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Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Thursday, July 25, 2019
Unit 3 Bargaining Team Protects Previous Gains with Rollover Proposals
On Thursday, July 25, 2019, Local 1000’s Unit 3 bargaining team met with state negotiators to protect provisions in the current contract that make a difference to the unit’s work force.
Unit 3 accepted rollover provisions from the current contract that ensures:
Unit 3 Bargaining Update for Monday July 8, 2019
Unit 3 Propose and Pass Four Special Salary Increases to State
Monday, July 8, marked the first 2019 meeting between the Local 1000 Unit 3 bargaining team and state representatives as they began the process of negotiating another great contract for union members. Serving teachers and librarians across California from Blythe to Weaverville, the Unit 3 team made four presentations to the state advocating for the interests of SEIU 1000 members and their families, with the goal of creating a California For All.
UPDATE: Contraband Interdiction Pilot Program (CIP)
On January 25, 2019, our Union met with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) to discuss the implementation of the Contraband Interdiction Pilot Program (CIP) at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF) at Corcoran.
UPDATE: Learning Management System (LMS) Pilot Program
On February 8, 2019, our Union met with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to discuss the implementation of a pilot program of a new Learning Management System (LMS) operated from State and Inmate owned JPay tablets at five (5) institutions.
These institutions include:
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Friday, August 9th, 2019
Unit 4 Bargaining Team Negotiates New Dispatcher Clerk Classification Study
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.
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Wednesday, August 7th, 2019
Unit 4 Bargaining Team Stands Up for Seasonal Clerks at Negotiation Table
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.
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Unit 4 workers seek to Highlight Upward Mobility Language to Ensure it Applies to all Workers
Unit 4 returned to the bargaining table on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 in an effort to highlight upward mobility and employee recognition and morale program language. Not only did the bargaining team protect current upward mobility provisions in the current contract, they presented a proposal to secure upward mobility opportunities for employees working in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the Office of Tax Appeals.
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Friday, July 26, 2019
Unit 4 Heads Back to the Bargaining Table to Support its Members Working Out-of-State
Unit 4 went back to the bargaining table on Friday, July 26, 2019, and continued to challenge the state to value the work our members perform. This means ensuring that Unit 4 workers are compensated fairly for the work they do, regardless of where they live, and that the state has an up-to-date understanding of the job duties and responsibilities that Unit 4 members deliver on a daily basis.
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Unit 4 Bargaining Team Signs 19 Tentative Agreements; Protects Upward Mobility at Table
This Tuesday Local 1000’s Unit 4 bargaining team made great progress towards making this state a California for All. On July 30th they were able to sign 19 tentative agreements and were able to protect critical contract language that protects upward mobility opportunities for over 20,000 Unit 4 state workers in California.
Unit 4 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Unit 4 Members Tell State Negotiators it’s time to Invest in its Employees
Local 1000’s Office and Allied work force met with state negotiators on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, to make the case California needs to invest in them and the important work they do in carrying out and supporting the administrative work of state agencies all across California.
On Tuesday, Unit 4’s bargaining team submitted over 25 special salary adjustments and did four presentations to state negotiators that detailed the substance of the work they do and the importance of that work to the efficient and accurate running of state agencies.