Issue |
Local 21 |
City Administration |
Wage Increases |
4% - July 2019
4% - July 2020 |
2% - July 2019
2% - July 2020
1% - Nov. 2020 |
Equity Adjustments |
Equity adjustments for “below-market” classifications with recruitment and retention issues and gender disparities |
NO equity adjustments |
Hiring and Promotions |
Continue fair and inclusive hiring and promotion practices:
• Maintain current civil service protections for all classifications
• Maintain the current size of ranked eligibility lists |
Give upper management more power to choose who they hire and promote:
• Completely remove civil service hiring protections from 75+ management classifications
• Increase the size of eligibility lists from 4 to 10 |
Paid Family Leave |
Provide 6 weeks of paid family leave for baby bonding or care of seriously ill family members |
Maintain the current 6 weeks of paid leave only for baby bonding |
Acting Pay |
City must make a reasonable effort to rotate Acting Pay. Postings must be clearly visible and sent via email. |
Acting Pay assignments at management's discretion |
Salary Step & Range Advancement |
Maintain fair system for step increases to prevent favoritism |
Step increases at management’s discretion |
Paid Leave |
Maintain employee’s ability to cash out paid leave as needed |
Reduce employees’ ability to sell back paid leave. Eliminate the ability to cash out sick leave and currently banked vacation leave. Require future vacation cash-outs to be pre-elected in the previous year. |
Holidays |
Add Cesar Chavez Day, maintain Admissions Day |
Switch Admissions Day for Cesar Chavez Day |
AC Transit Pass |
Make the program free for employees |
Increase employee contribution to $30/ year |
Posting for Exempt Management Positions |
Maintain the current 10-day posting period so candidates have sufficient time to complete applications |
Reduce the posting period from 10 days to 5 days |
Announcement of Special Qualifications |
Maintain the current 10-day notice requirement |
Reduce the notification requirement from 10 days to 5 days |