CCSF Negotiations 2010Last Updated 5.11.10 |
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We are pleased to announce the results of the voting to accept the tentative agreement between Local 21 and the City and County of San Francisco:
Members voting "YES": 1,870 (92.85%)
Members voting "NO": 144 (7.15%)
Total ballots counted: 2,014 (63.8% of our CCSF membership)
Today's count shows that an overwhelming majority of Local 21 members voted to help the City save jobs, and reduce their budget deficitbyvoting to support the tentative agreement. The ballot tally certification form with Election Committee member signatures will be posted on the Latest News page of the website later tomorrow. The tentative agreements and summaries for both the central table and Local 21 side table are available on our website.
We want to express our appreciation for everyone of who voted. It is important to that our democratic processes work and a vote of over 60% is considered very healthy participation.
It also is important to recognize the hard work of Local 21s Election Committee members who spent much of today verifying votes, checking membership lists, and counting up the results: Gus Vallejo, Ted Wong, Marshia Herring, Lock Kwan, Maria Ryan, Howard Tevelson, Roland Ditan, Brenda Peralta, Steve Mungovan, Dean Coate, and Tedman Lee.
The negotiations leading up to the tentative agreement were led by the Public Employees Committee (PEC), a coalition of city employee unions chaired by Local 21s Executive Director Bob Muscat. With representatives from over 20 city unions, the PEC devoted many hours to strategizing and bargaining, and reached an agreement.
The agreement rescinds the Mayors plan to reduce wages and work hours to a permanent 37.5 hour work week, and limits the number of layoffs that can occur citywide through the end of the fiscal year, to 425. After that, there will be a freeze on layoffs through the end of the year, and limitations on the number of layoffs that can occur in the following year.
The PEC agreement also contributes over $200 million in savings (from all PEC Unions) to the City over the next two years to help close the budget gap and save over 1,000 jobs, while instituting improvements and efficiencies in the Citys operations. Each employee falling under the PEC agreement will receive 12 furloughs days annually for two years, in the form of floating holidays accrued quarterly. In exchange, you will see a 4.62% reduction in pay, smoothed over the two years. Many will be required to use 5 of the 12 furlough during holiday Minimum Staffing Days. Read the tentative agreements and summaries for both the central table and Local 21 side table on Local 21s website.
At Local 21's side table negotiations with the City, a small group of Local 21 representatives did an excellent job negotiating in accordance with our Union leaders direction and included: Maria Ryan, Dean Coate, Mary Marzotto, Don Chan, Bo Pitsker, Lock Kwan, Tedman Lee, Gus Vallejo, Glenn Hunt, Adam Gubser, Roland Ditan, Isabel Auerbach, Ted Wong, and Jim Buker. Local 21 staff also did their part, and worked very hard to support the negotiating group, as well as solicit input from and share information with the membership at a series of citywide Budget Roadshow meetings.
Now that Local 21 has ratified the agreement, our focus must turn to several other important areas. We will be working to fully implement the PEC and Local 21 side table agreements as intended to ensure there are no logistical or other unanticipated problems. The agreement calls for provisions such as a citywide joint labor-management committee on contracting out, a report on contributions to the City from the Mayor, his staff, the Board of Supervisors and unrepresented management employees, among a number of other provisions.
We will be carefully monitoring the final budget deliberations between now and the beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1. We also plan discussions with Local 21 leaders about longer term strategic options that take into consideration various possible political changes and economic developments.
Click here to view the Ballot Drop off schedule Updated 5-3-10
San Francisco Council voted to send the tentative agreement to the general membership
On April 21, 2010 the San Francisco Council voted overwhelmingly to send the tentative agreement to the general membership with a recommendation of approval.
Note:
While the terms and conditions of this agreement will not change, there may be slight changes in the language to better express the original intent as a result of ongoing review by union and city legal teams.
Click here to read the summary of the Local 21 Side-Table tentative agreement with the City
Click here to read the full tentative agreement for the Local 21 Side-Table with the City
Click here to read the full comprehensive tentative agreement between the City and the PEC
Click here to read the summary of the comprehensive tentative agreement between the City and the PEC
Public Employees Committee (PEC) reaches tentative agreement
The Public Employees Committee (PEC) reaches a tentative agreement on the comprehensive "Central Table" package on April 20, 2010.
Click here to read about the "Central Table" package.
