Union Agreements and Employee Manuals

Read the agreements outlining policies and benefits for unionized employees, and the manuals covering unrepresented employees.

The table below lists the agreements between the City of Berkeley and its unions, associations, and bargaining units.

Bargaining Unit / Union	Represents	Contract Expiration
Berkeley Chief Fire Officers Assoc • IAFF • Local 1227	Sworn managerial Fire employees	June 2026
Berkeley Fire Fighters Assoc • I.A.F.F. • Local 1227	Sworn non-managerial Fire employees	June 2026
Berkeley Fire EMS Professionals Association	Non-managerial Fire employees	June 2026
Berkeley Police Association	Sworn managerial Police employees and sworn-non-managerial Police employees	June 2026
IBEW • Local 1245	Career Electrical staff	June 2025
Public Employees Union • Local 1	Career Management, Career Professional and Career Engineering Paraprofessional staff	June 2027
SEIU Local 1021 • Community Services and Part-Time Recreation Activity Leaders	Career and non-career Health, Welfare and Social Services, Career and non-career professional Nursing, career supervisory Library staff, career non-supervisory Library staff including all Library Aides, career and non-career miscellaneous and administrative staff, career benefitted part-time and full time recreational staff and non-career, non-benefitted Recreational staff	June 2027
SEIU Local 1021 • Maintenance and Clerical Chapters	Career Manual Labor, Career Police Non-Sworn, Career Clerical and Career Supervisory Clerical staff	June 2027

Find the employee manual and rules & regulations for unrepresented employees, who are not represented by a union, in the table below.

Manual	Description	Last Revised
Unrepresented Employees	Executive and Confidential Management, Confidential Professional, Confidential Clerical	February 2025
Personnel Rules & Regulations	Contains rules that govern the personnel system for City of Berkeley and sets forth general provisions which apply to all City of Berkeley employees that are not otherwise covered by specific union agreement.	December 2024