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LOCAL 801
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys serves as the unified voice of the Los Angeles County prosecutors. With a membership of over 700 attorneys it represents a significant majority of the lawyers in the local law enforcement community. We are independent but we work with numerous other groups committed to the protection of the community.
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Fellow DDAs,
On March 24, 2008, after a three year battle for certification, the ADDA won recognition as your bargaining agent for better wages, benefits and working conditions. The Employee Relations Commission (ERCOM) recognized the certification cards requesting “collective bargaining” signed by a strong majority of the DDAs in our office and declared the ADDA Unit 801. As your bargaining representative, we have begun preparing for the first round of bargaining. (NOTE: The ADDA Board is independently challenging as an “unfair labor practice” the un-negotiated implementation of the office’s proposed change to the Performance Evaluations and the erosion of your civil service protection from being terminated.) Based on past ADDA issues surveys, we are already targeting several bargaining issues including salaries, retirement, promotion policy, transfer policy, metal detector policies, parking expenses, and overtime/comp time among the issues we will pursue. In the near future, we will seek your input as to the issues you feel need to be addressed in the office and will ask your assistance in prioritizing them so we can effectively bargain on your behalf.
But before we begin bargaining, we want to answer your many questions and address your concerns regarding what collective bargaining will mean to the office as a whole, as well as to your individual circumstances. To that end, the ADDA Board of Directors will, on May 5, 2008, present a Q&A forum featuring experts with decades of experience in labor law and the art of collective bargaining. Your elected ADDA Board of Directors have asked many questions of attorneys, labor leaders, and prosecutors from counties around the state in coming to the collective opinion that after 20 years of having no “voice” with the County, it is time to represent the interests of Deputy District Attorneys as bargaining Unit 801. I share their confidence that this path will benefit deputy DAs and make this a better office. I encourage you all to attend the Q&A Forum, ask questions for yourselves and assist your ADDA in representing you to the best of our abilities. Thank you for your confidence and support.
Steve Ipsen
ADDA President
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