Dear NERU members,

Welcome to our Local! We are looking forward to working with you to achieve the best Collective Bargaining Agreement possible. Now that you are Union Members, you have rights and protections in the workplace. Your Union will protect those rights. It's imperative you know that you have a right to have a Union Representative present during any kind of meeting that may lead to discipline. This is called the Weingarten Right. In order to trigger your right to a representative, you have to assert it to your manager or supervisor. It's not automatic. I am attaching an image of a Weingarten Card for you to print and keep handy. As you know, we are preparing to start the bargaining process, so more info to come!  You are receiving this e-mail through our Local's official email address. If you respond to it, I will get any request or comment you send back. Our office manager is Monserrat Sanchez. As most of you know, our Local's President is Michael Ferreira, and our VP is Janet Hudec.  If you have any questions, you can also e mail me directly at: [email protected]. This is the link to our webpage:   https://www.calinterpreters.org/

In Unity,

Secretary-Treasurer, CFI Local 39000 CWA TNG

Region 4 Ratifies the Tentative MOU

Dear Members,

We are very happy to announce that our successor MOU has been ratified with a 70% participation rate. The ratification vote count is as follows: 

89% Yes votes
11% No votes

Thank you all for your support! Wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a Prosperous 2023.

In Unity,

Your Region 4 Bargaining Team:

Silvia San Martin, Region 4 Delegate, CFI Local 39000
Jimmy Villagran
Nancy Wilson
Ricardo Serur
Esther Neblina
Carmen Ramos, Secretary-Treasurer, CFI Local 39000

Region 4 Ratifies the Tentative MOU

Dear Members,

We are very happy to announce that our successor MOU has been ratified with a 70% participation rate. The ratification vote count is as follows: 

89% Yes votes
11% No votes

Thank you all for your support! Wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a Prosperous 2023.

In Unity,

Your Region 4 Bargaining Team:

Silvia San Martin, Region 4 Delegate, CFI Local 39000
Jimmy Villagran
Nancy Wilson
Ricardo Serur
Esther Neblina
Carmen Ramos, Secretary-Treasurer, CFI Local 39000

Region 4 Representative Elections 

Elected by Acclamation (unopposed)

Region 4 Board Representative - Silvia San Martin

Announcing Interim Elections for Vacant Executive Board Position
Region 4 Board Representative
10.19.2022

CFI Local 39000 is announcing Interim Elections for the Executive Board Position of Region 4 Board Representative. Unfortunately, our present Region 4 Board Representative, Claudia Morales, has left employ with the courts and thereby is disqualified from continuing in the position.

The CFI Local 39000 Bylaws are clear that any position that becomes vacant must be filled if there are more than six months left in the term. The present Board’s term expires in December of 2023; therefore, it is incumbent upon the Local to run Nominations and Elections to fill the positions. (Bylaws Article 8, Section 5)

The opening date set for officially receiving nominations will be November 4^th, 2022; officially closing by 5:00 pm on November 13^th, 2022. Nominated candidates will have until November 18^th, 2022, to either accept or decline the nomination. Candidates must be members in good standing, accept the nomination in writing, and agree to participate in training.  Our Bylaws define the role of the Regional Board Representative as follows:

Section Six: Unit Representatives

The Representatives of each of the Regional Bargaining Units shall: 

Please send nominations by email to [email protected]; in the subject line be sure to write “Region 4 Nomination – Interim Elections.” 

Usually for the Executive Board elections members are allowed up to four nominations: the three officers – President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer – and the regional board representative for your region. Members of our Freelance/IGA unit only nominate the Freelance Chair. As the only open position is the Region 4 Board Representative, there will be a limit of one nomination per member-at-large.
 
The term of office will begin upon election and completion of officer training and run through December 31, 2023.
 
In the event of a contested race for the open regional board representative position, a secret ballot election will be conducted. Should there be a need for secret ballot, the date for ballot returns would be Friday, December 2^nd, 2022 and the count would take place on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 at the Local under the direction of the Local’s Election Committee.

In unity,