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On the Issues

Furlough Update

Today, CCPOA was back in Alameda Superior Court regarding the new round of furloughs. The presiding Judge has taken the matter under consideration...

On the Issues

Contract News

CCPOA negotiators were informed by DPA officials that their proposal was “dead on arrival” and the Governor has declined to entertain any further discussions with CCPOA...

On the Issues

Order Denied!

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette today denied Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to immediately compel State Controller John Chiang to pay state employees minimum wage...

On the Issues

FLSA Action

The CCPOA Legal Department represents three Correctional Officers who brought a lawsuit claiming that California’s furloughing of correctional employees, while still requiring them to report to work, violates federal labor law...

On the Issues

California Budget

A letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee by California's State Controller John Chiang about the "true cost" to taxpayers if state salaries are reduced to minimum wage...

Working Together

With California facing a $19 billion budget shortfall, the Governor has called for pension cuts for state employees — including members of CCPOA.

We're willing to negotiate with the Governor over pension cuts. But one thing we know is fixing the state budget won't be possible without solving California's prison crisis.

It's time for comprehensive prison reform, and we have the ideas and experience to get it done.

Read Our Position on Contract Negotiations (PDF)

Take Our Survey

Should the Governor commit to comprehensive prison reform to help solve the State budget crisis?

CCPOA news

September 2, 2010

Schwarzenegger, union argue furlough case next week

If the bitter furlough battle between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state employee unions happened to be a heavyweight fight, Wednesday would be the final round.

After nearly two years, 40 lawsuits and more than $1.2 million in state legal bills, the California Supreme Court will hear debate next week over whether the governor has illegally forced state workers to take unpaid days off from work. Here's a brief guide to the 9 a.m. hearing and beyond:

The stakes.Enormous, starting with the bank accounts of more than 200,000 state workers who have lost nearly 50 workdays and close to a combined $3 billion or so in pay since February 2009...

LINK - SacBee.com

September 1, 2010

Supervisory Update: September 1, 2010

Dear Supervisory Member,

The date for the first CCPOA supervisor information forum is approaching quickly, at this time there is still space available for members that would like to attend. The meeting has been set for Friday September 17, 2010 at CCPOA headquarters in West Sacramento to begin at 9am. Please RSVP if you plan attending so we can have an accurate head count.

As the post and bid period for supervisor’s approaches we are having numerous issues statewide with managements interpretation of the Seniority Assignment Agreement for Sergeants and Lieutenants. The main issue focuses on the exempt positions, which can be controlled by management, however they still must be included in the count by the agreement. In a nutshell, management wants the positions but they wish to exempt them totally from the reconciliation process. If your institution is facing this problem please contact us...

August 30, 2010

August 27, 2010

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Thanks for calling CCPOA's 5150 hotline. Today is Friday, August 27, 2010 and here is the latest information from Sacramento:

CDCR NEWS
The San Diego Union Tribune reported this week that:

The state’s plans to ship low-risk prisoners to local jails could cost counties revenue and are raising fears that inmates may be released early. Local officials are not happy about the plan.

“Counties are very concerned and very suspicious,” said Greg Cox, a San Diego County supervisor...

August 29, 2010

Escape slows prison privatization

The recent escape at a for-profit prison in Kingman has slowed Arizona's rush toward privatizing corrections.

Even one of the Legislature's top supporters of private prisons, Rep. John Kavanagh, says the existing state-run complexes should remain public, not be turned private, as the state has tried to do.

But the fallout from the escape, during which two prisoners are accused of killing an Oklahoma couple, is so far limited enough that supporters imagine continued expansion by prison companies in Arizona...

LINK - AZStarNet.com

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