UPE) had a meet and confer with the County of Merced Department of the Registrar of Voters...

On June 24, your 005 bargaining team met with the County for our last negotiation session. We declared impasse , as the County came back...

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...

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...