Reminder and Registration for Tomorrow’s CAPS-UAW Board Meeting

August 23, 2024

CAPS-UAW Board of Directors Meeting, tomorrow, Saturday August 24

This is the last reminder to pre-register for tomorrow’s Board of Directors’ meeting, scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2024, commencing at 9 a.m.

All members are welcome to attend virtually, via Zoom. You must pre-register to attend the meeting. Register to attend here.

See the finalized Agenda here (note there were some updates since originally published).

And a reminder that the TA ratification vote closes today at 5:00pm. If you are a rank and file member, and haven’t voted, there is still time, vote by 4:59pm. An email will be sent announcing the results soon after the close of the vote!

In Solidarity,

Your CAPS-UAW Board of Directors

Jacqueline Tkac, President (she/her)
Environmental Scientist, Central Coast Water Quality Control Board

Rae Vander Werf, Vice President (they/them)
Environmental Scientist, State Water Resources Control Board

Itzia Rivera, Treasurer (she/her)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Water Commission

Hannah Johnson, Secretary (she/her)
Research Scientist II, California Department of Public Health

Mia Roberts, Director at Large (she/her)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Laura Radke, District I Director (she/her)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Toxic Substances Control

Alex Rangel, District II Director (she/her)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Transportation

Esther Tracy, District III Director (she/her)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Water Resources

Robert Haerr, District IV Director (he/him)
Environmental Scientist, California Department of Public Health

Monty Larson, District V Director (he/him)
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Daniel Ellis (he/him), Supervisory Director and Supervisor Committee Chair
Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisor), Central Coast Water Quality Control Board

Join Health and Safety Working Group and Report Paycheck Issues

November 4, 2024

Health and Safety Working Group (HSWG) Help shape the future of health and safety in your workplace and attend the first-ever CAPS-UAW HSWG meeting on Tuesday, November 19 from 6-7PM. Register to attend here! At this meeting, you will receive an introduction to the HSWG and discuss: CAPS-UAW Member Supplemental Insurance: Open

Know Your Rights – Paycheck Edition

November 4, 2024

Know Your Rights Training – Paycheck Edition. These upcoming KYR trainings – Paycheck Edition will focus on how to check whether you have received the pay increases guaranteed to you through our new MOU, and what to do if your pay isn’t right! Click here for a list of times,

Join Health & Safety Working Group and Know Your Rights

November 4, 2024

Know Your Paycheck

November 1, 2024

We fought hard for the Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) – effective July 1, 2024 and the pay differentials that are part of CAPS-UAW 2024-27 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Your October paycheck should reflect these increases won through our collective power, the State agreed to this timeline. For many Scientists, the State has failed to meet