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Registration has officially closed for Lobby Day 2013.
If you have questions about your registration or the event, please check the official Lobby Day page or contact ACSS HQ toll free at (800) 624-2137 during regular business hours.
A tentative itinerary will be posted soon on our calendar.
Please remember that members are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the event. ACSS will reimburse members for eligible travel costs.
The deadline to register for ACSS' annual Lobby Day is TODAY - Thursday, February 21st.
Not only will we train you before you meet with legislators, we'll also cover ACSS members' travel costs and give you a free hotel room at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.
Register now, and make sure to indicate if you need:
The deadline to register for ACSS' annual Lobby Day is this Thursday, February 21st.
Register now, and make sure to indicate if you need a hotel room for the night before Lobby Day (March 12th.)
Are you interested in having ACSS' professional labor relations team come to your worksite?
We'll provide lunch and answer any questions you and your fellow supervisors and managers may have regarding your career and rights.
Just fill out this brief survey and we'll get back to you ASAP to setup a meeting.
The Sacramento Bee is reporting on a survey ACSS conducted in 2012, in which 900+ respondents weighed in on pay inequity.
Your responses were astounding - nearly 80% of you responded that you are at the top of your pay scales, and 43% of you said that you earn less than or the same as an employee you supervise. Around 40% of you said you had considered demotion because of pay inequity.
For too long the State has failed to address pay inequity among its most skilled and dedicated employees, and in 2013 we're dedicated to finding a long term solution.
Do make less than or the same as an employee you supervise? Lobby Day is your chance to share your story with the state's lawmakers.
Find out more and register now!
Did you know that we'll cover the cost of Lobby Day travel and lodging for ACSS members?
We're making it easier than ever for hundreds of supervisors and managers to attend our annual event, in which we sit down face to face with legislators and tell them how their decisions impact us, the state's most skilled and dedicated employees.
Not only will we train you before you meet with legislators, we'll also cover your travel costs and give you a free hotel room at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.
Register now, and make sure to indicate if you need a hotel room for March 12th.
Assuming Gov. Brown maintains his promise to excluded employees, a top-step increase of 3% will go into effect on July 1, 2013 and show on the August 2013 pay warrant.
However, the 3% increase only applies to excluded employees who have been at the top of their pay scale for 12 months.
Employees who have not been at the top of their pay scale for 12 months as of July 1, 2013, will receive the 3% increase on their appropriate MSA date.
Therefore, if you receive your last step raise on July 1, 2013, you will then receive the 3% top-step increase 12 months later, on July 1, 2014.
Have questions about your career? Send them to nlynn@calcsea.org
When you're filling out your registration for Lobby Day 2013, don't forget to let us know if you need a free ACSS shirt.
All attendees to Lobby Day wear a green ACSS button down shirt or polo.
Getting your free shirt is easy - simply indicate in your registration what style and size shirt you need, and we'll have it waiting for you to pick up at our Lobby Day training on March 12th.
Don't forget to indicate what style and size of shirt you need!
ACSS Vice President of Governmental Affairs Frank Ruffino was recently appointed by Gov. Brown to the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Ruffino, the Community Partnership Manager at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, has been an activist and leader with ACSS since promoting in 1988.
"Right after I promoted, I went to an ACSS board meeting," said Ruffino.
"I saw the value ACSS provides to every state supervisor and manager, and I've been involved ever since."
Ruffino will join six other peers on the statewide board, the mission of which is to protect consumers from fraudulent chiropractic practitioners.
"In the simplest terms, I'm a consumer advocate," said Ruffino.
"I will make sure the public interest is put above the private interest."
For now, at least, it appears that Gov. Brown will honor the previously negotiated 3% top-step raises for supervisors and managers starting July 1, 2013.
The Governor's proposed budget includes a section which states:
Significant Adjustment: Current Labor Contracts and Excluded Employees - An increase of $502.1 million ($247 million General Fund) in 2013-14 for previously negotiated top step adjustments and health care benefit contribution increases for active employees. For most employees, the adjustment offsets the ongoing higher contribution for retirement costs previously implemented.
As always, your ACSS is committed to working with the administration to ensure that you are fairly compensated and your career remains protected.
We will continue to monitor the budget situation as it develops and report on our findings here.
Gov. Brown's full proposed budget is available as a PDF.
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