Call for nominations for Region 1 and Region 4 Executive Board Members 

Hello Members of Regions 1 and 4. This communication serves as a formal call for nominations to fill two vacancies on the local’s Executive Board. Unfortunately, the two persons who were previously elected by acclamation are unable to continue in office. The bylaws are clear: if there is more than a six month period before the end of the term in office, we are obliged to run a special election to fill the position. 

Please pay close attention to the nomination process and the timelines outlined below. Also, please make sure that the local has your valid physical address and email.

Nominations open on January 26, 2022, please email your nomination to [email protected], nominations close on February 6, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

Candidates must be members in good standing, accept the nomination and submit their candidate statement (500 words) by February 11, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in writing at [email protected] 

The Ballots will go out by regular mail on February 16, 2022 and the Ballot count will take place on March 26, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.

EDD Hiring Language Access Officer

Hello Members,

We have been contacted by the EDD concerning an opening for a language services coordinator for their offices. This may be of interest to some of you, or other colleagues we work in the language field and are interested in exploring other possibilities besides the courts. 

Good afternoon,

California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) is pleased to announce that it is recruiting for a new senior level Language Access Officer (LAO), who will be responsible for leading the agency’s multilingual access services.  To apply, please complete the required job packet by February 3, 2022. 

With new dedicated state funding, EDD is creating a language access unit directed by the LAO to expand multilingual services across all the Department’s services and programs.  The mission of the new unit is to provide quality translation and interpreter services to the Department’s limited or non-English speaking customers in order for them to have equal access to services and benefits that the Department oversees. Under the administrative direction of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer and the support of the Department’s senior leadership, the LAO is responsible for establishing, monitoring, and overseeing the Department language access services and efforts.  

The LAO will have broad leadership responsibilities over EDD’s multilingual access services, which will include: 

• Developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure equal access to the Department’s services and programs, including the Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave programs.
• Conducting research and monitoring to determine the Department’s accessibility needs to comply with federal and state laws, and develop and implement plans to address those language access needs, including the Department’s new language access services required by AB 138 and its Language Access Plan.
• Exercising supervision over the performance of the new language access unit’s professional, technical, and administrative staff and over the provision of third-party vendor translation and interpreter services.   
• Leading the Department’s community engagement activities with linguistically marginalized communities to solicit their feedback and best practices, and effectively promote the Department’s programs with targeted communities.  
• Leading the creation and implementation of a Multilingual Access Advisory Board comprised of community stakeholders, and oversee and administer a new $2 million CBO grant program to fund multilingual outreach and education activities.
• Providing technical assistance and develop Department staff trainings and other educational activities administered by the multilingual access unit to expand culturally appropriate interpretive and translation services and projects across the Department.
• Developing reports to the Legislature on the status of the Department’s multilingual access services and other activities responding to legislative inquiries and assisting in the Department’s communications and public engagement activities.  

EDD is seeking strong applicants with relevant experience for this senior leadership position, including those who have worked with linguistically marginalized communities.  For more information about the position and hiring process, please email the EDD recruitment team at[email protected], or visit  CalHR's "State Hiring Workshops" 3-part YouTube videos for advice on writing a strong Statement of Qualifications and for tutorials related to job application processes with the State of California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGISnO8yHUo.

Please help spread the word among your networks to promote this exciting new position to ensure that all California’s workers (including the one in five Californians who are limited English proficient) have fair and equal access to EDD’s programs and services.   Thank you.

CFI Local 39000 Elections Results

December 22, 2021

The ballots for the new Executive Board 2022 - 2023 were counted at the CFI offices in Santa Fe Springs.

The official results:

President:                       Michael Ferreira

Vice President:               Janet Hudec

Secretary-Treasurer:     Carmen Ramos 

Click here to view the Ballot Tally Certification from the Election Committee

PERB charge against LASC

People will remember that at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 there was a lot of chaos and fear; the Union’s primary concern was for the health and safety of our members, and their ability to continue to make a living/income. In that vain, and under the coercion of LASC administration, your union representatives signed a side letter unilaterally presented by LASC to extend the contract for one year. We were told at the time that if we did not go along with what the other LASC unions had agreed to, our people would be required to report on site, and would not be paid the premium like other units on site. Of course, we signed … but knowing that a contract cannot be extended without the agreement of ALL SIGNATORIES to the document. Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo courts were not in on the agreement, and did not sign on to the one year extension of the contract.

We filed a ULP when they denied us the right to return to the table last August … and PERB just know has entered charges against LASC, meaning that there is merit to our complaint against them. We will keep you informed as to our progress in the ULP process.

When we prevail, we are asking that anything negotiated, particularly with regard to salaries, be retroactive to last August, when the court should have begun negotiating a new contract.

In unity,

Mike Ferreira
President

PERB Charge against LASC