The California Association of Professional Employees (CAPE, AFL-CIO) is the bargaining unit for more than 2,500 professional employees of the County of Los Angeles.
We are a successful and thriving union, but a strong contract means little if members aren’t aware of our rights in the workplace and empowered to exercise them.
In this issue, we look back at the amazing work and incredible victories secured during the fall and winter of 2023, discuss helpful tips when considering retirement, and gear up for CAPE’s 60th Anniversary in 2024.
CAPE 30 Years-Plus Member Award: Craig Cline Jose Lopez Mary Ohde And Erik Updyke
CAPE 2013 Volunteer Service Award: Coby Skye Ray Castellanos Tom Budinger Kent Tsujii Charles Nestle Paul Hernandez Josh Huntington Miguel Garcia Stephen Lee Jonathan P. Bell Luis Orendain
The CAPE Political Endorsement Committee -- PEC -- held their formational meeting on Tuesday, February 11th to establish protocol for reviewing the endorsement requests from candidates vying for LA County 3rd District Supervisor and County Assessor in 2014.
There are at least two top-tier candidates running in the 3rd Supervisorial District, and there are several competitive candidates running for Assessor, including some CAPE members.
Deadline for Technical Support Unit Members' Contract Negotiations Survey is February 12, 2014
The current multi-year contract MOU governing the salary, benefits, and working conditions for CAPE's Technical Support Bargaining Unit members of the Sanitation Districts will expire on June 30, 2014. Our bargaining unit representatives are already in the preparatory stages for the contract negotiations with Sanitation Districts' representatives later this spring.
CAPE Endorsed Hilda Solis In First District, Third District Drawing A Crowd of Candidates
West Hollywood City Councilman John Duran, former LA City Controller Wendy Gruel, former State Senator Sheila Kuehl and former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver are all reportedly interested in running for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Third District which covers all of West Los Angeles and much of the San Fernando Valley.
2013 was a tough year by any measure. Your CAPE Board of Directors and staff had an overly full plate starting on January 1, and more was added as each month passed.
The Coalition of County Unions -- CCU - leaders announced a tentative agreement on a new Fringe Benefit Contract with County management on December 5, 2013. The new agreement arrives after months of stalled negotiations that followed the County's eleventh hour demand for changes to County Retiree Health benefits for future employees.
Retro-active pay increase of 2% to be implemented following approval by County Board of Supervisors – November 14, 2013
All six of CAPE's Los Angeles County bargaining units have overwhelmingly ratified the tentative salary contract agreement that provides for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase for all LA County CAPE-represented employees.
