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New Career Mobility presentations scheduled

InterviewsUpdated March 11, 2010
Position yourself for the future.  Learn where the Unit 1 jobs will be located; how to transfer within state service; financial aid; professional development programs; and resume and interviewing tips. 

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Information technology conference planned for April

Debug the FutureUpdated Feb. 11, 2010
On April 16 and 17, Local 1000 will hold our first Information Technology (IT) Professionals’ conference in Sacramento. Titled “Debug the Future,” it will provide participants with networking opportunities, professional development and panel discussions on current IT related topics.

Over the next few months our IT CBURs and DBURs will be working hard at planning this exciting event. For more information, contact itprofessionals@seiu1000.org.

Inmate early release program equals more work and less overtime for analysts

Updated Feb. 16, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed into law changes that could result in the early release of about 6,500 low-risk felons over the next year. Prior to release, correctional case records analysts working in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) must review the records of more than 20,000 inmates to determine if they meet the new early release eligibility criteria to recalculate release dates.

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Spend "Fight Back Friday" reviewing outsourcing contracts in Manhattan Beach

Updated Feb. 11, 2010
Join Unit 1 members and members from other Local 1000 bargaining units on Friday, February 19th, as we review outsourcing contracts from a variety of departments. This is an opportunity to uncover costly outsourcing and waste of public funds.

The review will be held from 11 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Manhattan Beach Marriott, 1400 Parkview Avenue.

Don’t worry if you’ve never done this before. Training will be provided. RSVP to unit1@seiu1000.org no later than February 17th.

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Unit 1 career mobility project update

career mobility status

Update Feb. 10, 2010
Although we’re facing furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes right now, career opportunities are around the corner, as the “baby boomer” generation continues to retire. Thirty-five percent of state rank-and-file employees are eligible to retire within the next five years; this will open up close to 16,000 positions in Unit 1 alone.

Elected Unit 1 CBURs (classification bargaining unit representatives) have been traveling up and down the state to explain how to find the jobs of the future and how to get the training you need.

Approximately 2,200 employees have attended worksite meetings and the career mobility website has received 8,400 “hits” in the last four months.  

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Unit 1 layoff update

Classified ads

Updated Jan. 27, 2010
CDCR layoffs delayed
More than 800 Local 1000 members, including about 50 Unit 1 members, have received a 30-day reprieve from layoff. The delay comes after an alert prison teacher discovered that the state was involved in a possible mail fraud scheme.

On Jan. 8, Don Wiley, a prison vocational teacher at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, received a 30-day layoff notice dated Dec. 31. Wiley went to his local postmaster to try to find out why it took so long for the metered letter to travel from the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) headquarters in Sacramento to Blythe. Postal inspectors determined that, although the letter's "meter date" was Dec. 31, it had not actually been mailed until Jan. 6 - an apparent violation of federal law.

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Scholarships for members and their children

SEIU Scholarships

Updated Jan. 26, 2010
SEIU awards scholarships that enable SEIU members and their children to pursue educational goals at accredited colleges, universities and technical schools.

Scholarships are awarded to individuals interested in the visual and performing arts, economic and social justice work, labor studies and health. Award amounts vary from $1,000 to $5,000.

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Local 1000 challenges outsourcing of Unit 1 analytical work

Stop outsourcing

Updated Dec. 30, 2010
In a case related to recent layoffs at the Council of Developmental Disabilities ,  Local 1000 is challenging the outsourcing of a new quality assurance program within the Department of Developmental Disabilities (CDDS), when there are state employees who are qualified, experienced and capable of doing this specialized work.

Nancy Dow, a Community Program Specialist II in San Diego, and Carrie Brown, a Community Program Specialist II in Porterville, both wrote declarations in support of the Local 1000 challenge.

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Agreement on model telework policy

Updated Dec. 18, 2010
Local 1000 has reached an agreement with DPA on models for “Telework Program Policy and Procedures” and “Telework Security Standards”. 

Both policies are models and do not have to be adopted by departments. However, if a department does not have and wants a telework policy, it must adopt the language of the model policy.  If a department wants to modify an existing telework policy, it can pick and choose sections of model policy it wants to include, but the policy must at minimum be brought up to the standards provided by the model policy.

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Unit 1 employees in the news

Updated Nov. 5, 2009
Rene Aguilera, an Associate Government Program Analyst (AGPA) with Caltrans, was recently featured in Vida en el Valle, a bi-lingual newspaper for the Central Valley, about his contributions to the Latino community. Rene serves on the Roseville City School Board and has been the chief organizer for the Northern California Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference, an annual event for students in grades 6 to 12 and their parents. Rene is a member of the Unit 1 bargaining team.

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