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CEMA members - on April 21, 2020 the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has the second reading of the CEMA MOU making it a final agreement.  Available for download here is the final contract PDF.  Following our PD Event "Know Your Contract" Series we will have a contract with editorial notes and reccomendations that are NOT contract language but may be helpful.

In a historic first, CEMA has successfully conducted its first electronic vote.  The results are in and with an overwhelming majority CEMA members passed both the contract and the bylaws revisions.

CEMA Court Members were relieved to hear the positive support from Court Administration that granted essential workers a way to capture their excess time that would otherwise be lost. Please see the below email that went out to all staff.  If there are any questions contact your busienss rep at zfeldman@sccema.

Attached to this post is the entirity of the Tentative Agreement Contract for your Review. Easiest way to access with CORRECT FORMATTING is to Download the Content

CEMA Members,  This is by far the best Contract CEMA has seen in decades and demonstrates the value CEMA and the County places upon you all.  In a time when 3 million Americans filed for unemployment in 1 week more than 1 million of which in California we are being amazing increases NOT available months ago as you state.

Contract Agreement Reached!  Summary Below - Voting Schedule at the Bottom CEMA is pleased to announce we have reached a Tentative Agreement with the County bringing our long negotiations to a close.

COVID19 Urgent Updates This weekend has seen serious developments in the Covid19 Response and there are more to come.  All nine Bay Area counties will be closing all non-essential businesses by government order effective.  This closure will carry the force of law that resides in each County Public Health Officer.

CEMA Shows Strength at the Board  SEIU Spreads Lies and Engages in Anti-Union Activity CEMA Shows Strength at the Board CEMA showed up and spoke up at the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday the 14th with a tidal wave of maroon, crisply organized speakers and an impactful presentation to the Board of Supervisors.

CEMA Show of Force at the Board – Smart Tactics with Targeted Results To watch these powerful speakers watch here at time code 44:00 of the June 4th Past Meeting Video More than 80 CEMA members shirted up, showed up and spoke up at the Board of Supervisors meeting this past Tuesday.

CEMA has met with the County for several months now.  We are participating in interest based bargaining, IBB, which is very different from the traditional bargaining that 521 and other County Unions are participating in.  IBB is a process where each side identifies issues, and then collaboratively creates solutions, evaluates the solutions and crafts language for the contract.