University of California, Public Notice Process Under HEERA (UC — Teamsters Local 2010, KM Bargaining Unit)
The Higher Education Employer–Employee Relations Act, which governs collective bargaining of higher education employers in the state of California, requires that the university as the employer provide notice to the public before it begins negotiations with an exclusive representative.
The current collective bargaining agreement between the University of California, and the Teamsters Local 2010, covering about 35 Skilled Trades employees, provides for successor contract negotiations in 2019. Local bargaining may begin following completion of the public notice meetings scheduled below.
The University will convene initial public notice meetings on May 29, 2019 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the University of California, Merced’s Downtown Campus Center, in conference room 134, and June 6, 2019 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in conference room 170, at 655 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340. Copies of initial bargaining proposals will be available at the meetings. Interested members of the public may secure copies of initial bargaining proposals from both parties, online at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/index.html.
Copies of the procedures governing the required public notice meeting may be requested in person or by mail from the University of California, Merced Labor Relations, 655 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340.
For additional information regarding this bargaining, please contact Paul Garza, Chief Negotiator, UC, at 209-259-8161; or Tanya Akel, Chief Negotiator, Teamsters Local 2010, at 213-407-2331.