South Bay

Our Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Engineers and Architects won some great enhancements after eight months of bargaining. As a result of constant pressure on the Board, members bargained improved contract language and a fair economic settlement:

Local 21's South Bay chapters celebrated at their 8th Annual holiday luncheon with more than 260 members in attendance. Members gathered at the San Jose Garden Airport Hotel Ballroom and held their first canned food drive.

Chuck Reed, contender for “California’s Worst Mayor,” has filed papers for a statewide constitutional amendment to allow state and local governments to cut retirement benefits for current public employees.  The measure, which is also backed by the mayors of four small California cities, was filed with the Attorney General in October.  Reed says he is aiming to start collecting signatures soon and hopes to get it on the November 2014 ballot.

All South Bay Members are invited to our 8th Annual Holiday Party on December 3. Toss those Thanksgiving turkey leftovers and celebrate the holidays with your colleagues at the San Jose Airport Garden Hotel. New this year is a canned food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank – members who bring two or more canned items will be entered into a raffle. View the flyer for more information. RSVP by November 22.

All South Bay Members are invited to our 8th Annual Holiday Party -- December 3.  Toss those Thanksgiving turkey leftovers and celebrate the holidays with your colleagues at the San Jose Airport Garden Hotel.  New this year is a canned food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank -- Members who bring two or more canned items will be entered into a raffle.  RSVP by November 22.  Click here to see the flier.

On Wednesday, September 25 San Jose's Association of Engineers and Architects (AEA) reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City of San Jose.  After six months of negotiating, the deal would provide Members a 2 percent salary restoration which would represent a good first step in recovering the 10 percent wage concessions our Members had contributed in the past.  The TA also includes a signing bonus equal to the 2 percent salary increase the City gave retroactive to June to the other Unions who had settled previously.  The AEA Bargaining Team also won:

Local 21's two management units in the City of San Jose took a huge step in furthering the protections and procedures for their membership by overwhelmingly ratifying their first full contracts. Voting was held at three different locations over a four-day period.  The City Council approved the MOUs this week.