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The "salary survey" is an important tool that the County uses to see how the salary they pay for a classification compares with other nearby agencies (usually cities or counties).

Bargaining Notes 1

On our first day of bargaining the County gave us their most recent salary surveys for MAPE "benchmark" classifications and a list of the "job families" that are related to each benchmark class.

MAPE Picnic

We held our annual MAPE picnic at the Civic Center Lagoon Park. It was a chance to talk with our union brothers and sisters, eat good food, meet new people and talk about the upcoming contract negotiations.

Upcoming Events

Oct

Wed

Successor Bargaining #4
Oct 01, 2025
MAPE Office

Oct

Thu

Executive Committee
Oct 02, 2025
MAPE Office

Oct

Wed

Bargaining Cmte Training
Oct 08, 2025
MAPE Office

Oct

Thu

Stewards Council
Oct 09, 2025
On Zoom (check agenda for the link)

Oct

Wed

Membership Meeting
Oct 15, 2025
MAPE Office (RSVP for dinner) or Zoom link (sent in the update)

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Labor News and Reports

UnionBase

"Are Unions the Missing Voice in the AI Debate?" Read the article here.
"Judge: "A President Is Not A King" Read the article here.
"Trump Orders Layoffs at 7 Agencies as Unions Secure Jobs for Probationary Workers" Click here for the report.
"Trump's Tariff Shock and ATTACK on Unions Biggest Policy MISTAKE in 95 Years?" YouTube video here.

UC Berkeley Labor Center

"States can still build from Biden’s wins on clean energy and jobs" Click here for the article.
"Highligting the diversity of California's Asian American and Pacific Islander workforce" Click here for the article.
"Disrupting Disparities: Ending the Black Women Wage Gap in California" Click here for the article.
"DOGE Email Questioning Federal Employees Receives Pushback" Click here for the article
"BREAKING: Trump's Firing Order Blocked" Click here for the article
"How Republican-Led Budget Cuts Could Impact Californians in Every Congressional District" Click here for the article
"States can still build from Biden’s wins on clean energy and jobs" Click here to read.

California Budget & Policy Center

"How Republican-Led Budget Cuts Could Impact Californians in Every Congressional District" Click here to read the report.
"Republicans Are Pushing Medicaid Cuts — Here’s How They’d Affect California" Click here for the fact sheet.
"Republican-Proposed CalFresh Cuts Put Millions of Californians at Risk of Hunger" Read the issue brief.
"Paperwork Over People: Why Republican “Work Requirements” Fail Families" Click for the report.
"Two California Families, Two Futures: The Real Cost of Federal Budget Cuts" Read the issue brief.
"Q&A: What’s Behind California’s Rising Medi-Cal Spending?" See the answers here.
"10 Years of the CalEITC" Read the update.
"First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision" Click for the report.