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ESC Local 20, IFPTE

KP NEO/CEO Training

PRESENTATION TIPS:

Before meeting with the new member, reach out to your manager/chief to schedule the one hour New Employee Orientation time.
This slide deck is intended for steward/internal use only. Do not forward this presentation to the new member.
You may print the last page of the presentation to give to the new member which has resources and contact information.
Present the slide deck in Presenter Mode to allow you to see the notes that accompany the presentation. (Click on the arrow immediately to the right of “Slideshow” in the upper right hand corner and choose “Presenter VIew”. A small box will appear for only your view that shows the notes. No one else will see that box during your presentation.
If there are any questions you feel unprepared to answer, please contact your ESC L20 Contract Specialist.

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ESC Local 20, IFPTE

KP NEO/CEO Training

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We are united and stronger together.

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OVERVIEW

Orientation to Your Union
Review the achievements of unions via their collective bargaining power
Coalition of Kaiser Permanente & Labor Management Partnership
Resources and where to get help or more information
Next Steps

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Goals of the Union

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ESC Union Power: Strength in Numbers

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) include 60 national and international labor unions.

International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE) include engineers, scientists, nonprofit employees, technicians, lawyers, and many other professions across the United States and Canada.

The Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE represents nearly 8,000 engineers, scientists, licensed health professionals, and attorneys at PG&E, KP, the US EPA, Legal Aid at Work, numerous clinics and hospitals, and other employers throughout Northern California.

1,850 KP

8,000 ESC

80,000

12.5 Million

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ESC L20 Bargaining Unit BOARDS

Scan here to learn more about the history of ESC L20!

PG&E UNIT

OPTOMETRY UNIT (OPT/OA): Kaiser Optometrists and Optometric Assistants

GOVERNMENT AND TECHNICAL UNIT (GAT)

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS UNIT (MPU): Kaiser Genetic Counselors/Genetic Counselor Coordinators, Home Health Therapists, Clinical Laboratory Scientists/Medical Laboratory Technicians

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Members

Stewards/Contract Specialists

Union Reps

Units Boards

Executive Director

Executive Board

We need everyone to do their part to preserve and strengthen our rights as union members.

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Members

Stewards/Contract Specialists

Union Reps

Units Boards

Executive Director

Executive Board

Executive Board Members are member-elected. They are the governing board of the Union and carry out the general business of the union for all units.

Stewards help members to interpret the contract or the employer policies that impact our members. They work to resolve issues quickly at a local level.

Regional Contract Specialists support stewards and L20 union representatives.

Unit Boards- Members on unit boards focus on issues and concerns that affect the bargaining unit.

Union Representatives- ESC L20 employees which negotiate and enforce union contracts on behalf of our membership.

Executive Director- oversees all ESC L20 units and is our chief negotiator.

Members-We are a democratic union and our members drive the movement of our focus within our contracts.

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Benefits and Protections Fought For By

Unions and the Labor Movement

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Weingarten Rights

Under the Supreme Court's Weingarten decision, when an investigatory interview occurs, the following rules apply:

RULE 1: The employee must make a clear request for union representation before or during the interview. The employee cannot be punished for making this request.

RULE 2: After the employee makes the request, the employer must choose from among three options. The Employer must either:

Grant the request and delay questioning until the union representative arrives and has a chance to consult privately with the employee; or
Deny the request and end the interview immediately; or
Give the employee a choice of (1) having the interview without representation or (2) ending the interview.

RULE 3: If the employer denies the request for union representation, and continues to ask questions, it commits an unfair labor practice and the employee has a right to refuse to answer. The employer may not discipline the employee for such a refusal.

If you are ever called in by management and asked questions you think might lead to discipline, ask for a union representative. You have a legal right to request your union steward or other union representative present.

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ESC L20 is a valuable member of The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions (CKPU). The CKPU and Kaiser have formed a unique Labor Management Partnership.

Watch the LMP Partnership Video Final video: short sweet summary in 99 seconds:

As mentioned in an earlier slide, ESC is part of a larger scale union structure involving IFPTE and AFL-CIO. ESC’s Kaiser members are also part of a group of unions called the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, aka CKPU or the Coalition.

As a reminder, The ESC units that are part of the Coalition are: The Medical Professionals Unit ( Kaiser Genetic Counselors/Genetic Counselor Coordinators, Home Health Therapists, & Clinical Laboratory Scientists/Medical Laboratory Technicians) and the Optometry Unit (Kaiser Optometrists and Optometric Assistant classifications).

Being part of the Coalition gives us better bargaining power. We stand up with one another in National Bargaining and at national, regional and local committee meetings.

