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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 15, 2019
Unit 1 Comes to the Table with Powerful Stories Calling for Equity, Workplace Safety and Education Justice
Yesterday our Unit 1 bargaining team went to the table with their state counterparts to continue their push for more equitable compensation for the work that they do. The team submitted a comprehensive list of their Special Salary Adjustments (SSA) for Unit 1 state workers, whose value to our communities is still unequal to their pay.
Unit 1 also submitted a number of other workplace safety and education justice proposals to ensure that Unit 1 workers are protected on the job and have more opportunities to enhance their skills.
UPDATE: QA Bill
On January 22, 2019, our Union met with the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) to discuss a revision to the Performance Standard to Quality Assurance (QA) in the Claims Processing Center (CPC) Bill Review Unit and the implementation of a performance standard for QA in the Scan Indexing Unit.
UPDATE: Quality Assurance (QA) form
On January 22, 2019, our Union met with the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) to discuss the introduction of a monthly Quality Assurance (QA) form and process for Medical Provider (MP) phone agents located within the Claims Processing Center.
Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 8, 2019
Bargaining Unit 1 Focuses on Special Salary Adjustment Proposals
Our Unit 1 bargaining team, which includes professional, administrative, staff and financial occupations, met with state negotiators on Monday, July 8, to tell their own stories about the work that they do and the value it brings to the residents of California each and every day.
Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Career Technical Education Instructors in CDCR Win Clarifying Language on Initial Placements
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.
Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Wednesday, August 7th, 2019
Unit 3 Signs Agreements Preserving Professional Status, Prep Time and Personal Days
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:
Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 29, 2019
Unit 3 Protects Important Temperature Provisions for Workers in State Facilities
On Monday, July 29, 2019, Local 1000’s Unit 3 bargaining team met with state negotiators again and rolled over five provisions in the current contract, one of which protects workers from extreme temperatures while on the job.
Most Unit 3 employees work in state facilities where buildings can get very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter. These temperature extremes can have an impact on an employee’s ability to effectively carry out their job duties and can have health and safety implications as well.
Unit 3 agreed to roll-over language on Monday that:
Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Monday, August 5th, 2019
Unit 3 Signs 23 Tentative Agreements; Protects Professional Development for Vocational Instructors
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 3 Bargaining Update for Monday, August 5th, 2019
Unit 3 Signs 23 Tentative Agreements; Protects Professional Development for Vocational Instructors
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 3 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 15, 2019
Unit 3 Pursues Pay Schedule Fairness for CTE Workers and Work Schedule Respect
Local 1000’s Unit 3 Professional Educators and Librarians returned to the bargaining table on Monday, July 15, 2019 in their pursuit of a more equitable pay scale and scheduling policies that respect the family and personal lives of people who provide services such as rehabilitation programming for the state’s prisoner population, educational instruction for deaf students and diagnostics for persons with disabilities.