Aug 30, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
Highlights from Unit 17 Tentative Agreement Early Saturday morning, the SEIU Local 1000 bargaining team reached an overall Tentative Agreement with the State. If ratified, the contract would significantly raise the wage floor for tens of thousands of state workers. It...
Jul 18, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
Today’s Unit 17 bargaining session was both brief and productive. We reached a tentative agreement that protects previous hard-fought language and exchanged and discussed two other counterproposals. With today’s tentative agreement on contract section 19.9.17, our...
Jul 11, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
Unit 17’s bargaining session today was marked by productive discussion on a number of issues, capped by two tentative agreements that ensure greater safety for our represented nurses. Working in prisons with inmate patients always presents the risk of dangerous...
Jul 6, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
The State returned to the table with Unit 17 on Thursday, July 6 to negotiate our contract. SEIU Local 1000’s bargaining team is once again facing the same issue as in previous weeks: the State’s position does not prioritize or consider the needs of nurses who have...
Jul 5, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
The State returned to the table with SEIU Local 1000 on Tuesday, June 27th to negotiate the contract that will impact the lives of nurses across California. Once again, the State’s bargaining team has failed to either negotiate or appreciate the work done by the...
Jun 20, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 17 Updates
Our Unit 17 bargaining team recorded progress on a number of fronts for the Registered Nurses we represent; our session today was fraught with disappointment as well. “Overall, it was very disappointing,” said Vanessa Seastrong, Unit 17 bargaining Chair. “The State’s...
