Feb 16, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, SEIU Local 1000 met with the California Department of General Services (DGS) to discuss the reissue and/or update of employee policy documents without proper notice to the Union. Background: Bargaining Unit (BU) 14 leadership was alerted...
Jan 27, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
On Thursday, January 18, 2023, our SEIU Local 1000 member team and staff met with leadership from the Department of Real Estate’s (DRE) legal division to discuss the new remediation process that legal support staff began working on in late November. We became aware of...
Jan 27, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
On Friday, January 20, 2023, your SEIU Local 1000 Union team met with the Employment Development Department (EDD) regarding the ratio of Permanent Intermittent (PI) employees currently employed with the Department. Article 18.2.1 of our MOU outlines that only 20% of...
Aug 26, 2019 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
On Wednesday, August 21, the Unit 1 bargaining team continued their negotiations with the State by reaching a tentative agreement (TA) on Post and Bid Agreement and the EDD Determination Scheduling Standard at the Employment Development Department (EDD). Earlier in...
Aug 9, 2019 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
After a long day at the bargaining table on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019, the Unit continued to negotiate with the state over important workload and classification issues for unit members as we work toward a contract that creates a California for All. Many Unit 1...
Aug 6, 2019 | Bargaining Unit 1 Updates
Local 1000’s Unit 1 bargaining team returned to the table on Monday, August 5, 2019 and continued to make progress by signing 9 Tentative Agreements (TA). Five of the TA’s were “roll-over” provisions from the current contract, while the other four were technical or...