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Building Our Future: Setting the Stage for a Strong New CAPE Contract

Our 2024-2025 CAPE Bargaining Team is ready to head into negotiations, representing every CAPE member and building on the hard-won progress we’ve achieved.

Our October CAPE Raises Are Here!

CAPE members will have a little more money in our pockets as our next CAPE-contract pay raise kicks in during the month of October.

What Do You Want In Our Next CAPE Contract?

We’re gearing up to start negotiations for our new long-term contract, and we want to hear from you. Your voice is crucial in making sure our priorities are reflected in our new contract. Let’s make our voices heard and shape our future together!

What’s Next?

2024-2025 Contract Campaign Dates

CAPE 2024 LACERA Endorsements

There’s an important election happening this month for L.A. County employees, and we need to elect LACERA board members who have the knowledge, commitment, and drive to help guarantee and secure our retirement.

CAPE has endorsed the following candidates for the 2024 LACERA Board Election:

2024 CAPE Board Election Results

Our 2024 CAPE Board of Directors election has come to an early close.

After careful consideration and consultation with our attorneys, we’re pleased to report that all candidates, having passed the necessary requirements for eligibility, are therefore duly elected without a contest because only four candidates ran for five vacant seats.

The following four candidates have been elected to a two-year term beginning at the September 2024 CAPE Board meeting on September 12, 2024:

Pride Month CAPE Virtual Backgrounds

June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community's diversity, resilience, and achievements.

CAPE is proud to be a union that fights for the rights and well-being of everyone, and we're proud to stand with our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies. 

This year, to close out Pride Month and help show your Pride all year long, we’ve created three Pride-inspired CAPE virtual backgrounds

CAPE Night at the Hollywood Bowl

As part of our CAPE 60th Anniversary, we’re offering discount tickets to CAPE members for a very special evening featuring the magical music of John Williams performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic - it's a movie soundtrack extravaganza!

Come join us for a magical evening at the Hollywood Bowl as the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs The Music of John Williams. Get ready to be transported to the worlds of your favorite movies through the iconic music of this legendary composer. It's a night you won't want to miss!

Cleaning up the Altadena Crest Trail

Winter rain has caused extensive damage to our LA County trails, including flooding, landslides, significant trail erosion and rutting, and downed trees. That’s why our CAPE Community Service Team joined volunteers from LA County Parks to help clean up the Altadena Crest Trail damaged by winter rains.

CAPE Night: Worker's Compensation Event

The Partners of Ford & Wallach, one of California’s preeminent workers’ compensation law firms, will be holding a special CAPE Night: Worker’s Compensation training session on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm. – exclusively for CAPE members.

This in-person event provides a comprehensive understanding of the practices of Worker’s Compensation.

Listen, learn, discuss, and ask questions as we cover:

Investing in Our Health: The Importance of Regular Dental Check-ups

We often hear the saying, "Health is wealth," and it couldn't be truer.

That’s why CAPE through the Coalition of County Unions (CCU) consistently negotiates a fair Choices contribution and strong benefits at the CCU table. Nevertheless, as we navigate through our busy work and home schedules, it's easy to overlook certain aspects of our well-being. Today, we'd like to shed light on a fundamental yet sometimes neglected aspect of health – oral hygiene.