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Union urges commission to press mayor over unpaid payroll clerks; commission cites charter limits
Summary
An SEIU representative told the commission the police department offered payroll clerks a settlement worth roughly one-third of their claim and asked the commission to contact the mayor; commissioners said the commission cannot intervene in personnel grievances under the charter but offered moral support.
During public comment at the April 15 meeting, Frank Martin del Campo, speaking on behalf of SEIU, told the San Francisco Police Commission that payroll clerks had worked without pay and that the department's settlement offer was "one third of what our payroll clerks are owed." He asked the commission to contact the mayor because the grievance had moved to the citywide level.
The commission responded that, by charter and statute, it cannot intervene in individual personnel grievances and that such matters follow established grievance procedures. A commissioner said the commission could provide moral support and, when appropriate, ask command staff to meet with union representatives, but it cannot substitute for the department or the city process.
The commission did not take any formal action on the grievance at the meeting. The public exchange concluded with commissioners and department representatives offering to help point the union representative to the correct departmental or city-level contacts.
