Switzer, Donna
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:54 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters - 23-051 Attachments: City Council Item 23-051 1-13-23.pdf
From: Carlos Rubio <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:01 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL < [email protected]>
Subject: Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters - 23-051
Please kindly distribute to the Honorable Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council. Confirm receipt. Thank you.
Carlos I. Rubio
President
California Teamsters Local 911
Public, Professional & Medical Employees Union
9900 Flower Street
Bellflower, CA 90706
T: (562) 595-4518 Ext: 111
F: (562) 427-7298
E: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
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Meating Det:..
Aganda tim No: 24(23-051).
1 CALIFORNIA TEAMSTERS LOCAL 911
PUBLIC, PROFESSIONAL & MEDICAL EMPLOYEES UNION, THE COUNTIES OF LOS ANGELES,
ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, SAN DIEGO, IMPERIAL, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SAN BERNARDINO, SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA 9900 FLOWER STREET • BELLFLOWER • CALIFORNIA • 90706
INTERNATION (562) 595-4518 • Fax (562) 427-7298 • teamsters911.com An Affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Raymond B. Whitmer
Secretary-Treasurer January 13, 2023
Honorable City Council:
We are writing to you today on behalf of the Huntington Beach Municipal Teamsters. We are extremely concerned about item 23-051 as it relates to Mayor Pro Tem Van Der Mark's request to implement a managed hiring process for vacant city staff positions.
The request is unclear as to the impacts to the existing workers and the current process of filling vacant positions. For this reason, we find it prudent for the Mayor to utilize the existing process in place until the Union has had a reasonable opportunity to review the proposal in its entirety and discuss the impacts through the meet and confer process.
Our Union represents a large, if not the largest group, of employees in the City in the various work areas the request by the mayor identified. We firmly believe that this is a drastic change that can severely impact the current operations and delivery of quality-of-life service to the constituents.
We are open to a dialogue that is collaborative and meaningful through the appropriate process. We consider this process to be a mandatory subject of bargaining and therefore we invite you to meet with us and confer.
Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Carlos Rubion
Carlos I. Rubio
President