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Inside:
Volunteer for June 7
Primary to Make
a Difference!
New Local 21 Staff in
South Bay Office
Water District Interim CEO
a Pleasant Change
TAEA Starts MOU
Bargaining
What You Missed ...
on NewDirectionSJ.com
San Jose City Council
Removes Measure B
from the Books
Retirement Benefits
ARE NOT Crowding Out
Public Services
Who Local 21 is Endorsing in South Bay Races
IFPTE Local 21
4 N. Second Street,
Suite 430
San Jose, CA 95113
Unions May Be Outspent,
But Not Outworked!!
All events are at the South Bay Labor Council,
2102 Almaden Road in San Jose. See flier on
Page 3.
We’re in campaign mode for the June 7 Primary — talking to voters about our candidates
for San Jose City Council. Help is elect Leaders
who respect the work Local 21 Members do!
For information on Local 21’s endorsement in
a host of races across the Bay Area, click here.
For details on South Bay races, click here.
Though Labor made great strides in the 2014
election that led to a settlement on the City’s
Measure B pension reform, we need to continue that momentum in this election. Many
critical issues will face the City Council — implementing Measure B’s pension reform;
boosting revenues and City services; improving employee compensation and morale to
restore recruitment and retention of a skilled
workforce; and affordable housing.
Join other Local 21 Members in May and June
as we reach out to voters, encouraging them
to vote. Phone banking and precinct walking
are more effective than the dozens of mailers
voters will be/already are receiving .
We phone bank after work on Tuesday, May
24, and Wednesday, May 25. We walk precincts on Saturday, June 4. Keep in mind:
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All volunteers are trained with a script
and fact sheet about candidates and
initiatives
Voters are frequent voters and have
supported Labor causes in the past; most
are Union households
Local 21 Staff are always there contacting
voters and answering volunteer questions
We feed you!
You’re volunteering with other Local 21
Members — it’s a great atmosphere with
prizes and encouragement
Local 21 endorsed Incumbents Cindy Chavez,
Dave Cortese and Joe Simitian for Santa Clara
County Board of Supervisors.
For San Jose City Council, Local 21 endorsed:
San Jose City Council, District 2: Sergio
Jimenez. www.sergio4district2.com
San Jose City Council, District 6: Helen Chapman and Erik Fong.
www.helenchapman2016.com and
www.erikfong.com
San Jose City Council, District 8: Joshua Barousse. www.joshforcitycouncil.com
San Jose City Sales Tax: a 1/4-cent sales tax
for general use with a 15-year sunset date.
Local 21 Welcomes Sean Stalbaum
to South Bay Office
Sean has spent the last 18 years with the California Association of Professional Employees
(CAPE, AFL-CIO) where he gained extensive
experience organizing and representing supervisory and non-supervisory engineers, engineering technicians, planners, appraisers and
numerous other professional and technical job
categories at Los Angeles County— all of
which makes him a natural fit for IFPTE’s professional membership.
Sean replaces Lamoin Werlein-Jaen as the
Representative for Local 21's AEA, AMSP and
CAMP Chapters.
“I’m thrilled to join such a dynamic and intelligent Union and to have
this opportunity to utilize my knowledge and
experience working for
the betterment of IFPTE
Members’ careers,” says
Sean.
Phone: 408-291-2200
Fax: 408-291-2203
ifpte21.org
Find us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/
ProTechEng
May 2016
AEA’s Katherine Brown (right) walks for San Jose City
Council candidates May 7.
Sean and his wife of 14
years, Judy, have an 8year-old son, Dylan.
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Local 21 South Bay News
San Jose City Council Removes Measure B from the Books
As you'll remember from last month's report, former San Jose City Councilman and Pension-Cutting Posterboy Pete Constant joined with the Silicon
Valley Taxpayers Association in filing an appeal to the City's negotiated
settlement. That case went to court in April, and the judge decided against
Constant. Also, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Beth McGowen
announced that she approved and signed the Police Officers Association’s
Order and Final Judgment in the quo warranto action which declares
Measure B null and void. All these steps set up the move taken by the City
Council May 10 — the Council voted 10-1 to remove Measure B from the City
Charter. It will be replaced by ordinances agreed to in a global Settlement
Framework. It has been a very long and painful road we have embarked upon
together in our fight against Measure B and its destructive effects on the City of
San Jose. But this major development means that Measure B will be removed
from the books. This is a major victory for all the litigant Unions and our Leaders
who have spent countless hours over the past couple of years resolving this illconceived attack on public employees. Read more here.
santa clara valley
water district
Engineers Society
Professional Management Association
city of san jose
Association of Engineers and Architects
Association of Management Supervisory Personnel
City Association of Management Personnel
AEA’s Pete
Testa (right)
walks for San
Jose City
Council
candidates
May 7.
