Diabetes and Dental Health
If you’re diabetic or love someone who is, you know that dental health plays an important in maintaining our overall health. Fortunately, there are some easy and practical dental habits that we can incorporate into our daily lives that will help to reduce complications associated with diabetes and dental health. Please click here for some dental tips specifically for those suffering from […]
Read more >>Catastrophic and Medical Leave Requests
Hi, I’m Ana Vasquez and I’ve worked for the SDPD for over 10 years. Unfortunately it’s been a long struggle for me as I’ve been suffering from debilitating chronic pelvic pain for as long as I can remember. It has progressed over the years from a semi-functional to non-functional quality of life that has intermittently taken me out of work […]
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 >>Accident coverage starts immediately but you pay nothing until August 2017!
What is Aflac Group Accident Insurance? The 2011 National Safety Council reported that 38.9 million people (about 1 out of 8 people) sought medical treatment for an injury in 2009. Using those statistics, that translates to over 400 MEA members seeking treatment (not counting their family members) for an accident each year. Nobody plans to be in an accident, but […]
Read more >>MEA Negotiating Team
MEA is pleased to announce our new Negotiating Team. The MEA Negotiating Team is made up of three elected representatives from each of MEA’s four bargaining units, as well as MEA’s Executive Committee, MEA Counsel Ann Smith, and MEA General Manager Mike Zucchet. Congratulations to the new Team and please thank your colleagues for their work on your behalf! Professional […]
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 >>Aflac Group Critical Illness Plan
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.6 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year. According to the Heart Foundation, someone suffers a heart attack every 34 seconds in the U.S. Do you still think it will not happen to you or a family member? Beating a critical illness can be tough enough, but it’s tougher when […]
Read more >>On-Line Voting for MEA’s Negotiating Team for the Professional 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, […]
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