Unions
The City of San José employs approximately 5,400 employees, who are represented by the eleven bargaining units (unions) below. The City Manager's Office of Employee Relations is responsible for negotiating on behalf of the City with representatives of those bargaining units regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. For information regarding a specific bargaining unit including their Union Contracts, please click on one of the links below.

Bargaining Unit	Acronym	Contract Expiration	FTEs*
Association of Building, Mechanical and Electrical Inspectors	ABMEI	06/30/2013	52
Association of Engineers and Architects, IFPTE, Local 21	AEA	06/30/2013	199
Association of Legal Professionals	ALP	06/30/2012	36
Association of Maintenance Supervisory Personnel, IFPTE Local 21	AMSP	06/30/2013	77
City Association of Management Personnel, IFPTE, Local 21	CAMP	06/30/2013	335
Confidential Employees’ Organization, AFSCME, Local No. 101	CEO	09/17/2011	183
International Association of Firefighters, Local 230	IAFF	06/30/2013	645
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 332	IBEW	06/30/2011	73
Municipal Employees’ Federation AFSCME, Local No. 101	MEF	06/30/2011	1798
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 3	OE#3	06/30/2011	697
San José Police Officers’ Association	POA	06/30/2013	1085
Total Represented Employees			5180
*Full Time Equivalents (FTE's) are the combined total number of budgeted full-time positions.  For example, one full-time position equals one FTE. Similarly, two half-time positions equal one FTE. In addition, the FTE numbers presented are based upon the 2011-2012 Adopted Budget.