Ready on Day One to Move Member Priorities Forward
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Our Unit 1 Local 1000 bargaining team began negotiations with CalHR on April 28 and immediately presented significant proposals related to workload and compensation.
Using our bargaining survey, regional town halls, and member-to-member organizing, Local 1000 reached thousands of Unit 1 members. The participation of analysts, IT professionals, accountants, program specialists and many more civil servants helped the negotiation team as they developed proposals reflecting the unit’s bargaining priorities.
The proposals presented Tuesday included Out of State Pay Differential and Professional Certification Pay. Civil service workers with professional certifications perform the most complex and important work all over the country. State compensation should reflect that.
David Aguinaldo, Business Tax Specialist at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and subject matter expert on Unit 1’s bargaining team, said “These exams and courses aren’t cheap…they can take 10-20 hours a week outside of normal business hours for years to prepare for these exams, and that [cost of time and money] should be reflected in the language.”
Additionally, the team also presented proposals regarding the treatment of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempt employees as being permanently on-call as well as language related to Arduous Duty Pay for FLSA exempt employees.
The State had no responses to our Union proposals on Tuesday.
Mike Ramos, Unit 1 Vice Chair, stated “Our goal is to secure an agreement that respects us for the vital work that we do, whether it’s teleworking, field work, or from our offices. We make California run and we won’t settle for anything less than what we deserve.”
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Our team will meet again with CalHR Thursday morning, April 30, to continue lifting the priorities of Unit 1.