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Union urges pay differential, defends workload board for social workers serving walk‑in homes
Summary
United Public Employees told supervisors that social workers in 'walk‑in' homes face hazardous conditions and should receive a pay differential; the union also opposed removing a joint workload policy board.
Ted Samara, executive director of United Public Employees, urged the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 to provide a pay differential and preserve a workload policy board for a bargaining unit of social workers.
Samara said his union represents roughly 3,500 county employees and noted recent progress on some contracts, including a tentative agreement on an office technical unit. He said unit 008 (the welfare non‑supervised bargaining unit) still has unsettled negotiations. Samara described staff who work in so‑called…
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