Important for all South Bay Chapters

June 27, 2010; Internal Affairs; SJ Mercury News The budget jousting between San Jose council members Pete Constant and Nancy Pyle that's recently delighted readers of the Mercury News letters page erupted into open confrontation at a committee meeting last week. Pyle, who represents the Almaden Valley area, was hacked off at Constant over a website he set up urging residents to support Mayor Chuck Reed's call for 10 percent pay and benefit concessions from city workers. June 18, 2010; City continued debate over how to close massive budget deficit; KTVU2 June 17, 2010; San Jose council approves mayor's budget; SJ Mercury News In a special meeting Thursday that stretched more than six hours, the San Jose City Council approved Mayor Chuck Reed's budget proposal for the coming year that will see cuts in everything from police, fire and library services to employees' jobs and paychecks. June 17, 2010; SJ City Council to vote on budget cuts; KGO7 It's a day of tough decisions in San Jose as city leaders wrestle with a $118 million budget deficit. The key question is if they will force city employees to take even deeper cuts than unions have already agreed to. June 16, 2010; San Jose council approves mayor's budget; SJ Mercury News In times of hardship, fear and distress, such as this second year of a steep economic downturn, it is too easy to demonize those with whom we disagree. As faith leaders, we strive to prevent scapegoating in our community. We depend on our civic leaders to help show the way. June 16, 2010; Still time for San Jose union agreements; SJ Mercury News It was a relief to see one of San Jose's unions, representing the legal staff, reach agreement Monday on compensation cuts to help the city balance its budget without massive layoffs and service reductions. June 16, 2010; San Jose unions delays cuts with eleventh hour concessions; SJ Mercury News San Jose leaders Tuesday held off on imposing pay concessions on employees to consider an eleventh-hour offer from six unions that they say meets the city's demand for a full 10 percent cut. June 16, 2010; City Council Puts Tough Budget Decisions On Hold; KTVU 2 June 16, 2010; SJ City Council delays vote on budget cuts; KGO7 The San Jose City Council is asking city employees to share the pain as it grapples with a $118 million budget deficit but union leaders have been putting up a fight. June 3, 2010; Opinion: San Jose unions have stepped up with cost saving offer; SJ Mercury News With regard to San Jose's budget deficit, we believe it's time for everyone to take a deep breath, ratchet down the rhetoric, and focus on achievable solutions to preserve city services. As Jon Stewart from "The Daily Show" would say, it's time for a "Moment of Zen" - and time for everyone to put their cards on the table. June 3, 2010; Mercury News editorial: Time's running out for San Jose union talks; SJ Mercury News Time is running out for San Jose and city employee unions to agree on concessions that could avoid more than 450 layoffs in July, including many police and firefighters. May 18, 2010; SJ Unions Offer Wage Concessions; KCBS The San Jose City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on its looming budget deficit. May 18, 2010; San Jose unions agree to concessions; ABC7 Unions in San Jose Monday announced their own plan to avoid massive layoffs in light of the city's $116 million budget deficit. May 18; San Jose unions agree to concessions; KGO Unions in San Jose Monday announced their own plan to avoid massive layoffs in light of the city's $116 million budget deficit. May 18, 2010; San Jose labor unions propose $25 million in pay concessions to avoid layoffs; SJ Mercury News San Jose labor leaders Monday offered $25 million in pay concessions and other proposals they said would solve the city's budget woes while averting layoffs, reduced library hours and community center closures. May 17, 2010; SJ Union Workers Offer Concessions, But Mayor Wants More; KTVU 2 San Jose's union workers made an offer of substantial concessions Monday to help the city reduce it's looming budget deficit. May 16, 2010; Business lobby blasts San Jose council candidate; SJ Mercury News The contest for an open City Council seat on San Jose's East Side has heated up, with business leaders blasting labor candidate Xavier Campos for the financial woes of a nonprofit where he served as chief operating officer. May 16, 2010; San Jose's parks and recreation department looks to ways to keep community centers open; SJ Mercury News For the last 10 years, Marlean Sanchez has walked her two daughters over to Washington United Community Center