9. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS

WE SUPPORT comprehensive collective bargaining and the rights of employees to join unions and enjoy protection from discrimination as defined by law. We support:

1. Ensuring that all employment and human resources decisions are made through an equity lens.

2. Banning of privatization or contracting out for services that public employees provide.

3. Better enforcement of provisions against discrimination and sexual harassment in the public workplace.

4. Prohibiting pre-employment drug testing of prospective City employees and drug testing of current City employees without probable cause.

5. Improved communication and transparency concerning human resources processes, including the discipline of non-union employees and revision of job descriptions and positions.

6. A public process for department and division reorganizations that includes vigorous employee input, including when to undertake reorganization.

7. Urging the state legislature to repeal restrictions on collective bargaining on municipal regulations regarding bargaining with local public employee unions.

8. Increased support for undocumented workers to enforce their rights as workers.

9. Funding to ensure that community services agencies can pay their workers a housing wage.