Agreements

• Corrections Settlement
• Department of Corrections Groundskeeper Agreement
• Automotive Technicians Agreeement

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The Union has reached agreement with the Department of Corrections on the issue of Correctional Officers supervision of Inmate Ground Keeping Crews on institutions grounds, outside the security perimeter. This agreement was reached as part of the settlement in the Unit Work Arbitrator Award that the Union won in August of 2002. We are still working to resolve, the still outstanding issue of supervision of Inmate Grounds Crews inside the institution grounds.

If you are working in Correctional Institution and see a violation of this agreement contact your Union Representative at once. This fight with the department on Corrections Officers doing Unit 12 work has taken over five tears to win, it is important that we enforce the agreement, and require the institutions to use our members in the supervision of grounds crews.

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(This is a true copy of the signed Side Letter Agreement re Automotive Technicians)

Side Letter Unit 12

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

AND

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and the State of California (Department of Personnel Administration and California Highway Patrol) hereby agree as follows:

1. The State of California agrees to implement the findings and recommendations of the classification study completed on the CHP Automotive Technician classification as follows:

a.     Reallocate all field Automotive Technician I positions to the Automotive Technician II level.

b.     All field Automotive Technician II positions with lead responsibility will receive a 5% lead differential.

c.     All Automotive Technician positions assigned to the Motor Transport functions will remain allocated at their current levels.

d.     The Union and the State will jointly support a classification specification revision to encompass the CHP Automotive Technician classification study findings and recommendations.

2. This Agreement shall be effective upon ratification by the legislature and the union’s membership of the July 1, 2001 Unit 12 Agreement.

(signed)                            8-27-01          

Larry Dolson, Chief Negotiator  Date

International Union of Operating Engineers

(signed)                            8-27-01          

Julie Chapman                   Date

Department of Personnel Administration_______________

1. The contract was ratified and the terms of the above agreement became effective on October 1, 2001. However, subsequently, citing the inordinate time that the State took in its investigation and recommendations, coupled with the financial crisis that delayed negotiations, the Union re-negotiated the effective date to become effective on August 1, 2001. Salaries of Field Auto Tech I and II in the above categories will be paid retroactive to August 1.
2. Why has the increase not shown up in your pay-checks? All data was sent to the State Personnel Board (SPB) to approve the revised classifications and allow implementation of the agreement. The SPB, after review, much to the surprise of the DPA, CHP, and the Union, disapproved the revisions. They determined that the automatic reallocations were not in accord with “merit principles” and required a new classification name and specifications. These specifications are being prepared now, it will probably take a few months to be completed and re-submitted to the Union and then to the SPB for approval.
3. While this process is taking place, all of the monetary provisions will be implemented in the form of “differential pay” rather than salary for the classification. Salary increases cannot be paid until the classifications are approved by the SPB. CHP is at this date keying into the computer all of the eligible employees for payroll purposes. Your retroactive checks will hopefully be received at the end of this payroll period, or, at the latest the next payroll period after that.
4. Sorry for all of the confusion and delays, but we are finally on the last few details and negotiations that will be necessary to finish what we thought was going to be a slam-dunk and seems to have gone on forever.