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March for Fairness - October, 10 2008
When: Friday, October 10, 2008, Noon
Where: Assemblle at Frank Ogawa Plaza,
March to the City Council's Budget Workshop
We will march to the City Council's Budget Workshop at Lake Merritt's Garden Center (666 Bellevue Ave.), starting at FOP, and continuing on Broadway to 20th, to Lakeside.
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Oct 6 Special Membership Meeting
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Options, 10-6-08
Mayor's Proposed Options to fill the $10 Million Gap
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Membership Meeting Agenda 10-6-08:
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Local 21 Principles for Mitigating the Oakland Budget Crisis
Mayor Dellums recently released financial figures indicating the City of Oakland is facing a $42 million deficit. He recommended the City Council adopt a combination of layoffs, mandatory furloughs, no cost of living increases, and reduce the level of employer-paid contributions for benefits, as a means to close the budget gap.
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Local 21 October 2008 Action Calendar
Please join us at the following meetings, hearings, and events. Together, we can make a in mitigating the impact of budget cuts on Local 21 members.
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Mayor Dellums Guiding Principles, 10-6-08
Mayor Dellums' and the City's principles for addressing the current deficit.
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Special City Council Budget Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 30th at 5:30pm
Where: Oakland Council Chambers
Join your colleagues and Local 21 in sending a
clear and united message to the City CouncilÑ
The budget cannot be balanced on our backs!
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21@ALC:
Phone Banking and Precinct Walking
Do Politics matter?
Your career and future in the City lie with you as a Local 21 member, and in the hands of the City
Council. Politics play a central role in shaping our lives and livelihood. In Oakland, the City Council not
only approves our contract, salary increases, and benefits, but also oversees the budget, deciding what
services are provided and whether to keep public jobs.
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Oakland Bargaining Bulletins 1-10
Oakland Bargaining Bulletin #4 - May 15, 2008
Oakland Bargaining Bulletin #3 - May 8, 2008
With barely 45 days left until the expiration of our MOU and mounting unsolved budget problems, the City:
Local 21 and the City of Oakland held their third bargaining session on Monday, May 5th. The half-day session, which continued to focus on ground rules for bargaining, showed movement on some issues, but also highlighted the City's increasingly divisive and poorly informed decisions.
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Oakland Bargaining Bulletin #2 - April 24, 2008
At the second bargaining session between Local 21 and the City of Oakland on April 21st, the main topic of discussion continued to be Ground Rules. Both sides have presented proposals which address issues ranging from protocol for meetings to deadlines for submitting proposals, and shape how bargaining will take place. Ground rules must be mutually agreed upon and are applied to both parties. Read more... Download PDF
Oakland Bargaining Bulletin #1 - April 7, 2008
Local 21 officially began bargaining with the
City of Oakland on Thursday, April 3, 2008! The
half-day session consisted of introductions,
opening statements, and discussing ground rules
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Local 21's City Council Candidate Forum-
Friday September 12th,
Noon - 1pm,
Hearing Room 3
Your career and future in the City lie with
you as a Local 21 member, and in the hands
of the Oakland City Council
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Rebecca Kaplan (At-Large candidate) Responds to Local 21 Questionnaire Download PDF
Kerry Hamill (At-Large candidate) Responds to Local 21 Questionnaire Download PDF
Major Goals for Local 21 Bargaining - 2008
IFPTE Local 21's key bargaining priorities for 2008 embody and advance the mission of the City of Oakland, including its commitment to dignity and respect for all employees. The bargaining goals developed by our members are based on principles of fair and competitive compensation, equitable treatment, career development, and maintenance of a professional, merit-based City personnel system.
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Local 21 Speaks Out for Real Reform 7-15-08
As an organization representing people who dedicate their professional careers to public service, IFPTE Local 21 believes that the residents of Oakland are entitled to the highest standards of professionalism and ethics in City government.
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