MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 15% Special Salary Increase for Park Designers
As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-Blast regarding contract negotiations, the Tentative Agreement (TA) MEA has reached with the City includes a 15% special salary increase for the Park Designer job classification series (including Assistants). Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership, all Park Designers will receive the following pay raises over the two-year term of this agreement: 4% (general salary […]
Read more >>Message from Ann M. Smith: The long struggle for justice by removing Prop B from the City Charter has ended in VICTORY!!!
Dear MEA Members: I’m finally writing the message we have fought to achieve for nearly ten years. The deadline for the Prop B ballot proponents to appeal the final invalidation judgment handed down by Superior Court Judge Richard Strauss after a bench trial HAS NOW PASSED. There will be no appeal and this invalidation judgment is FINAL and BINDING. This […]
Read more >>BREAKING NEWS: MEA and City Have Reached Tentative Agreement on New Two-Year Contract With Well-Deserved Pay Raises Finally On the Way!
MEA’s Negotiating Team has reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City on a new two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to begin on July 1, 2021 and end on June 30, 2023. On Mayor Todd Gloria’s recommendation, the City Council approved this TA in closed session yesterday and, if MEA’s membership votes to ratify it, these new contract terms will be confirmed in […]
Read more >>MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 10% Special Salary Increase for Plan Review Specialists
As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-Blast regarding contract negotiations, the Tentative Agreement (TA) MEA has reached with the City includes a 10% special salary increase for the Plan Review Specialist job classification series (Specialist I/II/III/IV, Principal, Supervising). Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership, Plan Review Specialists will receive the following pay raises over the two-year term of this […]
Read more >>MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 8% Special Salary Increase for Development Project Managers
As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-Blast regarding contract negotiations, the Tentative Agreement (TA) MEA has reached with the City includes an 8% special salary increase for the Development Project Manager job classification series (DPM I/II/III and Supervising). Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership, Development Project Managers will receive the following pay raises over the two-year term of […]
Read more >>Negotiations and Budget Update, February 17, 2021
Dear MEA Members, We want to share a brief update on both the City budget and on negotiations for the new Memorandum of Understanding. January kicked off the upcoming budget season as Councilmembers submitted their priorities and the Department of Finance released the Mid-Year Budget Monitoring Report. It is not surprising that this is an extremely challenging time for budget discussions […]
Read more >>Important Information About Retirement Board Election – Please Vote Today!
General City of San Diego employees have two employee representatives on the San Diego City Employees Retirement System (SDCERS) Board of Directors. Voting is now open for new four-year terms for those two seats. If you were hired before July of 2012, you are a member of SDCERS and are eligible to vote. If you are eligible to vote, SDCERS […]
Read more >>Negotiations Update – January 25, 2021
Dear MEA Members, We hope you are well as we begin a New Year full of possibilities. Earlier this month, San Diego Superior Court Judge Richard Strauss agreed with us and our attorney, Ann Smith, that Proposition B was unlawful, invalid, and should be removed from the City Charter. And our new Mayor Todd Gloria repeatedly expressed his support for […]
Read more >>Message from MEA Attorney Ann Smith: Prop B Pension Changes Finally Invalidated After 9-Year Legal Battle!
Dear MEA Members: It has finally happened . . . on Tuesday afternoon, January 5th, after a one-day (virtual) bench trial – with 100 pages of briefing having been filed in advance — the Honorable Richard E. L. Strauss of the San Diego County Superior Court spoke from the bench that he agreed with our legal analysis requiring the invalidation of the City’s […]
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