June 9, 2008
Union organizers for the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 (SEIU) spent their weekend swarming the homes of SCEA members in a hasty effort to overthrow SCEA. More than a dozen members complained to the SCEA leadership Monday about being surprised at home by pairs of uninvited SEIU agents appearing unnannounced to press them for [...]
May 19, 2008
During a morning budget study session on May 6, Stockton City Council member and mayoral candidate Clem Lee said he believes some employees "aren’t worth killing" as he lamented what he described as hopeless parks and trees programs for which City officials are without an answer. Lee (pictured) said, "There are different ways of handling [...]
May 19, 2008
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, SCEA began formal contract negotiations with City of Stockton officials. SCEA is negotiating a successor agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding that expires December 31, 2008. The next formal negotiations meeting is scheduled for May 21. Check back here for periodic updates on the progress of negotiations.
March 12, 2008
Salary step increases for SCEA members in the City of Stockton are correlated to annual performance evaluations. Unfortunately, all too often supervisors and managers fail to complete the annual performance evaluation on time resulting in a delay in the employee receiving a salary step increase. If your supervisor does not complete and submit your annual [...]
March 7, 2008
Police say two gun wielding men robbed the Bank of Agriculture and Commerce at 2001 W. March Lane at about 1:50 p.m yesterday but were arrested almost immediately because a quick thinking SCEA member, a city code enforcement officer, followed them from the bank. The SCEA member saw the men while at the bank’s drive-up [...]
January 26, 2008
Responding to concerns expressed by SCEA and its members since last year, the City of Stockton will provide security and workplace violence training to its employees beginning on Wednesday, February 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Safety and security has been an ever-increasing concern for SCEA members, particularly those in the Library and Parks [...]
January 26, 2008
SCEA has invited professional union organizers from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1021 to attend the February 12, 2008, general membership meeting to make a presentation and answer questions about what SEIU has to offer members of SCEA. For several weeks SEIU, Local 1021 organizers have been meeting privately with City of Stockton [...]
January 26, 2008
You spoke. We listened. SCEA members want a place to communicate with each other about issues important to them and their organization. This weblog has been launched to supplement the SCEA website and provide members with the most recent information plus a venue for the expression of ideas related to your employee organization. The SCEA [...]
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