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The State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) has announced that layoffs will take place, affecting employees throughout the state

“It’s outrageous that we are learning about this now – just after completing a battle over jobs and work locations at State Fund,” said Margarita Maldonado, Local 1000 vice president for bargaining. “It’s clear that State Fund’s business model isn’t working and that management saw these layoffs coming, even when we were fighting to mitigate the effects of downsizing earlier this year.”

Intense lobbying by Local 1000 members forced the state to extend its layoff date for employees working within the 11 building complexes considered for sale under a budget scheme by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 
The state extended its effective layoff date by sixty days from March 30 to May 1, 2011, to allow Gov. Jerry Brown more time to review the proposal. The extension allows us additional time to assist members in finding other job opportunities if the sale goes through. Preventing the sale will protect hundreds of members from layoff.

Local 1000 has filed a grievance to stop the Employment Development Department’s (EDD) mandate that employees work outside their prescribed shifts without pay. Although “set-up and shutdown time” is paid work time under our contract, EDD has directed employees to work before and after their assigned start and end times.

SCIF’s “holiday present” to its employees:
SCIF Office Closures, Program Consolidations and Transfers

The State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) has announced a two-year reorganization plan which, if implemented as currently proposed, could result in about  2400 Local 1000-represented employees having to choose between a  transfer to worksites more than 50 miles from their current place of employment or “voluntary layoff.”

Local 1000 will continue bargaining with the state to mitigate the effects of layoffs. However, the state hiring freeze makes it difficult for affected employees to transfer to vacant positions in other departments.
Heman G. Stark Adult Correctional Facility, Chino

Twenty-four Unit 1 members participated in a “contract review marathon” on Jan. 7 and 8 in Sacramento. The goal of the review is to identify superfluous outsourcing contracts to defend against State Personnel Board (SPB) challenges, Joint Labor Management Committees (JLMCs), and provide information to legislative committees. Fifty-two contracts were analyzed and 87 were targeted for additional analysis.
Interesting findings: