Author: Van Sickle, Kate
Company: California Department of Human Resources

Stationary Engineers, Local 39
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS AFL-CIO 
1620 NORTH MARKET BLVD • SACRAMENTO, CA 95834 • 
(916) 928-0399 • FAX (916) 928-1216
April 3, 2019
Personally Hand Delivered by: Steve Crouch
Kate Van Sickle
CALHR
California Department of Human Resources
Labor Relations Division
1515 "S" Street, North Building, Suite 500
Sacramento, California 95811
Dear Ms. Van Sickle:
In accordance with Government Code Section 3523 of the Ralph C. Dills Act, the following proposals for the State of California Bargaining Unit 13, represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers, locals 39 and 501, AFL-CIO, are hereby submitted for distribution at the April 3, 2019 public meeting:
Preamble
No Change
Article 1-Recognition
No Change
Article 2-Union Rights
No Change
Article 3-Managemet Rights
No Change
Article 4-General Provisions
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 5-Grievances and Arbitration Procedure
No Change
Article 6-AWOL Automatic Resignation
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 7-Hours of Work and Overtime
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 8-Holidays
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 9-Leaves
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 10-Health and Welfare
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 11-Retirement
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 12-Safety and Health
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 13- Career Development
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 14-Post and Bid
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 15-Business and Travel Expenses
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 16-Salaries
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Specifically, the Union proposes a rightsizing of the wages for each of the Water and Sewage Plant Supervisor/Operator classifications and each of the Stationary Engineer and Chief Engineer classifications to reflect industry wage levels.
Article 17-Duration
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Article 18-Contract Protection
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
Addendums and Attachments
The Union wishes to make changes to this article.
The Union reserves the right to make any other economic or non-economic proposals during the negotiating process which may be necessary to reach an agreement, respond to counter proposals, and/or meet the principals of good faith bargaining.
All the agreements of the parties, including the incorporation of all existing benefits, policies, procedures, rules and regulations, shall be reduced to standard contract language applicable in both the public and private sectors, including but not limited to, clauses covering recognition, organizational security, support of agreement, Union rights, disciplinary action, industrial accident and illness leave, leaves of absence, military leave and other leaves both paid and nonpaid, transfers, severability, and duration.
Please be advised that it is our intent to commence negotiations at reasonable times and places after expiration of the required public notice period.
/s/Steve Crouch, Director of Public Employees
cc:	Deric Barnes, Local 501
	Brandy Johnson, Local 39
	Brian Spencer, Local 39