Interim CEO a Breath of Fresh Air for Employee Relations
A big win for the Bargaining Units at the Water District! Last year, we reached a
settlement over Limited Term positions. We negotiated that they fall under the ES
and PMA MOUs with Union rights under our contracts. The former CEO refused
labeling the workers permanent, but Interim CEO Norma Camacho gave direction to
Labor Relations to make these 18 positions permanent, full-time employees eligible
for protections under the MOU and state and federal labor laws.
Another victory — for our Associate members in ES. The District finally decided to drop their proposal to change the “Fair Labor
Standards Act” status of about 62 of our Associate Engineers. This means that the status quo will remain keeping them nonexempt so that they are still eligible for overtime compensation.
In addition, all three Bargaining Unit Officers recently met with Camacho, her chiefs, and labor relations to discuss a wide range of
issues at the District. Topics ranged from a staffing plan to an employee survey about trust in leadership. We are encouraged by
the change of direction by the interim CEO. This meetings are quarterly and we look forward to the next one.
SCCEAA Members Give Input on New Class Spec
santa clara county
We have received the draft classification specification proposal for the new Principal Engineer
Santa Clara County Engineers
to our Bargaining Unit. SCCEAA President Paul Pascoal led a meeting with our Board and senand Architects Association
ior Members to get feedback and review the class spec. Local 21 Staffer Stanley Young sent
that to Labor Relations and the County agreed with all of our technical edits to the class spec.
Some of our Members only had one objection to the salary of the new position which will be
noted in the legislative file when submitted to the Board of Supervisors. Overall, we are pleased to have this in our Bargaining Unit
instead of being poached by CEMA if the title was Chief Engineer.
valley transportation
authority
Transportation Authority
Engineers and Architects
MOU Bargaining Starts
Our TAEA Bargaining Team consists of Officers Manjit Khalsa, Raj Sehdev, and James
Esoimeme. We had a very general prelude to negotiations, meeting the VTA management team. Director of Business Services Alberto Lara will be the Chief Negotiator for the VTA side along with Local 21 Staffer Stanley Young for the Union
side. We are reviewing Member input from a bargaining survey.
Local 21 Members
Make a Difference!
Help other Local 21 Members elect politicians who
support worker values like service, loyalty and
dedication! Join us by talking to union-friendly
households by sharing our candidates’ values and
campaign platforms.
Phone Banking
Tuesdays, May 10 & 24
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Dinner and training
provided
Volunteers are entered into
our Ultimate Gift Card
Raffle:
one of two $200 gift cards
to a shop of their choice!!!
Precinct Walking
Saturdays, May 7 & June 4
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Breakfast, lunch and training provided
All Events @ South Bay Labor Council
2102 Almaden Road, San Jose, CA
Please RSVP to Local 21 at 408-291-2200
or [email protected]
Keep Fighting for Working Families
Tuesday, June 7
Join the largest grassroots campaign as we fight to push Ash Kalra
to the California State Assembly, District 27 and send Sergio
Jimenez, Helen Chapman and Joshua Barousse to the
San Jose City Council.
Phone Banking
Precinct Walking
Mondays – Thursdays
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Saturdays
9:00am (dispatch)
Dinner Served
Breakfast & Lunch Served
Priority Door Hanger Weekends
Saturday, May 7th
Saturday and Sunday, May 14th & 15th
9:00am (dispatch)
Get-out-the-Vote (GOTV)
Saturday, June 4 through Tuesday, June 7
9am – 8:30pm
Contact the campaign to get involved and volunteer today!
Call 408-606-2060 or [email protected]
All campaign activities are at the Labor Council located at 2102 Almaden Road in San Jose.