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County of Ventura Bargaining Update #4 – September 26 2025

We met with negotiators on Wednesday, September 24 and we still have not received an initial economic proposal from the county.

We will continue to fight for a strong contract so that members can live where we work.

We TA’d on three items – meal and rest breaks for hospital workers, employee list access by the Union, and on purchasing of prior service for VCERA.

We saw movement on overtime for Social Workers but have not reached an agreement on that item.

We also started a conversation about compression and compaction related to SB 525 and minimum wage pay for all county workers.

>>See the bargaining update flyer for details on SB 525.

We also presented on Market Equity Adjustments (MEA’s) for 20 different job classifications and submitted more MEA’s to the county. As you may recall, we had a process where members could submit proposals/cases for market equity adjustment for their job classifications.

Our next bargaining session will be on Wednesday, October 1st.

Our next CAT meeting will be Thursday, October 2nd (Zoom only) so keep an eye out for details on that meeting so you can attend and then share the bargaining updates with your coworkers.