Unit 3

Unit 3 signs 9 tentative agreements

Updated 2:00 p.m., July 15

Our Unit 3 bargaining team signed nine tentative agreements on Monday, including language that gives teachers an advisory role for the first time in determining the appropriate class for a prisoner or patient.

“This is a big deal for us,” said Jim Stoffer, a bargaining team member who is a teacher Department of Mental Health (DMH). “At DMH, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Developmental Services, we will be able to have input on the placing of students in the appropriate class.”       

Unit 3 also presented the state with a detailed plan to help employees at the three Division of Juvenile Justice facilities in Paso Robles and Stockton that are being closed this summer.

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State stalls negotiations in Unit 3

Updated 1:15 p.m., June 24

Unit 3 spent all day bargaining with the state on Monday but signed no agreements. Our team has presented proposals for pay equity, including a plan for librarians in prisons and other state institutions to be included as educators since most of their work is in education. Unit 3 Chair Cindie Fonseca said the state has not responded to Local 1000’s proposals and management has not brought any of its own proposals to the Unit 3 table.

“I’m frustrated because the state isn’t exchanging anything,” Fonseca said. “They aren’t signing any agreements. We deserve some kind of response to all the hard work we’ve been doing.”

Fonseca said that it’s become clear that the state is not listening to educators who work in prisons, state schools for the blind and deaf and in the Department of Mental Health.

“The work we do has a direct impact on saving money for the state,” Fonseca said. “We can reduce recidivism by teaching prisoners useful skills. We can help mental health patients and deaf and blind students become more self sufficient and save the state money. We’re hoping for a serious dialogue but the state is not listening.”

Monday was the last scheduled day of bargaining. Both sides have agreed to meet again, possibly this weekend.

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Unit 3 exchanges 16 proposals with state

Updated 1:00 p.m., June 19

Our Unit 3 bargaining team exchanged 16 proposals with the state on Wednesday—workloads and an economic package addressing coaching differentials and equity adjustments were the key issues presented by Local 1000 negotiators.

No tentative agreements were signed.

Members from the state’s Special Schools for the Blind and Deaf made a presentation to state negotiators about their passion for the work they do despite low wages and recruitment and retention issues.

“Our members were eloquent in delivering a very important message directly to state negotiators,” said Pamm Handel, a member of the Unit 3 Bargaining Committee. “I don’t believe the state was aware of the important work our members do.”

Unit 3 is scheduled to resume negotiations on Monday, June 23.

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Unit 3 & state sign six agreements

Updated 7:00 p.m., June 13

The Unit 3 bargaining team and state negotiators signed six tentative agreements, which carry over language and guarantees from the 2006 contract.

The most important measure is a family crisis leave bank that allows teachers at schools for the deaf and blind to donate sick leave to colleagues who are experiencing a family crisis.

“This family crisis bank works so well for our members in the state schools that we would like to provide that service for our members who teach in prison and youth facilities,” Bargaining Unit 3 Chair Cindie Fonseca said.

Both sides are scheduled to meet on June 18.

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Unit 3 Tentative Agreements

Your contract contains numerous articles that are specific to the needs of Bargaining Unit 3 employees. During negotiations, our bargaining team reviews and approves each of those articles and reaches Tentative Agreement with the state as we work towards a fully approved contact.

Click on the links below to read and review Unit 3-specific articles that have been tentatively approved.

5.12 Upward Mobility Joint Labor/Management...	21.13.3 Student Class Assignment
9.19.3 Light/Limited Duty Assignments	21.15.03 Off-Site Teacher Preparation Time
10.9 Safety Equipment	21.17.03 Recognition of Authorship
12.13 Tools, Business Equipment, Materials &...	22.1.03 Discipline & Discharge - Special Schools
13.6 Performance Appraisal of Permanent...	22.3.03 Work Assignment Notification - Special...
13.10.03 Education and Training	22.4.03 Personal Leave Days - Special Schools
15.4.03 Employee Opportunity Transfer	22.6.03 Tenure - Special Schools
15.5.03 Support for Lateral Transfers	22.7.03 Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave (EIDL)...
16.6.03 Special School Teacher Layoff	22.X.03 Special Schools
19.4 Meal Periods
21.3 Class A & Class B Commercial Driver's License	SL 4.3 TBD CDCR/DOJ/CYA Temperature Control...

Processing the tentative agreements is time consuming. We are posting the information to the website throughout the day as quickly as possible.

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Bargaining Unit 3 Election Results

Click here to view the bargaining unit 3 election results

List of Sites by Department that have Unit 3 Members

• Orientation Center for the Blind, DOR
  
  

• California School for the Deaf-Riverside, DOE
•  Diagnostic Center, South, DOE
• California School for the Deaf, DOE
• California School for the Blind, DOE
• Diagnostic Center-North, DOE
• Diagnostic Center-Central, DOE
  
  

• Fairview Developmental Center, DDS
• Lanterman Developmental Center, DDS
• Canyon Springs, DDS
•  Porterville Developmental Center, DDS
•  Agnews Developmental Center, DDS
• Sonoma Developmental Center, DDS
• Sierra Vista, DDS
  
  

• Patton State Hospital, DMH
• Metropolitan State Hospital, DMH
• Atascadero State Hospital, DMH
• Salinas Valley Psychiatric Program
• Vacaville Psychiatric Program
• Napa State Hospital, DMH
• Coalinga State Hospital, DMH
  
  

• Heman G. Stark, CDCR-DJJ
• Southern Youth Correctional Reception Center-Clinic, CDCR-DJJ
• Paso De Robles Youth, CDCR-DJJ
• Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, CDCR-DJJ
• Preston Youth Correctional Facility, CDCR-DJJ
• Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp, CDCR-DJJ
• Northern California Youth Correctional Center, CDCR-DJJ  
• Washington Ridge, CDCR-DJJ
• Downtown Sac Offices, OCE & DJJ

• RJ Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain, CDCR-Adult
• California Institution for Men, CDCR-Adult
• California Institution for Women, CDCR-Adult
• California Rehabilitation Center, CDCR-Adult
• California Correctional Institution, CDCR-Adult       
• California State Prison, Los Angeles County, CDCR-Adult
• Centinela State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Ironwood State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Calipatria State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• California Men’s Colony, CDCR-Adult
• North Kern State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Wasco State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Salinas Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Correctional Training Facility (Soledad), CDCR-Adult
• California Medical Facility, CDCR-Adult
• California State Prison-Solano, CDCR-Adult
• San Quentin State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Mule Creek State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• California State Prison-Sacramento, CDCR-Adult
• Folsom State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Deuel Vocational Institution, CDCR-Adult
• Sierra Conservation Center, CDCR-Adult
• Central California Women’s Facility, CDCR-Adult
• Valley State Prison for Women, CDCR-Adult
• California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison-Corcoran, CDCR-Adult
• Corcoran State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Avenal State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Pleasant Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• California Correctional Center, CDCR-Adult
• High Desert State Prison, CDCR-Adult
• Downtown Sac Offices, OCE & DJJ