April 21, 2010; SF Gate; Deal with unions preserves S.F. jobs
Up to 500 city workers could lose their jobs under a tentative deal Mayor Gavin Newsom reached Tuesday with union leaders as the city tries to close a projected $483 million budget deficit.
Link to article: April 21, 2010; SF Gate; Deal with unions preserves S.F. jobs
April 21, 2010; SF Examiner; Union deal will save 17,000 jobs, $200M
Mayor Gavin Newsom will be rescinding most of the 17,000 pink slips he sent out in March after reaching a deal with city labor unions that will save thousands of jobs and millions of dollars.
Link to article: April 21, 2010; SF Examiner; Union deal will save 17,000 jobs, $200M
April 20, 2010; SF Appeal; SF Reaches Agreement With City Workers, $200 Mill Savings Estimated
The city of San Francisco reached a two-year agreement with its public employee unions today to help close the city's massive budget deficit.
Link to article: April 20, 2010; SF Appeal; SF Reaches Agreement With City Workers, $200 Mill Savings Estimated
April 20, 2010; KCBS; SF Reaches Agreement with Unions
The City of San Francisco and its 20 public employee unions have reached a broad-based labor agreement to save the city over $200 million over the next two years, while protecting vital public service and jobs.
Link to article: April 20, 2010; KCBS; SF Reaches Agreement with Unions
April 20, 2010; SF Weekly; Unions, City Reach Two-Year Deal; Purported $200M Savings
The city's public employees unions and Mayor's Office have just announced a tentative, two-year agreement building upon last month's accord over a dozen furlough days a year.
Link to article: April 20, 2010; KCBS; SF Reaches Agreement with Unions
What do I do if I receive a letter to return to duty?
Economist Tim Gage Validates City's Deficit
Last month, Local 21 and the PEC hired Economist and former California Department of Finance Director Tim Gage to perform a comprehensive analysis of the City's budget projections. Gage recently issued a report validating the City's budget projections and the myriad challenges it faces. In this case, the independent analysis acted as a safeguard and provided valuable information as we go forward.
Click here to read the summary that independent economist Tim Gage provided on San Francisco's 2010-11 Budget Deficit: Projections, Financial Forecasts & Shortfall Strategies.
Tentative Agreement Roadshow- Part 2 Updated 4.9.10
Mayor's proposal vs. Proposed Union Framework.
Frequently Asked Questions & Answers: Local 21's Tentative Agreement Updated 3.31.10
Unions, City Reach Tentative Agreement on Economic Framework to Save Jobs, Services
Last Friday, March 26, IFPTE Local 21 and other city Unions under the Public Employees Committee (PEC) reached a tentative agreement with Mayor Gavin Newsom on an economic framework to save city jobs and services. At an impromptu press conference announcing the tentative agreement, Mayor Newsom said, every single time we ask the public employee Unions of this city to step up, they step up. Thats just a fact, an objective fact. Every time we need then to keep the doors open for city services, they step up and theyve done it here again. Local 21 Executive Director and Public Employee Committee Chair Bob Muscat also made a statement.
Unions, City Reach Tentative Agreement on Economic Framework to Save Jobs, Services view video
Local 21 Media Watch
April 21, 2010; New York Times; City Saves $50 Million in New Deal With Unions
Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco has struck a two-year deal with major unions representing city employees, staving off more than 1,000 planned layoffs, city officials said.
April 21, 2010; KPFA 94.1; Pacifica Evening News
In San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom and SF Public Employees Unions have reached an agreement on how to balance city jobs with a $483 million deficit. Story begins at 18 minutes, 56 seconds.
April 21, 2010; KRON 4; Some SF City Employee Unions Approve Cuts to Save Jobs
A deal has been reached between SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and the city workers unions that will save 1,000 jobs.
April 21, 2010; California Chronicle; Newsom & SF Public Employee Unions Reach Agreement
Following several weeks of negotiations, Mayor Gavin Newsom and San Francisco public employee unions today reached a comprehensive two-year agreement to help close a historic $483 million deficit next year while protecting vital public service and jobs. The agreement is estimated to save the city $200 million over two years.
April 20, 2010; KTVU 2; SF And Unions Reach Two-Year Agreement To Reduce Budget Deficit
The city of San Francisco reached a two-year agreement with its public employee unions Tuesday to help close the city's massive budget deficit.
