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MEA Office Holiday Hours

The MEA office will be closed from December 24th through January 2nd. If you have a work place emergency, please email us at info@sdmea.org. MEA would like to wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season!

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Voting for YOUR Pension Board Representative – Election is Now Open

Employees hired before July 20, 2012 are eligible to vote in the election for a new SDCERS Board Trustee representing general members at the City of San Diego.  (If you were hired after July 20, 2012, unfortunately you are not eligible to vote in this election…but you will in the near future once Prop B is finally unwound!) Eligible voters will soon […]

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Vaccine Mandate Update Message From Ann M. Smith and MEA — Meet and Confer Over Impacts Has Ended; What This Means For You

Dear MEA Members: This message is an update to the information previously provided by MEA on September 30th, October 7th and  October 22nd.  As of this writing, the City has now fulfilled its limited obligations under State law to meet and confer with MEA over the impacts of its decision to require proof of full COVID-19 vaccinated status by December 1st as a condition […]

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Important MEA Update on Vaccine Mandate Meet and Confer

As you know, MEA’s meet and confer efforts with the City over its announced vaccine mandate policy have been in progress for several weeks.  Update messages were sent to you on 9/30, 10/8 and 10/12.  We met again with the City Negotiating Team on Monday and Wednesday this week. In anticipation of the Mayor’s Negotiating Team giving an update in […]

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Update Message from Ann M. Smith re Prop B-Related Meet and Confer

Dear MEA Members: For those of you hired between July 19, 2012 and July 10, 2021, who were excluded from the City’s defined benefit pension plan because of the Proposition B charter amendments, you are waiting for news of how and when the Court-approved “make whole” remedy will be implemented now that the courts have declared Prop B invalid after ten years of litigation.  […]

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Update Message from MEA Attorney Ann M. Smith Re City’s Vaccine Mandate

Dear MEA Members: To recap, my message to you on 9/30/21 covered the general issues of legality surrounding the City’s vaccine mandate.  My next message to you on 10/8 summed up various questions which were posed to the City on behalf of MEA-represented employees after the City’s messaging became confusing – i.e., had a firm policy decision been made or […]

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Follow Up Message From MEA Attorney Ann Smith Regarding the City’s Vaccine Mandate Policy

Dear MEA Members: I hope this message finds you all doing reasonably well.  After MEA disseminated my e-mail message to you last Thursday 9/30 related to the City’s vaccine mandate, the City sent an Employee Notification which appeared to be at odds with what the City had previously communicated to MEA regarding the City’s revised deadline of December 1st for all employees to be vaccinated […]

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Message from MEA Attorney Ann M. Smith Re City’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy

Dear MEA Members: Please take a breath and spend a few minutes to read and digest the following information related to the City’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy. MEA recognizes that for over 80% of MEA-represented employees who are already fully vaccinated, this information will likely seem irrelevant — but we encourage you to read and understand it and then share it […]

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On-Line Voting for the MEA Board of Directors Election for PUD is Now Open!

Electronic voting for MEA’s Board of Director Election for the Public Utilities Department is now open via MEA’s website.  Voting will continue through August 17th in order to ensure that members have ample time to vote. There are eleven candidates running for eight allotted seats for PUD.  Each of the candidates has written a statement of qualifications that you can […]

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