May 30, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 4 Updates, Uncategorized
Unit 4 continues to negotiate with representatives from the State this week, with a focus on the need for more involved discussions at the table to get represented employees a contract that respects, protects, and pays every state worker. “The process has been moving...
May 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Unit 3—representing Professional Educators and Librarians—continued its efforts today to demand the respect and the pay that’s due to our members. It’s a key theme we’re using to guide our negotiations with the State to raise the principles and practices that govern...
May 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Frustration reigned at today’s Unit 1 bargaining table. One of Local 1000’s long-fought battles to improve our service to California through EDD—a battle lasting more than 15 years—was again rejected by State negotiators. Contract section 13.15.1 was yet another...
May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
At today’s Master Table bargaining, we received the first substantive counter proposals from the State. There were only three, but it breaks the logjam of nearly 60 proposals we’ve made that we are awaiting response on. Today, our bargaining team proposed new or...
May 23, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
Unit 1 is a diverse group of professional classifications who are committed to providing vital state services, taking pride in their work. Today, the Unit 1 team focused its efforts on stronger language governing our performance reviews (contract section 13.7.1 –...