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Welcome to the IUOE State Unit 12 website. IUOE Locals 3, 12, 39, and 501 collectively represent some 250 city, county, special districts, and schools bargaining units within the Public Sector in addition to State Unit 12. The four Locals have some 150 full time Union business agents actively servicing the membership, a team of Union Legislative Representatives who monitor all legislation, actively oppose harmful legislation, actively carry bills that are beneficial to our members.
Breaking News:
- August 23, 2010: MOU Signed by the Governor After being signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, IUOE State Unit 12 now has a current contract with the State of California. Unit 12 employees will receive a full paycheck for the month of August 2010. .
- August 20, 2010: Good News! The ratification bill (SB846) passed with a vote of 31 -1 and is now headed to the governor's office for signature. Stay tuned for details as they become available.
- August 19, 2010: IT'S FURLOUGH TIME AGAIN! Bargaining UNIT 12 employees are EXEMPT from furloughs due to the Tentative Agreement they have with the state. Click here for more details!
- August 12, 2010: Tentative Agreement Passed by Assembly - The California State Assembly voted today to ratify IUOE’s Tentative agreement late this morning. The Ratification bill (SB846) is on its way to the State Senate for their approval. At this time, it is estimated that the Senate will vote on the bill sometime during the middle of next week.
- August 5, 2010: Tentative Agreement Ratified - Votes were counted late into the evening and it was confirmed that Unit 12 members ratified the Tentative Agreement with the State of California by a 2 to 1 margin. The agreement still needs to be passed and signed by the Legislature. In the upcoming days, we will be working hard with our Legislative Analyst to pass our Appropriation and MOU Bill.
- July 28, 2010: GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER - It was announced today that Governor has issued a new Executive Order. It is broken down as follows: Three (3) Furlough’s per month (the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of each month starting August 2010)
What does the Governor’s Executive Order mean to Bargaining Unit 12 members?
All employees represented by Bargaining Unit 12 are exempt from the Executive Order due to the Tentative Agreement. However, if Bargaining Unit 12 members do not ratify the Tentative Agreement, all Bargaining Unit 12 employees will fall under the Executive Order cuts with a minimum of 3 days per month
- July 16, 2010: Judge denies Schwarzenegger's minimum wage order -
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette today denied Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to immediately compel State Controller John Chiang to pay state employees minimum wage. The denial means there will be a hearing on the issues on July 26, with a full hearing sometime in August, but Marlette's ruling is a boost for about 200,000 state workers, who were facing paychecks for $7.25 an hour for the July pay period. Click here for to read entire news story.
- July 16, 2010: More clarifications on pension language - The increased pension contribution deduction will start the month the MOU is ratified. There will not be a deduction for the month of July 2010 if the contract is ratified in August 2010. Click here for more details.
- July 12, 2010: Important Contract Language Update - There was an error to some of the language on the first posted summary. Please note: The retirement structure for existing bargaining unit 12 members has not changed. Click here to download the updated contract language.
- July 8, 2010: Additional meeting set for Northern California. Unit 12 Business Representatives are hosting an informational meeting at the Gridley Fairgrounds Flower Bowl Facility on Wednesday, July 14th beginning at 6:00 pm to discuss the new contract & answer any questions. Click here for a flyer with contact information.
- July 7, 2010: Southern California dates and locations are happening now for the contract ratification process. Click here to get all of the dates and locations.
- July 2, 2010, 9:30 am: Unit 12 exempt from pay cuts! Read the letter about why this will not happen! Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Department of Personnel Administration has sent pay instructions to Controller John Chiang, telling him to withhold state worker pay to the federal minimum allowed.
- June 29, 2010, 4:00 pm: Quick Summary of new contract! Click here to read details. As you know in the Governors May revise he outlined his proposal for cuts in employee compensation and the threat of the federal minimum wage if he didn't get them. Your bargaining team worked extremely hard to secure a contract that would limit the impact of his cuts and avoid the federal minimum wage threat. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.
- June 28, 2010, 8:55 am: IUOE State Unit 12 has reached a tentative agreement with DPA regarding the 2010-2012 contract negotiations. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.
- June 22, 2010: The governor wants salary reductions and pension reform, however, these items need to be bargained at the negotiation table, and not with the press, which the governor has tried to do. If he does not get what he wants by June 30, he may impose the federal minimum
wage for all of his employees or try to implement the 5/5/5 stated above. He said no agreement would be reached without some kind of pension reform. Read the latest issue of the Unit 12 Tribune now.
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