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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 the bargaining process, Unit 1 negotiators proposed to “roll-over” the current Post and Bid provision at EDD. The state countered with anti-nepotism language that would allow management to deny Post and Bid placements if they were found to be based on favoritism.

After a long day at the bargaining table on Wednesday, August 7^th, 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.

Meeting in a special joint “side table” with the state, Units 1 and 4 fought for and won a major advance for Lottery employees on Wednesday, August 21. The advance stands to update and improve the bonus structure for its field sales representatives in Unit 1 and the lottery ticket sales specialist series in Unit 4.

These are the workers on the front lines who drive Lottery revenues that contribute more than $1 billion annually to the state’s public schools and help create a California for All.

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 clean up language change proposals that were agreed upon.

On Wednesday, August 21, Unit 3’s bargaining team signed a tentative agreement (TA) that clarifies the process by which Career Technical Education (CTE) Instructors are initially placed on the unit’s salary schedule. This new language will ensure that CTE instructors are assessed and placed in the schedule on equal footing with Academic instructors.

Our Unit 3 bargaining team recorded some important wins for the Professional Educators and Librarians in state service. And in doing so, the team laid the groundwork for securing a contract that creates a California for All.

“This was a long-fought and fruitful day for our team and our members,” said Terry Hibbard, Unit 3 bargaining chair. “In all, we signed 19 different tentative agreements that preserve our wins from previous contract campaigns.”

Among the highlights from the 19 “roll over” agreements:

Monday, August 5, 2019, was an important day for our Unit 3 bargaining team as they signed 23 Tentative Agreements. In addition, they continued to protect important provisions from the current contract and challenge state negotiators to support professional development for Unit 3 members.

Monday, August 5, 2019, was an important day for our Unit 3 bargaining team as they signed 23 Tentative Agreements. In addition, they continued to protect important provisions from the current contract and challenge state negotiators to support professional development for Unit 3 members.

Unit 4’s bargaining team signed another tentative agreement (TA) this Friday, August 9, securing a new Dispatcher Clerk and Dispatcher Clerk (CalTrans) classification study. The TA represented another big victory for Local 1000’s Dispatcher Clerks and will jump-start a class review process that began over a decade ago.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, the Unit 4 Bargaining Team returned to the negotiation table to support the Seasonal Clerks in their fight for living wages and economic security.  Unit 4 proposed an increase to the night differential for Seasonal Clerks and seeks to change the way the night differential is calculated.