to take folkloric dance lessons--for no cost. May 13, 2010; San Jose's 'toughest city budget in history' set to sweep services from neighborhoods; SJ Mercury News San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed calls it the "toughest" budget year in city history, and residents are poised to feel the brunt of a new city budget in July with potentially fewer police and firefighters on the street, library hours pared to three days a week and other services reduced. May 13, 2010; Editorial: San Jose's budget cuts will be more than an inconvenience; SJ Mercury News San Jose residents can be forgiven if they are facing July 1 with fear and trepidation. That's when the new city budget kicks in, and the expectation is that it will not only make life less pleasant for many of us but, in many cases, will create real hardship. May 11, 2010; San Jose Redevelopment Agency Forced to Pay $62 Million to Solve Californias Budget Deficit; California Chronicle The San Jose Redevelopment Agency today was forced to turn over $62,247,530 to the Santa Clara County Controller, a required payment resulting from the States decision to raid $2.05 billion in local redevelopment funds as part of the 2009-10 State Budget. Instead of going to fund local job creation, economic growth and urban revitalization projects, this money will now be siphoned off to help pay the State's obligations. May 11, 2010; Redevelopment agencies turn $1.7 billion over to state; Sacramento Bee Redevelopment agencies in the Sacramento area reluctantly ponied up millions of dollars Monday reserved for fighting blight - surrendering it for local education. May 11, 2010; San Jose spends $62 million to State; KLIV 1590AM A $62-million dollar check will be making its way from the City of San Jose to the State of California. The money comes from the funds of the San Jose Redevelopment Agency. May 11, 2010; State's Raid of San Jose Coffers Begins--Ever wonder how state lawmakers balance the budget?; NBC 11 The city of San Jose had to write a $62 million check Monday. They sent out a pdf to prove it. May 06, 2010; San Jose airport considers cutting positions, contracting services; SJ Mercury News Trying to address plummeting revenues at the city's airport, the San Jose City Council's rules committee on Wednesday gave airport officials the go-ahead to study ways to save money, including laying off 39 people. May 06, 2010; Major Changes Needed to Fix SJ Budget; KCBS San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said drastic changes are needed to fix the city's budget deficit. May 6, 2010; New $59M SJPD Station Won't Open Due To Budget; KCBS The city has spent millions of dollars on a new San Jose Police Department substation, but CBS 5 has learned that the budget will prevent the nearly-completed facility from opening. May 5, 2010; Sam Liccardo: Where councilman stands on budget; SJ Mercury News Typically, I need little help putting my own foot in my mouth, but the article about the downtown and West San Jose City Council races (Page B1, May 4) ascribes positions to me that I have never taken. May 4, 2010; San Jose workers march to save jobs; ABC 7 In San Jose, there are almost daily closed door sessions between city officials and union leaders on the topics of cost cutting and jobs. Layoffs could reduce the number of city employees to levels not seen since 1989. April 27, 2010; San Jose council members cut own pay, then slash others'; San Jose Mercury News San Jose's elected leaders Tuesday voted to slash their own salaries and then approved pay cuts for scores of city workers to help close a record $116 million operating deficit in the upcoming budget year that still is expected to require hundreds of layoffs. April 26, 2010; San Jose council weighs pay cut; San Jose Mercury News Like the leaders of other cash-strapped California cities, San Jose's mayor and council members are falling over themselves to hack their own paychecks, hoping to spur similar concessions from unionized workers. April 13, 2010; San Jose residents urge city leaders to spare services, employees bristle at proposed cuts; San Jose Mercury News San Jose residents Tuesday urged city officials to spare libraries, parks and other services from cuts to cover a budget hole that has gaped to $116 million, while employees bristled at suggestions to reduce their pay and benefits or outsource their jobs.

City Labor Alliance Letter to City of San Jose

Rally to Save City Services (June 2, 2009)

South Bay Joint Resolution

AEA Membership Votes
YES on 3/18/09 and Ratifies Change to Retiree Healthcare Benefit

Ratification Document for Units 41 & 42

Ratification Document for Units 43