Public Meetings to Release Initial Bargaining Proposals - 2010

The Department of Personnel Administration has scheduled the public meetings* listed below in preparation for upcoming negotiations on new labor agreements.

These meetings provide an opportunity for the public to receive copies of the initial bargaining proposals and counterproposals from the Administration and the state employee unions, and to comment on those proposals and counterproposals.

If it becomes necessary to schedule additional meetings, we'll post the new dates on this page and issue an announcement that it has been updated.

Meeting Schedule

The following public meetings start at 11:00 a.m. in Conference Room A/B at the Department of Personnel Administration, 1515 S Street, North Building, Suite 400, Sacramento, California 95811-7258 (get a map to DPA).

• Tuesday, March 23, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Tuesday, March 30, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Tuesday, April 13, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Tuesday, April 27, 2010
  • Initial bargaining proposal from Unit 5 (CAHP)
  • State's initial proposal for Unit 5 (CAHP)
• Monday, May 24, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Thursday, May 27, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Wednesday, June 2, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Wednesday, June 9, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Thursday, June 17, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Wednesday, June 23, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.
• Wednesday, June 30, 2010
  • No initial bargaining proposals presented or received.

Any proposals or counterproposals presented that day will be posted within one day of the meeting, with links from this page. If no proposals or counterproposals are presented, we'll indicate under the meeting date that "no initial bargaining proposals presented or received."

If you have questions about this schedule, please call Jessica Ream at (916) 324-9413.

For a list of the 21 bargaining units and the dates when their contracts expire, please visit our Contracts page.

* These meetings are required by Section 3523 of the Ralph C. Dills Act, which governs collective bargaining for California state civil service employees.

Updated July 12, 2010 at 10:34 AM.