Stockton City Employees Association Blog

A weblog for communication of news, information and ideas by and for SCEA members.

Category Archives: Memorandum of Understanding

August 3, 2011

City violated SCEA’s labor agreement during 2010 layoffs, arbitrator finds

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 [...]

January 16, 2011

SCEA concessions save City $5.23 million

Since October 2008, SCEA members have voluntarily agreed to economic concessions amounting to $5.23 million, of which $2.89 million is savings from the general fund, through June 30, 2014. The savings from SCEA concessions in Fiscal Year 2010-2011 alone total $2.64 million, of which $1.44 million is general fund savings. Still, the City is expected [...]

October 30, 2010

Health plan changes reconsidered, approved: 167 yes, 118 no

In response to a petition by 211 members of SCEA and threatened layoffs, the Association's leadership called for a referendum to reconsider health plan changes proposed by the Health Advisory Committee but narrowly rejected by SCEA members in July. 289 members (72% of eligible voters) cast secret ballots in this election, as compared to 51 [...]

October 18, 2010

211 SCEA members petition for vote to try spare jobs of 6 coworkers

Late last week, 211 members of the Stockton City Employees Association petitioned the SCEA Board of Directors for a vote to try to spare the jobs of six of their coworkers within SCEA. In September, the Human Resources Department informed SCEA’s leadership the City Manager was considering “program reductions” that could include layoffs of 5 [...]

October 18, 2010

Notice of a Secret Ballot Election – Modified Employee Medical Plan

NOTICE OF A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION BY MAILPURPOSE OF ELECTION A secret ballot election by mail will be conducted by the Stockton City Employees’ Association (SCEA) among its members to determine whether or not SCEA should execute a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the City of Stockton that will implement immediately certain cost saving changes [...]

July 24, 2010

Proposed changes to health plan rebuffed by SCEA members

Changes to prescription drug copayments, annual deductibles, and the lifetime maximum benefit under the City's Modified Employee Medical Plan were disapproved by members of the Stockton City Employees Association during a secret ballot vote tonight. 58% of 212 SCEA members voting rejected a proposal by the City to increase the prescription drug copayment for non-generic drugs [...]

May 12, 2010

SCEA holding election by mail regarding concessions

NOTICE OF A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION BY MAIL PURPOSE OF ELECTION A secret ballot election by mail will be conducted by the Stockton City Employees’ Association (SCEA) among its members to determine whether or not SCEA members wish to execute a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the City of Stockton that will modify the current [...]

March 31, 2010

City to ask for mid-contract concessions from SCEA

On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, SCEA had a general membership meeting to share information about the City's budget crisis receive comments and suggestions from members.Discussion was lead by SCEA attorney Joe Rose of the Rose Law Firm, P.C., with the SCEA Board of Directors in attendance, and was centered around the expectation that the City [...]

November 16, 2009

City staff to propose 9/80 work schedule City-wide

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

SCEA members reject City concessions proposal

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 [...]

Page 1 of 212