Human Resources
Labor Relations
The Labor Relations function of the Human Resources Department is dedicated to improve employee productivity through the development of harmonious working relationships with employees and employee labor organizations. To that end, the Human Resources staff serves as the lead in partnering with labor unions to address the needs of the City and its employees and represents the City during contract negotiations, meet and confer sessions, and joint labor-management committee meetings.
The City of Riverside’s Human Resources Department recognizes that the development of harmonious working relationships is an on-going process and that each labor management meeting is an opportunity to work at the process of building trust between management and employees, and labor union representatives. This trust is the cornerstone of a creative, collaborative organization that will more effectively meet its goals, which for the City means better service for the residents of Riverside.
Labor Updates
Tentative Agreement reached with the Police Unit
RPOA – The City and the Police Unit represented by the Riverside Police Officer's Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new Memorandum of Understanding. The Police Unit labor agreement expired on July 1, 2009, which was during the height of the economic meltdown and the Police Unit remained without a contract since that time. As if the economic downturn wasn’t enough, the City got hit with projections last year related to pension costs that showed those costs skyrocketing beyond sustainable levels. However, despite these obstacles the RPOA and the City were able to hammer out a deal. Read More...
City and IBEW Sign Tentative Agreement on a New Contract
IBEW - The City of Riverside and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47 reached a tentative agreement on new successor contracts for the Utility bargaining unit and the Supervisory bargaining unit. The new 2-year MOU’s incorporate changes to the pension benefits that were agreed to in June, and also address operational issues raised by the Union. The new terms of the successor contracts will be presented to the City Council on November 15, 2011 and were ratified by the IBEW membership on October 19, 2011. Read More...
City Reaches Tentative Deal on Pension Reform with Public Utilities Bargaining Units
IBEW – The City and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local #47 reached a tentative agreement that addresses the City’s unsustainable pension fund obligations. The agreement covers about 200 employees in the Riverside Public Utilities Department from the Utility Field Unit and the Utility Supervisory Unit both represented by IBEW, which creates a second tier for new hires, in which new hires pay their own contributions and have their retirement benefits calculated using the average of their three (3) highest years. Read More...
Deal with SEIU Finalized
SEIU – On Tuesday, June 7, 2011 the City Council approved a new MOU with SEIU that covers employees in both the General bargaining unit and the Solid Waste bargaining unit. Representatives of SEIU who were in attendance at the City Council meeting were recognized by the City Manager and the City Council and praised for their efforts. Each City Councilmember spoke in support of the new deal and gave many thanks to all the employees in these bargaining units for ratifying the agreement and for “stepping up” to help the City make necessary reforms to the pension benefits. Read More...
Tentative Deal Reached with SEIU
SEIU – On Friday, May 6, 2011 the bargaining teams for the City and SEIU reached a tentative agreement on a new memorandum of understanding and on Thursday, May 19, 2011 SEIU was happy to announce that members from both the Refuse bargaining unit and the General Unit bargaining unit voted in favor of the deal. In anticipation of the end of the existing MOU’s and recognizing the revenue impacts associated with the downturns in the national and regional economies, as well as extreme increases anticipated in retirement costs, the City and the Union entered into a new 2-year deal that revises CalPERS retirement provisions for new hires. Read More...
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