Reminder: MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Program
We want to remind all members about MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Program, aimed at assisting our members with the costs of continuing education tuition and training. The purpose of MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Plan is to augment the City’s current tuition reimbursement program, which limits reimbursement to $2,000 per fiscal year for tuition or job-related training and certification. Under MEA’s […]
Read more >>MEA Letter of Support for California Senate Bill 362
MEA has sent a letter to California State Senator Cathleen Galgiani in support of Senate Bill 362. SB 362 would provide City of San Diego Code Enforcement Officers DMV confidentiality, meaning that individuals could not access a Code Enforcement Officer’s home address through DMV records. Although MEA has previously sought confidentiality for our Code Enforcement Officers, the City has been […]
Read more >>Library Department LMC Minutes
MARCH 6, 2017 ATTENDANCE: Colin Brazile, Kathryn Campbell, Sam Cerrato, Bob Cronk, Jennifer Geran, Misty Jones, Dominic Marostica, Joe Miesner, Nancy Roberts CALL TO ORDER: 10:15 A.M. LMC MINUTES: The minutes from the last meeting (January 30, 2017) were approved unanimously. CENTRAL: Discussed the heating situation. New boilers have been ordered with an ETA of 6 to 8 months. Parts […]
Read more >>On-Line Voting for MEA’s Negotiating Team for the Supervisory Unit is Now Open
Electronic voting for MEA’s Negotiating Team is NOW OPEN via MEA’s website. Voting will continue through 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 in order to ensure that members have ample time to vote. This is your opportunity to directly participate in one of the most important activities of MEA — selecting the team that will help negotiate contracts that affect […]
Read more >>MEA Board Votes to Appeal Prop B Ruling to California Supreme Court
On Wednesday, MEA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to appeal last week’s Proposition B ruling by the Fourth District Court of Appeals to the California Supreme Court for review. If left unchallenged, last week’s Appeals Court decision would not only prevent San Diego City employees hired on or after July 20, 2012 from being put back into a defined benefit pension system, […]
Read more >>Court of Appeals Prop B Ruling Reverses PERB
Today the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in the Prop B case declaring that the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) got it wrong and that no meet and confer obligation under state law ever arose in connection with these drastic changes to pensions and compensation for City employees hired on or after July 20, 2012. In a […]
Read more >>City’s Employee Satisfaction Survey Reminder
Have you had a chance to participate in the City’s Employee Satisfaction Survey yet? The deadline to participate is this Friday, March 24. This is the first time ever, or at least in a long time, that City leadership has given the Voice of the Employee an opportunity to be heard. Don’t miss this chance to tell the Mayor and […]
Read more >>MEA Negotiating Team Election—Call for Nominations
It is time to elect a new MEA Negotiating Team. This is your opportunity to directly participate in one of the most important activities of MEA—negotiating the contracts that affect your wages, benefits and the overall quality of your work life. What is the Negotiating Team? The MEA Negotiating Team is made up of three representatives from each of the […]
Read more >>Tips for Eating Healthy When Ordering Italian Food
Believe it or not, you can eat well and still be health conscious when dining at an Italian restaurant. Four Sharp dietitians share their tips and tricks for satisfying that comfort food craving without busting your calorie budget. Barbara Bauer, program manager of clinical nutrition at Sharp Coronado Hospital Skip the garlic bread! For me, an Italian meal is not […]
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