Published Date: 2019-03-04
CAPT issues 'Red Tag' on California Men's Colony
Psych Techs ready to participate in the second round of the self-scheduling pilot at California Men’s Colony were shocked to learn just days before that the pilot was abruptly canceled by CMC prison Warden Josie Gastelo and Chief Executive Officer Teresa Macias. The unilateral decision to cut the pilot was made without CAPT’s involvement. Consequently, the CAPT Board of Directors voted to issue a “red-tag” sanction on the prison. A red-tag sanction warns potential employees about the facility’s egregious labor practices. This is the seventh time CAPT’s leadership has red-tagged a facility for egregious contract violations or bad labor practices.
The self-scheduling pilot, which began Oct. 1, 2018, was the first of its kind to potentially open flexible scheduling options for BU 18 employees. The pilot was the collective work-product of our Joint Labor Management 9.4 Staffing Committee. The goal of the committee is to comply with contract language in Article 5.1, which mandates the state to reduce and eliminate mandatory overtime. Self-scheduling has been utilized in the private sector for many years as a successful tool in reducing overtime. When you give employees the ability to set their own schedule, they are far more likely to report to work, thus reducing the need for mandates.
“The abrupt cancelation of the self-scheduling pilot at CMC was a shock to CAPT and very disappointing,” said Southern Corrections Chapter President Marilyn Hayes. “Our participating members were only given a few days’ notice that the next round/schedule they had selected in good faith would no longer be honored. Some participants were already out of town with the schedule they had chosen.”
Each participant was required to sign an acknowledgment promising that they would complete the 12-week pilot. CAPT considers the warden’s decision to pull the rug out from under these PTs disingenuous at best.
“The self-scheduling pilot was drawing a lot of positive attention for CMC,” said Marilyn. “We had PTs at other facilities looking to transfer so they could participate in this wonderful program. Even the Department of State Hospitals was exploring self-scheduling at its facilities. It saddens me to know that something that could have been such a good thing for our members, increasing staff morale and reducing call-ins, was taken away by the CEO and Warden without even talking to the committee.”
The committee will continue its efforts to pilot the self-scheduling program at another facility.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Southern Corrections Chapter President at (760) 520-5159.
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