Yesterday (2/24/22), the PPOA Unit 612 Salary Contract Negotiations Team met with County representatives via video conference to continue negotiating for a new wage Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The current contract for Sergeants and Lieutenants from the Sheriff's Department and District Attorney's Office expired on January 31, 2022. This was the sixth negotiations meeting with County executives for this contract.
During this meeting, representatives from all parties (PPOA, County, LASD, LADA) discussed the County's response to our initial contract proposals. Many of these proposals from the Unit 612 team were rejected and a few were met with interest from the executives.
However, the County's opening proposal for a general across-the-board wage increase was nowhere near enough to help PPOA members keep up with the current rate of inflation (highest in 40 years) and the skyrocketing cost of living in Southern California. The loss of your purchasing power has decreased dramatically and it should come as no surprise that the Unit 612 team will summarily reject that proposal and provide County executives with a counteroffer.
The PPOA Unit 612 Negotiations Team will meet next Thursday (3/3/22) to further discuss details of the County's proposal while drafting the counteroffer. The next round of negotiations with the County is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, 2022.
The Unit 612 team is comprised of the following PPOA members:
· President/LT. Tab Rhodes, Negotiations Chair
· SGT. Juan Calderon
· SGT. Ruben Pastran
· SGT. Jose Rios
· SGT. Anthony Romo
· LT. Geoffrey Chadwick
· LT. Nancy Escobedo
· LT. Todd Knight
· LT. William Moulder
· LT. Marshall Yelverton
· DA SGT. Jay Chapman
· DA SGT. Yvette Hartwell
· PPOA Executive Director Wayne Quint Jr.
· PPOA Legal Counsel
