Siblings, we had a great week with the Ironworkers #378 kicking off our field program for the June Primaries. Attached is our Napa/Solano Central Labor Council calendar as well as our candidate calendar which is meant to keep everyone aware of what they have going on. Take a look and see how you can help push our candidates over the line this June.

REMEMBER, The District 5 Solano Supervisor race will be decided this June, let’s do everything we can to help Skip Thomson!  Let’s get those butts’ in the seats, boots on the streets and ballots in the box for our candidates!

Good Jobs Fair Wage Campaign: We have been meeting and putting together an educational program. Right now the focus is on the election where we hope to keep our good labor supporters in office and help some new warriors get a seat at the table. Every candidate interviewed were made aware of our desire to see our first union hotel in Napa and Solano Counties and all expressed a desire to support the effort. So we continue to educate the members, business and public to help make that happen.

Dodd Kickoff: Great showing at Bill Dodd’s kick-off in Vallejo. Our friend Tim Hiemstra at Napa River Realty opened up his spacious offices and supplied the great BBQ that the Sibs at Firefighters Local #1186 cooked up for the event. The fact that it took place in the heart of Vallejo’s Farmers Market added to the party atmosphere. Dave Harrison’s OE-3 Sibs took the early shift and then Danny Bernardini from the Building Trades got the word out for Bill Dodd. We also had the Painters Sibs show up to walk and they did a great job!

Syar: Please consider attending the Napa County Board of Supervisors meeting to show support for the Syar Expansion.

Napa/Solano Central Labor Council Delegates meeting: At our April meeting we finalized the following endorsements:

Measure AA: SF Bay Clean Water, pollution prevention and habitat restoration program. Nine county parcel tax.

Solano Transportation Tax (Two Parts)

Measure G: Advisory measure to create oversite.

Measure H: Solano County 2016 transaction and use tax. Half cent sales tax

Measure J: Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Bond proposal

Napa County Measures

Measure H- Napa Valley Unified School District bond

Measure Y-  Napa County sales tax for jail and youth services

Go to our web site to get full descriptions of measure

Labor Slate for Solano Central Committee

As you know we work very closely with our friends in the Democratic Party. In Solano County we are attempting to ensure that Labor has a voice in the Democratic Central Committee’s endorsement process and we have met with party allies and come up with a slate of Candidates for Supervisorial District #1 and District #5

Solano County Democratic Central Committee Labor Slate:

o   District 1    (Erin Hannagan’s District)

• Burky Worel
• Robert Padilla
• Nona Cohen-Bowman
• Jon Riley
• Lynette P. Henley

o   District 5     (Skip Thomson’s District)

• Joe Summers
• Jeanette Wylie
• Paul Stichick
  

 April 19 (Tuesday):

United Workers for Local Government Meeting @ 9 am (445 Nebrasksa street, Vallejo)

April 20 (Wednesday):

Construction Connect 4 pm to 6 pm @ All Star Rents in Fairfield

CLC E-Board & Delegates meeting (E-Board meeting starts at 5:15 pm, general meeting at 6:00 pm. Held at CTA office in Fairfield).

Dan Wolk Reception from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at 1805 Rehrnmann drive, Dixon.

CLC Phone Bank 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm @ OE3 (2540 N. Watney way, Fairfield)

April 21 (Thursday):

Hearing on St. Joseph’s & Providence merger at 9 am (Napa City Hall, 955 School)

CLC Phone Bank 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm @ Teamsters local 315 (445 Nebraska street, Vallejo)

April 22 (Friday)

Construction Career Fair 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. Held at Napa Valley College (2277 Napa Valley Hwy, Napa)

April 23 (Saturday)

Skip Thomson walk from 9 am to 2 pm. Call Gail Thomson for details at 707-446-8346.

Dan Wolk walk in Dixon at 11 am in Patwin Park

Don Saylor walk in Napa at Oxbow public market, 610 & 644 1^st street. Starts at 10 am.

