Join us for our monthly meeting of IT Professionals.

Tuesday, November 15
5:30-7:30 p.m.
SEIU Local 1000 Field Office
1325 S Street, Sacramento

Agenda includes: Outsourcing news, legislative victories, and IT trends report.  Dinner will be provided.

Dinner will be provided.

RSVP to ITProfessionals@seiu1000.org

The State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) has announced that layoffs will take place, affecting employees throughout the state

"It's outrageous that we are learning about this now - just after completing a battle over jobs and work locations at State Fund," said Margarita Maldonado, Local 1000 vice president for bargaining. "It's clear that State Fund's business model isn't working and that management saw these layoffs coming, even when we were fighting to mitigate the effects of downsizing earlier this year."

Read updates on:

• Abusive workplace behavior	• Compliance reps	• Layoffs
• Automation	• Correctional case records analysts	• New payroll system -- MyCalPAYS
• Background checks	• DCSS call center	• Outsourcing
• Business taxes reps	• DDSD Issues	• Reboot.U
• CalPERS gift policy	• EDD JLMC	• SCIF relocations
• Criminal justice specialist I and II

SBAC Report, July 2011 [PDF]

SCIF's "holiday present" to its employees:
SCIF Office Closures, Program Consolidations and Transfers

The State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) has announced a two-year reorganization plan which, if implemented as currently proposed, could result in about  2400 Local 1000-represented employees having to choose between a  transfer to worksites more than 50 miles from their current place of employment or "voluntary layoff."

Local 1000 has filed a grievance to stop the Employment Development Department's (EDD) mandate that employees work outside their prescribed shifts without pay. Although "set-up and shutdown time" is paid work time under our contract, EDD has directed employees to work before and after their assigned start and end times.

Intense lobbying by Local 1000 members forced the state to extend its layoff date for employees working within the 11 building complexes considered for sale under a budget scheme by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Twenty-four Unit 1 members participated in a "contract review marathon" on Jan. 7 and 8 in Sacramento. The goal of the review is to identify superfluous outsourcing contracts to defend against State Personnel Board (SPB) challenges, Joint Labor Management Committees (JLMCs), and provide information to legislative committees. Fifty-two contracts were analyzed and 87 were targeted for additional analysis.

Local 1000 will continue bargaining with the state to mitigate the effects of layoffs. However, the state hiring freeze makes it difficult for affected employees to transfer to vacant positions in other departments.

Local 1000 works to save jobs at DGS

Local 1000's legal team is joining the lawsuit seeking to halt the sale of state-owned buildings that would add $5.5 billion to the state's long-term debt. At the same time, preventing the sale will protect hundreds of members from layoff.