July 2018 | AFSCME Local 1587 – Probation Peace Officers’ Union |

SCOPE Janus v. AFSCME Ruling – SBLC Statement

Contents

SBLC on Janus v. AFSCME 1

AFL-CIO on Janus v. AFSCME 2

1587 Influences Election! 2

New Codes for Probation 3

General News 4

Local 1587 Directory 4

General Membership Meeting: Thur., July 5th @ JPD, 4th Floor Training Room – Lunch served

Agenda:

a. Acceptance of Minutes

b. Treasurer’s Report

c. Committee Reports

d. President’s Report

e. Old Business

f. New Business

g. Adjourn

On June 27th, the Supreme Court continued its attack on the labor movement and the

country’s working families. In a 5-4 decision in the case Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme

Court barred the collection of fair share fees. Until this decision, fair share fees were

collected form workers who received services from a union without becoming

members.

“As the Labor Movement goes, so goes the middle class. That means we need more

good union jobs if we want to rebuild the middle class,” stated Ben Field, Executive

Officer, South Bay Labor Council. “While Janus is a big step in the wrong direction,

…here in Silicon Valley, we will continue to build strong unions to fight for living wages,

a voice at work, decent working conditions and affordable housing.”

“The US Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME further rigs the rules of the

economy in favor of the wealthy special interests who want to divide us against each

other. Despite this decision, SEIU 521 memers are committed to union jobs…,” said

Riko Mendez, Chief Elected Officer of SEIU Local 521. “Working people whether white,

black or brown, will join together across racial differences to fight for our future, just

like we won better wages, safer workplaces and civil rights in our past. For California to

be a place of freedom for all, we cannot let the greedy few and the politicians they pay

for divide us against each other.”

“Public employee unions do not just represent their members. Public employee unions

hold our government agencies and elected officials accountable for using tax dollars to

provide the services and resources citizens deserve,” said Gemma Abels, President AFT

2022. “The teachers striking throughout the country refused to settle until they knew

their students would receive increased resources at their schools. The forces behind

Janus v. AFSCME want to weaken public employee unions in order to privatize the

services we provide, including public education. Public employee unions stand

between them and an increase in profit.” -South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, 6/27/18

July 3, 2018

2 Stick with the Union! AFL-CIO on Janus v. AFSCME

elites are doing all they can to break us up.

Here’s the thing: We have never depended on any politician or judge to decide our fate and we aren’t about to start now. Workers’ rights are constitutional and that hasn’t changed.

What has changed is the power of corporations to hurt workers. Greedy CEOs and special interests have used the Supreme Court to do the bidding of the corporations and their donors who want to weaken working people’s freedoms. Now people’s ability to negotiate together for safer workplaces, higher wages and better benefits is being threatened.

This case was never about the plaintiff, Mark Janus – it is the culmination of decades of corporate attacks on working people, motivated by greed instead of what’s best for workers. That’s why working people must stand together right now to support our freedom to organize for a level economic playing field. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER – we know it and so do they. - Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

1587 Influences Election!

Thanks in large part to the labor movement, including Local 1587, anti-labor County Supervisor candidate Pierluigi Oliverio was defeated in the June primary! The November run-off will be between labor-endorsed candidate Don Rocha, and Susan Ellenberg.

The Local 1587 sponsored precinct walk event was a tremendous success, with nearly 100 members and guests volunteering to Get Out The Vote. That effort made a difference in an election in which Oliverio lost by only 807 votes (68,392 votes were cast). Thank you to all who sacrificed their time on that hot Saturday – we were victorious because of you! We hope to see other members volunteer their time during the fall election cycle.

Special thanks to the leadership of the Labor Council for organizing a coalition of local labor organizations impacted by this race and developing a strategy which proved effective.

Some members have expressed their disappointment about the Labor Council’s endorsement of the Judge Persky recall. It is important for everyone to be aware that Local 1587 did not support the recall of Judge Persky, and, in fact, strongly advocated otherwise. Unfortunately, other labor organizations felt differently, and we lost the vote on that issue.

Despite that disagreement, we should be proud of our efforts and the effort of the labor movement of ensure an anti-labor candidate did not get elected to a position of power.

Job well done!

“The same corporate bosses manipulating the rules of our economy for decades are using this case to make it

harder for working people to unite together. That’s frightening.” – S. Mittons, Chicago Child Prot. Investigator

The Supreme Court just ruled against

working people in Janus v. AFSCME,

Council 31, and in doing so, joined the

dark web of corporate interests to

continue the assault on all of us. This

decision abandons decades of

commonsense precedent in favor of

greater rights for corporations.

All over the country – from our public schools to the food service industry – working people are taking collective action as we haven’t seen in years. The middle class is proof that the best way to get a raise, better benefits and a voice on the job is through a union contract. That’s why these corporate

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General 1587 News APD

• Local 1587 met with management on June 6th. Topics covered included: Workload Committee, safety issues, AB109 funds, arming, possible additional split codes, and OC spray that has expired.