April 24 (Sunday)

Bill Dodd canvassing in downtown Vacaville from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. 100 Buck Avenue.

Don Saylor walk in Napa at Oxbow public market, 610 & 644 1^st street. Starts at 10 am.

Dan Wolk walk in Napa at Fuller park, Oak and Jefferson. Starts at 2 pm.

April 26 (Tuesday)

Syar hearing at 10 am at Napa County Board of Supervisors meeting.

Skip Thomson fundraiser from 4 pm to 6 pm at Rio Vista Veteran’s hall in Rio Vista.

Phone bank at Ironworkers 378 in Benicia from 5 pm to 8 pm

April 27 (Wednesday)

Showing of “Fix It” movie at Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley road, Fairfield. Showing at 6:30 pm.

Phone bank at Operating Engineers local 3 in Fairfield from 5 pm to 8 pm.

April 28 (Thursday)

Measure Y kick-off event from 5 pm to 6:30 pm at the Plaza at Napa Mill, 540 Main street, Napa. For information on sponsorship call 707-254-5309.

Phone bank at Teamsters 315 in Vallejo from 5 pm to 8 pm.

Join us for a statewide screening &
discussion of the powerful documentary

Date: Wednesday, April 27th

Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: Solano Community College, Building 600

4000 Suisun Valley Rd., Fairfield, CA

Join cities around the state to watch and discuss this 38-minute documentary that takes an in-depth look at how our broken healthcare system is damaging our economy, suffocating our businesses, discouraging physicians, and negatively impacting the nation’s health, while remaining unaffordable for a third of our citizens. Learn more about how Improved Medicare For All saves money, saves lives and covers everyone!

Starring: Nurses, patients, business owners, doctors, and healthcare experts.

Also starring: You! Join us for popcorn and a discussion after the film!

Event Producers: Campaign for a Healthy California, Napa/Solano Central Labor Council, Solano Community College Alliance, California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA), Courage Campaign, California NOW, California Nurses Association (CNA), Partnership, J. Glynn & Company, National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Vision Y Compromiso.

To find out more about showings near you:  Jerry Fillingim at jfillingim@csea.com

If you prefer a copy of the minutes, here they are!

April 19 Rep Council Meeting Minutes           

3:30-5:00 @ Jepson library

Members present – Moira McSweeney, Alyson Brauning, Brenda Hensley, Corey Penrose, Samantha Dubs, Sylvia Aquino, Todd Blanset, Karen Peters, Tracey Begley, Sofia Calderon, Megan Morris, Mike Ensley, Tammy Parker, Sharon Riehl, AnnMarie Woehler, Dawn Waid, Russ Tucker, Julie McGee, Mark Richardson, Helen Blood, Lisa Cusi, Becky Wylie, Jenni Brown, Glenn Branaman, Jouli Jara, Erin Gordon, Chris Fickes, Julie Timmerman, Miranda Merino Kelly, Sylvia Shepard

Members absent – Karen Beeby, Linda Covey, Cyndi Marshall, Lotty Chavez-Anemoto, Gregg Gallagher, Cathy Valdez, Greg Gmahling, Cindy Bray, Kiley Walen, Michelle Fraser, Scott Bassett

• Mark Frazier attended to discuss school start time and grading policies for 2016-2017.  His presentation was very well received by our membership.

1)- Approval of the minutes – the minutes were approved.

2) – Approval of the agenda – after adding state council to committee reports, the agenda was approved with flexibility.

3) – President’s report – Moira reported on the following:

• Intention to return letters – the district will be sending out the intention to return letters   Members will be asked to sign by June 30^th.

Motion – direct state council representatives to develop an NBI to remove this provision from Ed Code – seconded and approved.

• Displaced teacher pool – was held on April 6th. Movement between sites will happen next.

• Election for State Council – will be held from April 20^th to the 28^th. Please pick up the materials and run elections at your individual sites.

• Emerging leaders training – will be held at Jepson on May 18^th. Please promote this with your members and Dean Vogel will be in attendance!

