The California Association of Professional Employees (CAPE, AFL-CIO) is the bargaining unit for more than 2,500 professional employees of the County of Los Angeles.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, February 29 2012 - 6:21pm
Public sector collective bargaining rights are under serious attack. All across the nation, public employees and their unions are being wrongfully blamed for public agency budget deficits. It’s as if everyone has forgotten that it was Wall Street not Main Street; and definitely not public employees, who brought our nation’s economy to the brink of collapse.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, February 29 2012 - 6:17pm
Last fall the Governor issued a 12-point plan he described as a starting point towards responsible public employee pension reform. The so-called “reform advocates” and public employee union representatives immediately engaged in a heated debate over what the Governor intended and which employees would, or should, be impacted by the reforms.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, February 29 2012 - 6:15pm
I was honored to be elected by my colleagues on the Board as CAPE President in September 2011. In the months since, the number and severity of challenges facing the Association, and public employees across the state, have grown exponentially.
State legislative efforts and proposed ballot measures aimed at reducing or eliminating public employee pensions are making headlines daily. Another ballot measure, already qualified for the November Presidential Election, threatens to eliminate political activities by employee groups.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, February 29 2012 - 6:12pm
With the struggling economy and continued high unemployment levels, the past few years have been difficult for workers everywhere. Now, more than ever, it is vital for union memberships to remain strong and united.
Overall, CAPE members deserve a great deal of credit for taking steps to increase their collective strength over the last year as we head into what could be a very difficult round of contract negotiations in 2012. Exact figures on our union’s membership growth will be shared at the upcoming Membership Meeting & Dinner on March 8th.
CAPE Admin
on Thursday, November 10 2011 - 12:56pm
The combination of Assemblyman Warren Furutani's Joint Legislative Committee Hearing in late October, the Governor's release of his 12-point Pension Reform Plan on October 27, and the announcement of two more ballot measures targeting public employee pensions kept the so-called pension "reformers", those attacking secure retirements for working families, on the front pages for much of the last month.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, September 28 2011 - 1:35pm
State legislative leaders adopted a FY 2011-12 State Budget in June that is already out of balance by billions of dollars. The spending plan was passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor on time, but the measure anticipated $4 billion in new sales, property and income tax revenues. Unfortunately, that money has so far failed to materialize.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, September 28 2011 - 1:24pm
The 2011-2012 CAPE Board of Directors Election ballots were tallied on Wednesday evening, August 31st, at the CAPE office. The vote tally was overseen by California Elections Company, an independent election vendor, and assisted by CAPE member volunteers of the CAPE Nominating and Election Committee.
CAPE Admin
on Wednesday, September 28 2011 - 1:20pm
CAPE members provide a wide variety of vitally important services for County residents and businesses. Properly identifying those services, especially the work that expedites the region’s economic recovery, has become a primary task for CAPE representatives as they prepare for 2012 salary and benefit contract negotiations.
