After more than a year of contract negotiations, Shasta County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers have declared a formal labor impasse with the county and filed an unfair labor practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). The move comes just days after dozens of purple-shirted caregivers packed the Shasta County Board of Supervisors chambers on March 24,

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors and County CEO David Rickert, County Executive Officer want to hear from residents. “This is an opportunity for residents across our community to tell us what matters most and where they want to see our resources focused.” They are reaching out to the community through an on-line survey and four community town hall meetings to assess the desires of the citizens as to what subjects should be priorities in the County’s Five-Year Strategic