May 16, 2024 | Bargaining Unit 3 Updates
The Unit 3 bargaining team returned to the table today and continued to press the state on issues related to compensation and working conditions. The state remains silent about the comprehensive salary proposal we presented 30 days ago. A key priority for the Unit 3...
May 16, 2024 | Bargaining Unit 3 Updates
3’s bargaining team went to the table today and gave the state two proposals of high importance to our members. Today was the culmination of months of work on these compensation issues and we have made a clear case to the state that we expect action to ensure our...
May 16, 2024 | Bargaining Unit 3 Updates
The Local 1000 contract expires on July 1, and the entire union is mobilizing, gathering resources and building member power. We begin negotiating with the state in April, so our 63-member bargaining team is in place and deep in preparations, training and strategizing...
May 16, 2024 | Bargaining Unit 3 Updates
Our 2015 legislative agenda—a yearlong effort to make politics matter for our members and all Californians—was capped this week when Gov. Brown signed the Local 1000-supported Senate Bill 343 into law. Titled “CDCR Librarians and Inmate Community College Incentives,”...
Aug 22, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 3 Updates
Highlights from Unit 3 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 3 Updates
Our Unit 3 bargaining team continues to work collaboratively with the State to advance the interests of those Professional Educators and Librarians we represent. And, collaboration is a central theme to our negotiations: our proposals are crafted to foster a better...