March 27, 2010; SF Examiner; Newsom announces deal with city workers Mayor Gavin Newsom has abandoned his proposal for a reduced work week after negotiating a compromise deal in which city workers would instead take 12 furlough days.
March 27, 2010; SF Chronicle-City Insider; S.F. mayor has new plan: Furlough city workers Flanked by about 30 union representatives, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday an agreement to abandon his shortened workweek proposal and instead instate 12 furlough days for most city workers.
March 26, 2010; KRON 4; San Francisco and City Worker Unions Reach Tentative Agreement to Avoid Layoffs
SAN FRANCICSO - KRON 4 is learning that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and the city worker unions have reached a tentative agreement to avoid layoffs.
March 26, 2010; KTVU 2; SF City Workers Reach Agreement To Avoid Mayor's Layoff Plan SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday a tentative agreement with city employees' unions to institute 12 furlough days over a two-year period as an alternative to the mayor's proposal to reduce the work hours of about 15,000 employees.
March 26, 2010; KGO Channel 7; Newsom, union leaders reach new agreement
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thousands of city employees in San Francisco have a decision to make in the coming weeks -- avoid layoffs by accepting pay cuts. However, there are some key city employees that are not a part of this deal.
March 24, 2010; KRON 4; SF Workers May Be Close to a Deal on Pink Slips
March 16, 2010, KRON 4; 5pm
March 16, 2010, KRON 4; 4pm
March 16, 2010; SF Examiner; City puts reduced week on hold; SAN FRANCISCO The City stopped firing city workers and re-hiring them with a shorter workweek Monday as it enters into a weeklong negotiating session with labor union leaders opposed to the hour cuts
March 16, 2010; KCBS Radio; SF Layoff Plan on Hold; SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS) - Mayor Gavin Newsom's controversial plan to lay off as many as 17,000 San Francisco city workers has been shelved - for the time being. Newsom and a coalition of labor unions have agreed to a five-day moratorium on the layoff plan. "It sends a bigger signal, a more important signal that the outcome here is going to be something other than large numbers of people reduced, forced into shorter work weeks," offered Bob Muscat, chair of the Public Employees Committee.
March 15,2010; SF Chronicle-City Insider; Mayor's controversial layoff plan delayed five days; After several days of talks with labor unions, Mayor Gavin Newsom agreed to delay by five days his plan to lay off more than 17,000 city workers and rehire most of them to work 37.5 hours a week instead of 40, cutting their paychecks by 6.25 percent. Labor groups also want reductions in the outsourcing of labor by the city. Bob Muscat, chair of the Public Employee Committee which is working to hash out a plan with Newsom, pointed out that unions have given back money or benefits in six of the last eight years. "City workers are prepared to help out once again, but they have to know that jobs really will be saved as a result and that spending in other areas, such as outsourcing, will be cut as well," he said.
March 15,2010; KTVU; SF City Workers Reportedly Reach Deal To Postpone Layoffs; SAN FRANCISCO -- An agreement was reportedly reached early Monday evening to put off Mayor Gavin Newsoms plan to lay off as many as 17,000 city workers. Union officials said the mayor's office has agreed to a one week moratorium while the city and the unions negotiate alternatives.
March 15, 2010; Library Journal; City of San Francisco Fires, Will Rehire, Workers at 6.25% Fewer Hours, Pay; SEIU Local 1021steward Cathy Bremer, a 30-year SFPL veteran and head of reference for general collections and humanities, described the loss of full-time status as devastating. "Part-time workers have very few rights over how many hours and when they'll work," she said. Mayor Newsom "broke at least five contracts and civil service rules by doing this," said Bremer, who thought that he announced this cost-cutting action as an election tactic. (Newsom declared his candidacy for state lieutenant governor one week after the layoff announcement.)
March 11, 2010; New York Times-The Bay Area; The Unequal Impact of San Francisco's Fire-Rehire Plan; "It's affecting a lot of employees," said Brenda Barros, who works for the San Francisco General Hospital. "The stress is making people sick. It's making our employees sick, the constant roller coaster of stress after stress after stress. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi told the workers he felt uneasy about the plan, saying, "overall, it has such a clumsy feeling to it."
