Employees
represented by SEIU Local 1000 belong to nine bargaining units. Each unit
represents a distinct category of jobs.
UNIT 1 - Informational, Financial and Public Resource Professionals - Includes accounting officers,
auditors and analysts for all departments; employment program representatives
at the Employment Development Department; disability evaluators at the Disability Determination Services Division and information
technology analysts.
UNIT 3 -
Professional Educators and Librarians - Includes teachers and librarians at the departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Division of Juvenile Justice), Mental Health and Developmental Services as well as teachers in the State Special Schools for the deaf
and the blind.
UNIT 4 - Office
and Allied Workers - Includes program assistants, program/tax technicians, key data
operators, word processing technicians and stock clerks. This unit also
represents toll collectors at eight bridges up and down the state.
UNIT 11 -
Engineering and Scientific Technicians - Includes agricultural
inspectors, air resources technicians, and those who perform drafting and
technical work in such departments as Caltrans and Water Resources.
UNIT 14 - Printers - Includes employees at
the Office of State Publishing where the state budget, bills and laws, and
other state documents are printed; printers and graphic artists in individual
departments.
UNIT 15 -
Allied Service Workers - Includes civil service custodians who clean various state
buildings, laundry workers, supervising cooks, and food services workers in the
prisons and other state institutions.
UNIT 17 - Registered Nurses - Includes registered nurses in the state hospitals and
prisons, departments of Health Care Services and Public Health, nurse evaluators who inspect facilities,
and nurse consultants who oversee special programs.
UNIT 20 -
Medical and Social Services Specialists - Includes licensed vocational
nurses, certified nurse assistants, teaching assistants, registered dental
assistants, pharmacy and laboratory technicians, physical therapists and
counselors. They work in prisons, veterans’ homes, developmental centers and
special schools.
UNIT 21 -
Educational Consultants and Librarians - Includes
librarians at the State Library and educational
consultants at the Department of Education who work with school districts and in educational programs.