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Coalition & National Bargaining Wins

1997

Founding Agreement between KP and the Coalition of KP Unions

1999

Maximized job and income security for KP employees

2000

First contract negotiated between KP and Coalition unions; created detailed framework for Labor Management Partnership

2005

Established unit-based teams

2012

Created employee health incentive plan

2015

Established organization-wide partnership performance measures

2019

Contract negotiated between KP and Coalition unions, first including KPWA

Restructured PSP, created Accelerated Hiring Plan for improved staffing, increased minimum wage and highest ATB wage increases in partnership history

2023

The Coalition and Kaiser Permanente have come together many times over the years to renegotiate the terms of the partnership and work collaboratively to focus on issues that are of importance to both parties.

There are two different types of bargaining: National and Local.

Bargaining at a National level is done with the Coalition. At each National Bargaining session, ESC sends delegates to join with Coalition Leaders from all the other Coalition unions to fight for ESC member’s best interests. The final product of this is called the National Agreement. These agreements apply to all unions within the Coalition.

Local bargaining is negotiated between Kaiser and the individual Kaiser units within ESC (CLS/MLT, OPT/OA, HH, GC/GCC). The final product of this is called the Collective Bargaining Agreement (aka Local Contract or CBA) and these agreements apply to the local bargaining units only.

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Understanding Local and National Contracts

Links to all contracts can be found at: ifpte20.org

ATB – Across-the-Board Increases

Healthcare Benefits

Retirement

Educational Trust-Funds

Issue Resolution – Corrective Action Process

Patient and Member – Workplace Safety Guidelines

Performance Sharing Program (PSP)

Structure of Partnership

Workforce Planning and Development

Shift Pay Differentials

Grievance Procedure

Hourly Wages

Job Titles and Descriptions

Overtime

Seniority

Workload

Schedules and Hours

National Bargaining

Local Bargaining

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Partnership Tools

Interest Based Problem Solving (IBPS)

IBPS is collaborative approach to solving problems that strives to meet the most critical needs of all parties. It also aims to preserve and improve workplace relationships and partnership.

Consensus Decision Making (CDM)

Labor Management Structures

This technique is an effective decision-making technique that focuses on making decisions through consensus.

There are communication structures built into the National Agreement to help support partnership work. Unit Based Teams (UBT), Local and Regional Committees & LMP Steering Committees are examples of these.

We are very lucky to work in a Partnership- this is very different from the traditional model.

One major difference is that our national agreement states that Labor is to get information that Management does. Labor is included from the beginning to strategize about how we take care of our patients. This is a model for collaboration, inclusion, and mutual respect.

HOW we bargain is as important as WHAT we bargain. We use an interest-based problem-solving approach - which is along the lines of Win-Win (instead of the traditional approach which is unilateral and Win-Loose.) Your voice and experience are just as important as any other voice in the room - no matter what role you hold in the office.

This means that we all make an effort to understand and communicate. Things will be complicated if we don’t work with each other or course-correcting for anything that may jeopardize the collective efforts/goals.

This and Consensus Decision Making are taught in UBTs and LPPCs to make sure we include and collaborate with one another.

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ESC RESOURCES

WEBSITE: https://ifpte20.org/

You can find:

Information about ESC L20
Your Union Representative
Your Local Contract
Information about your Unit Board
Up to date ESC News and Communications
Steward Resources
Information on the Ben Hudnell Memorial Educational Trust
Bargaining Unit Specific Information: Elections, Wage Scales, etc
Links to the National Agreement
ESC Member Benefits
And more!!

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Membership Card

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More information and References

Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) Local 20: https://ifpte20.org

IFPTE: https://www.ifpte.org

AFL-CIO: https://aflcio.org/

Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions https://www.unioncoalition.org/about-the-coalition/

LMPartnership: https://www.lmpartnership.org

KP Clinical Library: https://cl.kp.org

Information about Dues: Dues are set by the Union’s Constitution at one and half hours of pay per month, which means that increases in dues come only after a much larger increase in pay. Raising the dues would require both executive board approval and a vote by the general membership.

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Questions?

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TRUTH TO POWER – �WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU?

Commit to being an ACTIVE ESC L20 Member

Commit

Engage with other Members and join future membership meetings

Engage

Be sure to be informed! Read union communications

Inform

Encourage Other Members to Participate in Union Activities (i.e.,Petitions, etc..)

Encourage

Apply your Contract-become familiar with your benefits and rights!

