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Committee OKs measure to allow consolidated bargaining for court interpreters in certain years
Summary
The committee passed AB 792, a bill that would allow multi-region consolidated bargaining for court interpreters when several regions enter negotiations in the same year, sponsors and union leaders said it would speed bargaining and help recruitment of interpreters.
Assemblymember Lee presented AB 792 to the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement on March 28, saying the bill would permit consolidation of bargaining when more than one of the four statutorily defined court‑interpreter regions is in contract negotiations in the same year.
Supporters, including Ignacio Hernandez of the California Federation of Interpreters and Carmen Ramos, president of Local 39000 (the statewide court interpreters’ union), said the current regional bargaining structure causes duplicative, time‑consuming negotiations that drain the union’s limited resources. Hernandez told the committee there are…
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