For eight years, our SEIU Local 1000 Apprenticeship Program has been an exemplar of our Union’s principle of career development and upward mobility. A new, $4.5 million grant award will propel this groundbreaking program to a higher level of service. The “High...
While state workers fight for a contract that brings us the dignity and pay we deserve as public servants, another group of public servants fighting for their right to do so has taken a major step toward establishing a union of their own. Assembly Bill 1, authored by...
SEIU Local 1000 knows every state worker’s voice matters. Our escalating actions in Sacramento are making CalHR take notice. The power of our Union is in its members, who live across the state, and together, all of us can make a difference in the fight for our...
SEIU Local 1000 members continue to escalate their actions at their worksites and in the streets against the State’s outrageous 2% per year counterproposal. Following up on our successful member-led events at CalHR, we will return to CalHR over the next week until the...
SEIU Local 1000 and the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) are now participants in the first cohort of the Civil Service Career Development Pilot Program with classes planned to begin in October 2023. Upward mobility is a priority at Local 1000, and we...
State workers like May Lee, the longest-serving public servant in the State of California, with over 79 years at the Department of General Services (DGS), are the backbone of California. Over the course of her career, which spanned the tenures of 11 governors, she...
Membership is more important than ever. In 2026, we’re facing an uphill battle against Return-to-Office mandates, unfair budget cuts, and… Read more: Are You a Member?
Gi Shin, an Associate Governmental Program Analyst at the Department of Transportation, discovered that she had not been receiving the… Read more: Securing Long-Overdue GEO Pay
