Category Archives: General Interest
November 17, 2011
Members of the Stockton City Employees Association approved by a 3 to 1 margin amendments to the organization’s constitution and bylaws recommended by its Board of Directors. In a secret ballot election conducted by mail between October 26 and November 14. Ballots were counted on November 15. 118 members voted in the election. 89 voters, [...]
August 3, 2011
The City of Stockton’s Civil Service Commission found City officials violated Civil Service Rules when hiring two employees into jobs for which they never tested or competed. Earlier this year, the Administrative Services Department hired two new employees in the finance division as full-time Office Specialists. Although these employees had tested and competed for other [...]
August 3, 2011
A neutral arbitrator has found that the City of Stockton violated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Stockton City Employees Association (SCEA) when it laid off regular status employees while continuing to employ part-time hourly workers in the library and the fire dispatch center in June 2010. In her 27-page decision and award, attorney [...]
December 12, 2010
Alva "Wally" Storm (b. 1949 – d. 2010) Alva "Wally" Storm, founding president of the Stockton City Employees Association (SCEA), passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 20, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Stockton. Wally was first hired by the City of Stockton as a police dispatcher in 1986. She became active in the labor movement by joining [...]
November 16, 2009
On Friday, November 13, SCEA representatives learned that the human resources department will soon be asking the City Council to implement a modified workweek (“9/80 Plan”) on a compulsory basis commencing January 1, 2010. As we understand the proposal, all employees represented by SCEA will be required to work a “9/80 Plan” instead of the [...]
June 20, 2009
This evening, the secret ballots were publicly counted in SCEA's election for the City concessions proposal. There were 277 ballots cast in the election, representing 61% of SCEA's total membership (452). Of those, 187 members (68%) voted to reject the concessions proposal. 90 members (32%) voted to approve the concessions proposal. There were 189 ballots cast [...]
June 6, 2009
On Saturday, June 6, information and ballots were mailed to the homes of 452 SCEA members for voting a concessions package requested by City management. The information mailed to SCEA members includes the following memo from the SCEA Board of Directors. Comments on the proposed concessions package can be made by clicking on the “comments” link [...]
June 5, 2009
The 2008/2009 San Joaquin County Grand Jury severely criticized management of the Stockton-San Joaquin County Library in its 5-page report just published this week. After investigating detailed complaints about operation and management of the library, the Grand Jury found mismanagement, ineffective leadership, questionable use of public funds, low staff morale and general discontent within the library system. [...]
May 20, 2009
In their continuing efforts to close the budget gap, the City Council and City Manager Gordon Palmer are requesting further labor concessions from all bargaining units, including SCEA. In a recent message posted on the City's website, Mr. Palmer announced the City's desire that all employees make a monthly contribution to healthcare premiums along with [...]
October 12, 2008
This morning, the secret ballots were counted in SCEA’s ratification election for the MOU tentative agreement. There were 364 ballots cast in the election, representing 75% of SCEA’s total membership (483). Of those, 279 members (77%) voted to approve the tentative agreement. 85 members (23%) voted to reject the tentative agreement. Ballots packages were mailed [...]
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