March 11, 2010; San Francisco Chronicle; Supes skeptical about Newsom's layoff plan; San Francisco supervisors voiced skepticism Wednesday that the mayor's plan to cut costs by laying off more than 17,000 city employees and rehiring them to work fewer hours will net the nearly $111 million in labor savings envisioned. "There's no reality there. It looks more like a gimmick," said Supervisor John Avalos, chairman of the budget committee.
March 10, 2010; KCBS Radio; SF Labor Union's Rally Against Mass Layoffs; Labor unions came to the Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee today to complain about mass layoff notices. "This proposal is haphazard, it's ill-conceived and it doesn't make any sense. When you do take a drastic measure it's not well thought out. It can have un-intended consequence," said one meeting attendee.
March 10, 2010; SF Bay Guardian; Newsom's plan means service cuts; Public health takes the biggest hit, with $35.5 million in "savings" (actually, cuts) over the next 14 months.HumanServices gets $10 million cut, and Muni about $8 million. That means longer lines and sicker people at SF General, and more broken buses with no mechanics to fix them, which means slower Muni service... you get the picture.
March 8, 2010; SF Bay Guardian; Newsom's Orwellian doublespeak on city layoffs; These are frontline workers (managers, cops, and firefighters were excluded) who will either be fired or take a 6.25 percent pay cut - while the public will see a rollback in the hours devoted to providing city services - but Newsoms press release claims that he's actually helping both the workers and the public.
March 6, 2010; SF Chronicle; 15,000 S.F. Workers Given Layoff Notices; Bob Muscat, head of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, also is chairing the Public Employee Committee, comprised of many unions working together to come up with a counterproposal. Muscat said that one idea is to reduce the city's outsourcing of labor and that the group wants to present its plan to Newsom next week.
March 5, 2010; ABC 7 News; 15,000 SF city employees get layoff notices; "The heads of the more than 30 unions representing city workers met Friday afternoon. They will try to stop the mayor from implementing this reduced work week."
March 5, 2010-KTVU Chanel 2; has a report on the layoffs. Local 21 members are interviewed. You can view it on their website under the "top stories" section on the right hand side of the webpage.
March 5, 2010- KRON 4 News at 6; 15,000 San Francisco City Employees Handed Pink Slips Local 21 Executive Director Bob Muscat is interviewed
March 5, 2010; KRON 4 news; Unions Furious at SF Mayor's Plan to Drop Hours of Thousands of City Workers; "We think it's unnecessary and not really legal for the mayor to be doing this," said Bob Muscat, executive director of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, which represents about 4,000 engineers, architects, and Internet technology and public health employees.
March 5, 2010- KPFA Pacifica Evening News; three Local 21 members are interviewed and Local 21 Executive Director Bob Muscat speaks on the layoffs this is an unprepared attempt to intimidate people Report on San Francisco starts at 7:35 in audio clip
March 5, 2010- KQED Radio California Money; Unemployment Rate, New Jobs Up / San Francisco Pink Slips; "the mayor's plan will only cause chaos" says Local 21 Executive Director Bob Muscat
March 5, 2010; Bay City News (SF Appeal); City Workers Pissed About Getting Laid Off Today-"We think it's unnecessary and not really legal for the mayor to be doing this," said Bob Muscat, executive director of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
March 3, 2010; ABS-CBN; North America News Bureau- Philip Aragon is a new hire-just 10 months as a driver. He received a pink slip. "We're hoping for the best. But unless things can be done, we'll be out of jobs in 2 months," Aragon explained. But those with seniority are also fearful for their jobs. "It's pretty scary," said Rey del Rosario, a Muni driver for 8 years. "If people are getting laid off, I might end up getting laid off as well."
March 3, 2010; SF Examiner; Newsom implements shorter workweek, layoffs- "You cannot design a strategy to sidestep contracts," said Bob Muscat, executive director of IFPTE Local 21, which represents 4,000 city workers.
March 2, 2010; ABC 7 News; SF mayor announces move to cut city workers' hours; "We don't know what it would mean for the public. Does that mean library hours would change? Does that mean medical clinic hours would change? We don't have any other information," said Pattie Tamura from SEIU Local 1021.
Unions, City Reach Tentative Agreement on Economics Framework to Save Jobs Services.
March 25, 2010 San Francisco Budget and Layoff Developments Flyer.
March 24, 2010 San Francisco Budget and Layoff Developments Update:
Friday, March 19, 2010: Moratorium On 37.5 Hour Work Week & Layoffs Extended 7 More Days.