• Grading Committee Update – Sylvia Aquino updated council on the conversations in the grading committee and outlined the proposed grading policy changes for this fall.

• Maternity/paternity information – Sylvia and Samantha updated council on the status of their committee work regarding the professional issues associated with pregnancy and pregnancy leave.

• CTA May 4^th walk-in – Alyson discussed the focus of the event with council and discussed some of the events happening around the state.

4) – Treasurer’s report – after reviewing the treasurers report, outgoing expenses, rep reimbursement, and the proposed budget for 16-17, the treasurers report was approved.

5) – Committee/Chair reports

• Action– The new website section on opting out, the school start time survey, information on the NEA-RA, and the report from your board member Jerry Eaton were shared with council.  The report finished with feedback about the weekly website update and ongoing efforts to meet with various coalitions in Vacaville. The up-to-date survey on school start times will be posted as soon as the webmaster gets home.

Motion – donate $150 dollars to the Chamber of Commerce GOTCHA event recognizing outstanding student achievement – seconded and approved.

• Bargaining– The full report can be found here.  Brenda reported on tentative agreement #1, tentative agreement #2 and took some questions from council about the next steps in the bargaining process.  The next session is scheduled for April 21st.  The report finished with a discussion of short term independent study contracts for the spring.

Motion – direct state council representatives to write an NBI advocating for a five year evaluation pause for unit members with ten years of service credit – seconded and approved.

• Grievance – none

• Equity Team– none
  

• Health Care– Alyson reported on that there is a workshop on health insurance on May 10^th and we will be attending it. 
  

• Labor Council– The full report can be found here.  Corey reported on the phone banking planned for this Thursday from 5-8 pm at the teamsters hall located at 445 Nebraska Street in Vallejo and invited VTA members to attend.  Glen reported on the Rebuilding Solano smoke installation project scheduled for May 14^th from 8:30 to 1 pm.  For more information on this event, click here.

• Member Engagement – Pictures of our most recent event can be found here. Information on our April 26^th Taco Tuesday can be found here.  The day of the teacher is on May 11^th!

• PAC– The new section of the website rented by VTA-PAC can be found here.  Corey and Tracey also solicited feedback from council on Campagin 2016.

Motion – endorse the CLC slate of Canidates – seconded and approved.

• Special Ed – Tammy discussed ongoing special Ed issues in VUSD and the challenges facing our members who work in special education. The logistics of the next special Ed meeting were finalized and discussed.  The report finished with a few questions. 
  

• State Council– The full report can be found here.. If you have any questions, please talk with Corey and Alyson. 
  

• Leave Bank and Julie Davis Scholarship– none
  

• Membership– none

6)- Business – none

7) – Conference reports – reports on the GTC North were shared with council.  Pics from the event can be found here and on Twitter using the hashtag #ctagtc

8) – Others – none

9) – Raffle – A ten dollar Starbucks card was won by Erin Gordon and Miranda Merino

10) – Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 5:18

Respectfully submitted, Corey Penrose

2016 VACAVILLE SMOKE ALARM INSTALLATION EVENT

MAY 14, 2016 – 8:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

OUR GOAL: INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS FOR RESIDENTS
LIVING IN A VACAVILLE MOBILE HOME PARK.

OUR ASK: GET INVOLVED! YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT IS NEEDED TO ASSIST THE CITY OF VACAVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND REBUILDING TOGETHER SOLANO COUNTY IN OUR GOAL OF PROVIDING A SAFE HOME.

TO REGISTER:
Rebuilding Together Solano County, Elizabeth Hoffman (Executive Director) @ 707.580.9360 / Ehoffman.rtsc@gmail.com.

Website: www.rebuildingtogethersolanocounty.org
JOIN NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED TO LIVE
IN WARMTH, SAFETY AND INDEPENDENCE.

Click here for the flyer!

If you’ve not already seen it, the district has developed a survey asking for input.

Click here to complete it!

Thanks!