General Manager’s Report, First Quarter of 2010
City employees have had a tumultuous five years, and 2009 was obviously no different. The City of San Diego continues to find itself in the throes of chronic budget deficits, service cuts, wage cuts, layoffs and other challenges, all of which are exacerbated by the dishonest (and often times malicious) rhetoric that spews from some politicians, media outlets, and members of […]
Read more >>Board Meeting Notes, First Quarter of 2010
MEA Announcements: The Executive Committee consists of the five officers (President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary) and six at-large members elected from the Board of Directors. The six at-large members below were elected to a two year term at the January 2010 Board meeting: Mark Chrysler-Development Services, Bill Craig-Miramar Landfill Ops, Lisa Goehring-Public Utilities, Francine Howell-City Attorney, […]
Read more >>Labor Representative Cases, First Quarter of 2010
SUCCESSFUL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION DISCIPLINARY APPEALS Terminations Reduced to Suspensions Without Pay MEA Senior Labor Relations Representative Kelly Cruz represented a 24 year City employee and Labor Relations Representative Marin Mejia represented a 20 year employee who were both facing termination due to alleged violations of the City’s Threat Management Policy found in Administration Regulation 97.10. Prior to the hearing, […]
Read more >>Budget Negotiations Finalized—Layoff Notices Likely Coming to Affected Employees This Week
As you are aware, in December the City Council voted to approve the Mayor’s proposed 18-month budget plan to close the City’s $179 million budget deficit. The plan called for more than $100 million in “one time” non-personnel cuts, as well as the elimination of hundreds of unfilled employee positions and approximately 200 filled positions (layoffs) Citywide. MEA representatives have […]
Read more >>MEA’s Letter Regarding Substantive and Legal Problems with the City’s Budget in PD
Many of you have requested a copy of the letter we sent to the City last week and referenced in our earlier e-mail which provided an update on the status of our meet and confer negotiations. Please click on the following link (Letter to City) to read the letter that went to the Mayor, City Attorney and Independent Budget Analyst. […]
Read more >>Budget Meet and Confer Update
On Friday January 15, MEA’s negotiating team spent four hours negotiating with the City about its budget plan, with the majority of the time being spent on the Library and Police Department budgets. For Library, we made a formal counter proposal to the Department’s proposed new schedules for both the branches and central, consistent with the majority view of Library […]
Read more >>Distribution of MOUs (Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011)
MEA is happy to announce that the City has finalized (finally!) your MOU handbooks for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011. The printed MOUs codify what was already agreed to and ratified last year, but it takes the City a significant amount of time to complete the City Council actions related to the MOU and to print the booklets. An electronic […]
Read more >>Library Personnel Meeting
All MEA-represented Library personnel are invited to join us for a planning meeting in advance of further meet-and-confer negotiations with the City . The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 5 at 6:00 p.m. at MEA’s offices (9620 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 203 in Kearny Mesa). Pizza and soda will be served. The purpose of the meeting will be to […]
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