Republican Opposition Blocks Vote on New Labor Secretary

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

UCS News Service - President Barack Obama’s nominee for Labor Secretary, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), is running into fierce resistance from Republicans over her views on the labor-friendly Employee Free Choice Act(EFCA).  The nomination of Solis had yet to be approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee by late January, even though her confirmation hearing was among the first for Obama’s cabinet picks. 

Shasta County General Unit Caseload Issues

Sunday, February 01, 2009

At the next SCGU member meeting, Monday, February 9, 2009, we will be looking for volunteers to participate in a labor and management committee to explore the current caseload issues and concerns. The purpose of the committee will be to constructively collaborate and seek possible solutions regarding the caseload issues and the negative effects it has on our members. Some of the effects that are of concern include the turnover rate, the stress level of the workers and other aspects that come from dramatically increased caseloads. All SCGU members who have been impacted by the increased caseloads and want more information and/or would like to participate in the committee are encouraged to attend the next meeting.

Final Touches

Sunday, January 25, 2009

REDDING HQ - Our leader in action!!!!!!!!!
Chris Darker, UPEC Local 792 Business Manager is a man of many hats, rather shirts!!!!! From leading Political Action meetings in suit and tie, doing organizing in the pouring rain under hat and jacket, to this current photo showing him hard at work as a Carpenter making exciting improvements to our Education/Board Room at the Redding Office.  Chris is dedicated to save money and improve our working environment, plus the project is being done by “Union Labor” said Union Relations Representative Christine Perry.  When completed this project will offer our members a state of the art Audio/Visual training center.

LIUNA Approves Variance

Thursday, January 08, 2009

HQ - Click on “Business Managers Office” for details.

Robo-Dial Installed

REDDING - UPEC has completed the next phase of it’s member communication devices this week with the installation of a “robo-dial” unit. This unit allows the Local to record a message and send it to the membership via telephone. Calls would be made by UPEC’s computer begining at 5:30pm and ending no later than 9:00pm. Recorded calls could be made for meetings of specific bargaining units, bargaining teams, stewards and local wide. “We know that most people don’t like recorded phone calls so we will keep them to a minimum and messages short as possible”, stated Business Manager Chris Darker. UPEC effort to provide fast and informative communication to it’s members began about two years ago as funding allowed. Affiliated Associations may request UPEC Staff to send robo calls to their members as well.

LIUNA Approves UPEC Executive Board Changes for 2009-2012

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

REDDING - The UPEC Board just received approval from LIUNA President Terrence O’Sullivan to reconfigure the UPEC Executive Board for the next term. Nominations will be held in April of this year for all positions on the UPEC Executive Board. The Local recognizes that additional areas are now represented by the local and there is a need to involve the membership from all areas so they too have an opportunity to serve and make policy for the Local Union. This was accomplished by adding one (1) additional Board member seat and changing the three (3) “At-Large” seats into regional specific seats. Additionally, the number of board member seats for each Region in the local will be determined by the number of members in the region or sector. A “Region” is generally a county or counties where UPEC represents members. A “sector” is a large group of one specific job class. The Regions are: Modoc, Siskiyou, Lassen, Trinity, Shasta, Glenn-Colusa, Butte, San Francisco, Healthcare, Santa Clara, and Monterey-Santa Cruz. All regions have at least one (1) representative (500 or less in region), two (2) seats for regions of 1,000 and more, and three (3) seats for regions with 1,500 and more. This and additional information will be mailed with the notification of election to each member.