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Local 1000’s work to provide retirement security for all Californians continued on April 27 as the California Secure Choice Board met to discuss the best options to help millions of private sector workers save for retirement.

“It is an incredibly complex job to create a savings system for workers, but it is extremely rewarding to know that our state is showing leadership in helping millions of workers gain retirement security,” Walker said.

A special message in honor of Teacher Appreciation Day from John Kern, Chair of Bargaining Unit 3’s Statewide Bargaining Advisory Committee

May 5, 2015 is Teacher Appreciation Day. Local 1000 appreciates the contributions of its teacher members in Bargaining Unit 3 and is proud to recognize and celebrate you today.  

Unit 15 custodians are wearing hats again at three state office buildings after an arbitrator ruled a DGS “no-hat” directive “overly broad and unreasonable.”

It’s been said that, despite the paperwork and the long hours, nurses dispense comfort, caring and compassion … all without a prescription.

Every year we celebrate the extraordinary work of nurses during National Nurses Week. Nurses are the heart of our nation’s health care system; they are the human beings who put warmth and kindness into the sometimes impersonal world of modern medicine.

Thank you to our nurses for the care they provide to their patients and for the care they demonstrate in their ongoing efforts to advocate for their fellow workers.

We want to provide you, as an SEIU Local 1000 member, an opportunity to celebrate your family’s immigration story. Who is an important family member you would want to recognize for their journey to this country and providing your family to be here now? Who do you recognize for establishing your family’s roots in the United States? Write to us about it, provide us a picture of yourself and pictures of them, or pictures of you holding their pics and recognize them this year in our digital campaign on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

Following are the comments of Local 1000 member Susan Difuntorum, an associate information systems analyst at DDS. She testified on May 26 at the Secure Choice Retirement Board, who is working to provide retirement options for the millions of Californians who don’t have employer-provided pensions.

Local 1000’s ongoing campaign to update the job specifications of nearly 4,000 Program Technicians (PT) got a boost when the state agreed to jointly interview workers about their duties in several key departments.

Maureen Thompson is returning to her job with a fresh outlook on Local 1000’s work after completing a three-month legislative fellowship at our Sacramento headquarters.

Thompson’s fellowship opened up a new world for the member who has already served the union as a job steward, District Bargaining
Unit Representative (DBUR) for District Labor Council (DLC) 741 and delegate to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council.

Thompson gained a sharper perspective on the challenges Local 1000 faces in this time of big money anti-labor attacks.