Letter from DPA - Dated 09.12.07

Dear Messrs. Adam, Jimenez, Weiss and Alexander:

On August 22, 2007, the State of California (State) provided a package offer to you. We received the California Peace Officer Associations (CCPOA's) rejection of this offer on September 5, 2007. Although we appreciate CCPOA's agreement to rollover language, CCPOA failed to address all of the sections identified on the summary sheet, and added other sections that were not a part of the respective sheet...

CCPOA seeks response from the State concerning August 2007 package

 August 29, 2007, CCPOA's General Assembly directs the bargaining team to seek responses from the State to a series of written questions concerning the latest package offer and to agree to accept the mutually acceptable sections of the MOU that the State has identified "roll-over." [DPA Q&A]  

Letter from Mike Jimenez, July 10 2007

Dear Speaker Nunez, Senator Perata, Assemblymember Villines and Senator Ackerman,

This letter is intended to respond to the letter from the Governor to you dated June 26, 2007, regarding the status of negotiations between the Governor's representative (DPA) and CCPOA.

The Governor states that "we've been negotiating with CCPOA for more...

Supervisors Attending Mediation Sessions

Dear Mr. Adam and Mr. Weiss:

At the initial mediation session on Thursday, June 21, 2007, during the mediators' instructions, the State representatives became aware that Robert Dean, a Correctional Lieutenant with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, was present at the mediation. Although the State cited its concerns to the mediators and requested that Mr. Dean not participate in the Unit 6 mediation process on behalf of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) because he is a supervisor, the State understands the union insisted that Mr. Dean be allowed to attend the mediation.  

A Letter From Arnold June 26 2007

Dear Speaker Nunez, Senator Perala, Mr. Villines and Senator Ackerman,

Thank you for your letter regarding negotiations between my administration and the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA). I have been following these negotiations closely and will continue to do so.

As you know, we've been negotiating with CCPOA for more than a year, both in formal negotiations and infonnal discussions. We've explored alternatives and held frank conversations about our differences, leading us to place an offer on the table valued at more than $250 million per year which, over four years, would exceed $1 billion.

MOU Letter “Information Request Response”

Dear Mr. Weiss:

This correspondence provides information and documentation responsive to CCPOA's most recent Information Request. For CCPOA's convenience, the State had numbered the information requests and identified the States responses in italics.

Arbitration Proceedings DPA Case No. 06-06-0091

This arbitration arises between the California Correctional Peace officers Association (hereinafter CCPOA or the Union) and the State of California, Department of Corrections And Rehabilitation (hereinafter the State or Department or CDCR), pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement for State Bargaining Unit 6, under which Bonnie G. Bogue was selected as Arbitrator and under....

Arbitration Proceedings DPA Case No. 06-06-0299

This Arbitration arose pursuant to Agreement between the California Correctional Peace Officers Association Bargaining Unit 6, hereinafter referred to as the "Union, and the California

Department of Personnel Administration, hereinafter referred to as the "State", under which C.

ALLEN POOL was selected by the parties to serve as the Arbitrator. The Parties stipulated that the matter was properly before the Arbitrator and that his decision shall be final and binding.

The parties further stipulated that the interaction of Section 4.01 Management Rights and Section 27.0 1 Application and Duration, Entire Agreement imposes Dills Act obligations on the parties.

Arbitration Proceedings DPA Case No. 05-06-0422

This Arbitration arises pursuant to Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, hereinafter referred to as "CCPOA and/or "Union," and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATIONS, hereinafter referred to as the "State" and/or "Department," under which ALEXANDER COHN was selected to serve as sole, impartial Arbitrator and whose decision shall be final and binding upon the parties.

 Hearing was held on April 14, 2007, in Susanville, California. The parties...  

Letter from Legislators, May 29 2007

The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger

Governor, State of California

State Capitol, First Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:

We are wriling to express some reservations with the direction of the contract negotiations between the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) and encourage you to closely monitor the progress of lhcse negotiations.

On May 10,2007 DPA wrote a letter to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) requesting a federal mediator andlor a declaration of impasse as a means to end the pending contract negotiations with CCPOA. PERB responded on May 17, 2007 by declaring an initial impasse and directing the parties to continue discussions...

MOU Letter “Seriousness to Reach an Agreement”

By Peter Hecht

Bee Capitol Bureau 

-- After a year of failed negotiations with one of California's most powerful public employee unions, state officials said Thursday they will seek outside mediation to resolve a contract dispute for the state's 31,000 correctional officers.

MOU Form “Determination of Impasse”

A request for impasse determination must be filed with the appropriate regional office (see PERB Regulation 32075). A request which is not jointly filed must be served.....

Ex-state negotiator hired for labor talks with guards

By Andrew McIntosh -- Bee Staff Writer 

Published 12:01 am PDT Saturday, June 3, 2006

Fearing it might be outgunned at the negotiating table by the union representing its prison guards, the state has hired one of its former senior labor negotiators to quarterback contract talks with the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.

The Department of Personnel Administration has hired the Batchelder Group Inc. of Gold River, a consulting firm owned by Dennis Batchelder, once the state's top labor negotiator in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Supervisory - Primary Benefits

SUMMMARY OF DPA PRIMARY BENEFITS FOR MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES ANNUAL LEAVE

(DPA Rule 599.752)

Employees newly appointed to excluded classifications shall be mandatorily enrolled in the Annual Leave Program (ALP). This applies to any person who is appointed, promoted, or transferred into a position that is excluded from collective bargaining, including managerial, supervisory, and confidential positions. Current excluded employees have the option to make a voluntary election into the ALP at any time.

As of January 1 of each year, an employee's annual leave credit balance shall not

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Supervisory - Enhanced Benefits

DPA Personnel Management Liaisons (PML) Retirement Formula Change for Supervisors and Managers in Positions Affiliated with Bargaining Unit 6 PML 2006-011 and 3.0 @ 50 ONLY

(Updated 4/13/2011)

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