• The Arming Committee continues to meet. Management has proposed uniforms; this potential change in policy would be addressed during the next contract negotiation.

JPD

• On June 21st, JPD representatives met with management. Discussed were: The procedures manual, DPO development, the Capital Project, dispositional options, vacancies, DPO hiring, and the Promotional Rating Form.

JH

• The Shift Bid Committee met June 21st to finalize codes. On July 9th, Area Two will bid. On July 16th, codes will post and on July 30th, shift bidding will commence.

• The negotiations over GC wage adjustment are approaching closure. A meeting is scheduled for July 9th to attempt to reach agreement.

Other

• The union is investigating interest for more split codes in the DPO series. This idea is in the preliminary stage. The contract allows for 10 split codes to accommodate a total of 20 employees (Section 5.10 of the contract); there are currently half that number. If you are interested in the idea of working a split code, please email Maureen Wheatley. Note: There is no assurance more codes will be added; changing the number of split codes will require agreement of both the union and management.

• Officers who work for Local 1587 receive a stipend for their attendance at meetings and the work they do for the organization. This rate has not been increased in the last 10 years. A committee to review this has been formed and includes the Treasurer, and the Business Representative. A proposal has been completed and will be discussed by the E-Board. A stipend raise requires a vote of the entire membership.

• New cars added to the probation fleet have a speed tracking device installed. This equipment sends a notification to County Fleet personnel if the driver attains a speed of 80mph (or more) and sustains it for 2 minutes (or more). Fleet, in turn, notifies the Probation Department (i.e. your boss will find out), and reports this to the county Vehicle Accident Review Board (VARB). The driver is then summoned to appear before VARB, and is questioned. Therefore, you may choose to monitor your speed closely.

New Codes for Probation

Approved

County Supervisors voted in favor of the budget presented by the County Executive Jeff Smith, which included 11 additional codes in the DPO series and one code in the SPO series.

Seven of the 11 DPO codes will be assigned to the adult division to provide the department sufficient resources to effectively implement evidence-based practices. Over the past several years, the inability to implement best practices due to excessive workloads drove the union to engage with probation administration to find solutions. Numerous members volunteered to participate in work groups spanning several years, and took part in a time study, to identify necessary areas for improvement and recommend solutions. Without the dogged determination of these union members, change was unlikely to happen. With the support of Chief Garnette, and DCPO Hardy, many positive ideas were generated, including these additional codes. Fortunately, we had the support of County Executive Jeff Smith, and the Board of Supervisors, to make this a reality.

The additional DPO/SPO codes, which will be assigned to the new Community Based Unit, were the brainchild of the County Executive, who saw opportunities for the county to build stronger relationships with our community partners to reduce crime. Local 1587 is fortunate Jeff Smith believes in the beneficial work of the skilled men and women of the Probation Department.

Organizing, persistence and teamwork were key elements to the success of this year’s budget augmentation. Thank you to all who played a role in this process!

July Local 1587 Events

Local 1587 Directory

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July 5th, Noon: General Membership Meeting, APD Monterey Room

July 12th, Noon: Executive Board Meeting – Union Office

July 26th, 3pm: Executive Board Meeting – Union Office

President: Mark Murray, 314-3824

Vice President: Eric Parsons, 925/575-0328

Corresponding Secretary/SCOPE: Maureen Wheatley, 435-2230

Recording Secretary: Jennifer Contreras, 278-6137

Treasurer: Frank Nesci, 650-324-6515

Adult Probation Reps: Jorge Escobar, 468-1857; Nydia Smith, 435-2132

Juvenile Hall Reps: Salvador Mora, 888-9267; Alex Moscoso, 435-2278

Juvenile Probation Reps: Cassandra Hosseini, 278-6183; Marc Utsey, 278-6080

APD Stewards: Erica DeMasi, 435-2176; Domingo Holmes, 435-2292; Talia

Marshall, 435-2027; Bernardo Victoria, 435-2279; Zulema Viramontes, 435-2274

JH Stewards: James Hill, 278-5966; Antonio Walker, 278-5893

JPD Stewards: Mayari Castro, 278-6118; Victoria Contreras-Wolfe, 278-6076;

Dustin Eng, 278-6182; Rashad Jones, 793-8849; Jesus Sanchez, 278-6060 (on leave)

General Counsel: Lou Silver, 456-5076, Emergency only: 592-2904

Union Office: Office Manager Allie Bradbury, 324-1300

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AFSCME Local 1587 –

Probation Peace Officers’

Union

2055 Junction Avenue, #232 San Jose, CA 95131 408/324-1399 FAX 408/456-0463 Office Manager: Allie Bradbury probpeaceofficers@gmail.com