Apply

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OPTOMETRY/

OPTOMETRIC ASSISTANT

BARGAINING UNIT

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OPTOMETRY UNIT BOARD (OUB):

ESC L20’s governing body for OD/OAs

District 2:

San Francisco, South San Francisco (Daly City), San Rafael, Petaluma, Novato, and Santa Rosa

District 1:

Santa Clara, Skyport, San Jose, Milpitas, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, Redwood City, San Mateo

District 3:

Walnut Creek/Park Shadelands, Martinez, Antioch, Pleasanton, Livermore, Vallejo, Napa, Fairfield, and Vacaville

District 5:

South Sacramento, Elk Grove, Sacramento, Roseville, Davis, Point West, Folsom and Rancho Cordova

District 6:

Fremont/Hayward (Greater Southern Alameda Area GSAA), Union City, Oakland, Richmond

District 4:

Fresno, Stockton, Modesto and Tracy

District 7: Optometric Assistant at Large

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LMP Structures for OPT/OAs

UBT:

Unit Based Teams

LPPC:

Local Professional Practice Committees

RPPC:

Regional Professional Practice Committee

Members of all of these LMP Structures should be trained in and utilize IBPS, CDM for decision making processes.

UNIT BASED TEAMS: includes everyone in the work unit in your local facility (or area depending on location): supervisors/stewards/providers/employees. Engages employees in the design and implementation of their work. UBT members participate in planning/designing work processes, setting goals and establishing metrics, reviewing and evaluating team performance, budgeting/staffing/scheduling decisions, proactively identifying problems and resolving issues. UBTs should have open sharing of business information, timely performance data, understanding of how unions operate, release time and backfill. UBTs follow a “Path to Performance” to ensure best performance. UBTS are usually monthly. UBT’s drive the work and decisions made in the LPPC.

LOCAL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMITTEES (LPPC): The LPPC is a contractual professional practices committee that is unique to the professional units of ESC L20.

Your workflow, scope of practice, safety, and professional liability is something that we protect, bargain, and enhance with our contract and our strength in numbers.

Be familiar with your LPPC agreements. LPPCs address professional practice issues including but not limited to scheduling, access, service, quality, patient needs and business imperatives. The LPPCs are empowered to implement decisions regarding all aspects of Optometric professional practice which fall within the policies of KP.

-Contractually required to meet a minimum of quarterly and include OPT/OPH chiefs, 2 bargaining unit ODs.

-Issues that can’t be resolved at the LPPC level can be referred to the RPPC for further discussion/resolution.

-Minutes from LPPC are sent to RPPC Co-Leads to keep RPPC current on local practices.

REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMITTEES (RPPC): Considers the professional practice of optometry regionally and works constructively for the improvement of patient care and Optometric Practice.

-Includes 4 ODs and 4 employer representatives (2 Chiefs, OPH MD, management representative from Regional Medical Group Administrators Office).

-Meets minimally quarterly

-Reviews issues referred by LPPCs and helps guide Optometry work regionally.

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Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining

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Kaiser Performance Pay Programs

PSP for OAs

Optometric Assistants are part of the Coalition Negotiated Performance Pay Program called PSP (Performance Sharing Plan). The goals of the PSP are set during National Bargaining and apply to all other Coalition members.

Care XM

for ODs

Optometrists have a single, separate performance pay program called the Optometry Care XM Service Performance Pay Program. It is based on 4 of the clinician indices on the Care XM survey and 4 other optometry department specific based service questions. Data for this measure will be shared by management monthly.

You can view your individual Care XM scores at: https://myexperience.kaiserpermanente.org

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ESC L20 Local Collective Bargaining Agreement for ODs/OAs

Wage Scale Pg. 32

Educational Leave

Pg. 16

Medical Benefits

Pg. 18

Overtime

Pg. 10

Retirement

Pg. 20

Leaves of Absence

Pg. 14

Vacation

Pg. 13

Holidays

Pg. 12

Seniority

Pg. 3

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MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

PEOPLE PULSE

People Pulse is Kaiser’s employee engagement survey that identifies areas of strength and weakness. Check with your steward: collective voices can be instrumental for change.

UBT

Be vocal and active during your UBT meetings. Share your thoughts and concerns with your steward.

WPS

ENGAGE

If you see workplace concerns, check in with your Work Place Safety Champion or Manager.

If you want to become more active in your union, check with your steward for opportunities to join LPPC or LMP meetings in your area.

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Printable Resource Page

Steward Contact Info: Name__________________________ Cell:_____________________

Union Representative: Name:_________________________ Cell: _____________________

Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) Local 20: https://ifpte20.org

Kaiser Human Resources: https://hrconnect.kp.org

IFPTE: https://www.ifpte.org

AFL-CIO: https://aflcio.org/

Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions https://www.unioncoalition.org

LMPartnership: https://www.lmpartnership.org

KP Clinical Library: https://cl.kp.org

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