City Workers, Mayor Call Moratorium on Controversial Lay-off Plan.
Parties to Search for Alternatives that Preserve City Jobs, Services Updated 3.23.10
City Supervisors State Mayor's 37.5 hour Plan is Not Legitimate,
Local 21 Files Grievance, Public Employees Committee (PEC) meets with Mayor and Submits Proposals to Solve Deficit
Click here to read the letter that was sent on March 12, 2010 to Micki Callahan regarding direct communications by DHR or City departments with Local 21 members and the disclaimer language that we have advised our members to use.
Local 21 files a grievance against the City concerning change of vacant Full-Time Positions to Part-Time Positions and Change in DHR Layoff Processes and Procedures.
Click here to read the full grievance that was sent to the Martin Gran on March 9, 2010.
"Unilateral implementation of this unprecedented decision would violate the terms of the City's agreements with our clients; indeed, it is apparent that the intent of this action is to undermine the fabric of those agreements and destabilize the bargaining relationships."
Click here to read the full letter from the Public Employees Committee attorneys to Martin Gran about the City's plan "to change vacant full-time positions to part-time positions which can then be made available to eligible laid off employees."
"On behalf of the members of the PEC, and in turn, the thousands of City employees whom they represent, we demand that you cease and desist from improper direct communications with employees of these bargaining units, and work directly and exclusively with the affected labor organizations in their representative capacity. The PEC and its constituent unions take the position that any choices made by individual represented employees with respect to severance, rejection or acceptance of part-time positions, or other similar choices based on these unilateral communications with them, are rescindable and voidable because they are the result of improper direct communications and solicitation of employees."
Click here to read the full letter from Bob Muscat, Chair of the PEC and Local 21 Executive Director to Mayor Newsom
Local 21 Budget Road Shows are Coming to Your Workplace Updated 3.23.10
New date added! March 25 at San Francisco General Hospital
Layoff Questions & Answers
What do I do when I receive a layoff notice?
Can the Mayor lay us off and bring us back in part-time positions?
If the unions are talking with City officials in an effort to solve the budget deficit, why is the Mayor moving forward with the 15,000 layoffs?
Click here to read the full Q & A and get your questions answered.
City Moves to Implement 37.5 Hour Workweek Proposal - Local 21 Responds
In a move that signals the severity of the budget crisis but is also certain to embroil the City in an expensive and time-consuming legal battle, the City has announced that it plans to issue layoff notices to between 10,000 and 15,000 employees this Friday, March 5. The layoff notices are being issued a mere 15 days after the City sent letters to Local 21 and other city employee representatives requesting that they Meet and Confer on the proposal.
Click here to read the full story on the City move to a 37.5 Hour Workweek Proposal
City Layoff Proposal- Invitation to Meet and Confer
Please be advised that Local 21 and other unions as well, received the following letter to meet and confer over the layoff and reduction in hours proposal that we all read about in the Chronicle a week or so back (see below). We are waiting to hear from our attorney as to suggested options in responding and are meeting tomorrow with the Labor Council Public Employee Committee to explore the possibility of a coordinated response with other unions.
Click here to see the letter from Martin Gran to Local 21.
Click here to read the response from Bob Muscat, Local 21's Executive Director to the City's request to Meet and Confer.
Click here to read the response from the Public Employees Committee (PEC).
Local 21 Responds to San Francisco Budget Developments, February 10, 2010
Shortly before a scheduled briefing from Mayor Newsom regarding the Citys financial outlook, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a front-page story about an idea supposedly under consideration, where the City would layoff thousands of its employees and bring them back in part time positions.
Local 21 already had our attorneys examine the legality of this tactic last year when the idea was first floated in a departmental management memo. A shorter work week cannot be imposed unilaterally on any union and bargaining unit covered by a closed contract
Read More in the City Line Newsletter
CCSF Budget Presentation to labor, February 9, 2010
Complete News Coverage on the issue:
Part-timers proposal shocks city workers (Examiner) 02/10/10
SF City workers outraged over mayor's job proposal (KTVU) 02/10/10
Mayor would cut S.F. workers' week to save cash (Chronicle) 02/09/10
Shorter workweek pitched to help close deficit (Examiner) 02/09/10
Mayor Newsom proposes shorter work week (KCBS) 02/09/10
(All courtesy SF Usual Suspects)
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