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Ventura County Human Services Agency workers and the SEIU 721 bargaining committee, which is made up of union members elected from all Ventura County departments, have hammered out a compromise proposal aimed at resolving the contract dispute with Ventura County.
In mid-February, Ventura County management negotiators demanded that Article 32 (HSA Caseload/Workload Standards) be eliminated or gutted, leaving workers with no protection against escalating, unreasonable, or punitive caseloads and workloads.
SEIU 721 members rejected this demand, offering instead to empower the current Workload Committee, a group comprised of both management and workers, to develop new standards, which would then be incorporated into a replacement for the current article.
“Serving Ventura County residents is the heart of HSA work,” said Grace Sepulveda, Client Benefit Specialist IV. “We must remain vigilant about caseloads in order to serve vulnerable families to the best of our ability.”
On March 8, union members will present their compromise proposal to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. If the compromise isn’t accepted the county could impose their final proposal which would eliminate the caseload article.
Take action:
Join Human Services Agency workers and Ventura County members at the March 8 meeting at 8 a.m. at the Hall of Administration at 800 S. Victoria.