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Monday, August 16th, 2010 Letter From Reg-1 Member About LACERA Buy Back
Letter from Melissa McCracken – pdf format
Dear Los Angeles Superior Court Employee Interpreters:
As we mentioned in our update of August 13, in 2007 the Union’s attorneys began looking into the possibility of achieving LACERA buy back time for interpreters for the years they worked as independent contractors. After much research the Union petitioned LACERA to grant the buy back. On May 25 of this year the LACERA Board issued a decision denying the Union’s petition.
Though the Union’s petition was denied, our attorneys informed the interpreters who participated in the initial petition process that they should seek out an attorney as individuals if they wished to pursue this issue further.
Several interpreters have begun the process of seeking out an attorney and gathering names of interpreters who might be interested in further pursuing this issue. Our colleague Melissa MacCracken and other interested interpreters have asked that CFI send this letter out to the membership in the hopes of identifying other interpreter employees who may wish to participate in the appeals process for LACERA buyback.
Silvia Barden
Southern California CFI Representative
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