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Our Right to Conduct Walkthroughs
When DMV management once again tried to interfere with union activity, our members refused to back down. For years, DMV Labor Relations has attempted to make it harder for our union representatives to conduct walkthroughs and distribute union literature, despite clear...
New Phone System at the California Department of Social Services
Our Union met with the State Friday, May 29, about the Amazon Connect rollout and pushed hard on the issues you’ve been raising. Members reported concerns about increased call demands and availability expectations. The California Department of Social...
Confronting Toxic Behavior in the Workplace
Our member, Jim Lane, a job steward at CalOES, was putting up union flyers one morning when he discovered a few hours later that someone had torn them down. Later that day, as Jim was returning to his office suite with a coworker, he encountered an individual holding...
Unit 15 Bargaining Update: June 4, 2026
Thursday, June 4, 2026 This week brought real momentum at the table. Your bargaining team is pushing hard and delivering meaningful improvements that impact your day-to-day work. Here are the highlights...Major Win: Article 13.9.15 Letters of Instruction and Work...
Supporting API Candidates
As we close out Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month and head into this critical primary election season, I want to remind all of us why our voices matter now more than ever. This country was built by working families, immigrants, and communities from every...
Unit 3 Bargaining Update – Thursday, May 28, 2026
Unit 3's Bargaining Team, representing our Professional Educators and Librarians, met again with the State on Tuesday, May 26, and Wednesday, May 27, to resume unit-specific bargaining negotiations for our 2026 Contract. “We had productive, robust...
Bargaining Update: May 28 Report
Bargaining Unit 17, representing Registered Nurses across state facilities and departments, met with the State in subsequent sessions to continue unit-specific negotiations for the 2026 Contract. In the recent sessions with the State, the negotiating team worked...
Unit 21 Bargaining Update – Thursday, May 28, 2026
Refreshed from a meaningful Memorial Day holiday, Bargaining Unit 21, the unit representing our Educational Consultants, Child Development Consultants, Librarians, Archivists, and Specialists, met with the State on the morning of Wednesday, May 27, to resume...
Unit 21 Bargaining Update – Thursday, May 21, 2026
Bargaining Unit 21, the unit representing our Educational Consultants, Child Development Consultants, Librarians, Archivists, and Specialists, met with the State on Monday, May 18, and again on Wednesday, May 20, to continue unit-specific...
Bargaining Update: May 28 Report
We want to provide the latest update from ongoing bargaining discussions and share where negotiations currently stand. Your BU 20 bargaining team met with the State across two recent bargaining sessions. Below is a summary of key updates from the sessions: Tentative...