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Contract enforcement wins back pay awards
When management fails to respect our contract, to recognize the work we do and the fair compensation we deserve, we protect our members with professional representation and deliver results.
Unit 1: Member wins out-of-class grievance
DMV Meet and Confer Update
Saturday Service Hours
SEIU Local 1000 met and conferred with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on August 29, 2018 to continue negotiations regarding the impacts of the implementation of the RealID program. The primary focus of the discussions was around the increased hours and locations of operations at DMV field offices.
SEIU Local 1000 Updates for the Department Motor Vehicles (DMV)
No Saturday Service in Field Offices on Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Weekends
On August 29, 2018, Local 1000 and DMV continued negotiations regarding the department’s intent to open field offices on the Saturday before Veterans Day (November 10) and the Saturday after Thanksgiving (November 24). After long discussions around our negotiation team’s proposals, DMV has rescinded the requirement that the field offices be open on either day. This victory allows our DMV members to enjoy their upcoming holiday weekends.
DJJ Cellsense Meet and Confer
On August 7th, 2018, our union met with the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Department of Juvenile Justice (CDCR DJJ) to discuss the implementation of the Cellsense Contraband Detector program within the DJJ Facilities in the state.
EDD Fingerprint and Background Checks
Due to new IRS rules regarding fingerprinting and background checks, the Employment Development Department (EDD) implemented new policies impacting about 5500+ of our members. Local 1000 met multiple times with EDD and the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to ensure the implementation was not overly broad and did not impact any of our members unnecessarily.
Some of the major results of our team’s negotiations include the following:
Research Data Analyst Meet and Confer
On May 30, 2018, SEIU Local 1000 met with the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to discuss the proposed consolidation of the Research Analyst, Research Program Specialist, Operations Research Specialist and Tax Research Specialist Series. This proposed consolidation will reduce the current 37 duplicative parenthetical classifications down to 7 generalized classifications. The consolidation is part of the Governor’s Civil Service Improvement (CSI) Project to reduce the number of existing classifications.
New bargaining team members elected as work begins on 2020 contract negotiations
We're building member power to leverage a great contract.
More than 150 newly-elected and returning bargaining representatives, members of the Statewide Bargaining Advisory Committee (SBAC), came together on July 14-15, taking important steps on the road to contract negotiations that will begin next year.
Also elected was the 58-member Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)—representatives from each of the nine bargaining units in Local 1000—the bargaining team responsible for negotiating our new contract.
Meet and Confer over the Department of Motor Vehicles Implementation of Real ID
On June 6, 2018, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Heat Team met with management to continue to negotiate the impact of the implementation of Real ID. Discussions were productive and positive as the team brought up a variety of concerns about workload, staffing levels, improving the Real ID process and providing Californians a better experience at the DMV field offices.
Specific issues that the DMV Heat Team raised were:
DCSS Fingerprint and Background Checks
Due to new IRS rules regarding fingerprinting and background checks, the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) implemented new policies impacting about 400+ of our members. SEIU Local 1000 met multiple times with DCSS and the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) to ensure the department’s implementation was not overly broad and they did not impact any of our members unnecessarily.
Some of the major details from your team’s negotiations include the following:
Bargaining Unit 1 and 4 State Fund Update
Bargaining unit representatives Susan Rodriguez (Unit 1, Alternate Vice Chair) and Sophia Perkins (Unit 4, Chair) met with State Fund and CalHR to negotiate impacts to existing performance standards and the creation of new performance standards for Workers Compensation Claims Adjusters (WCCA), Workers Compensation Insurance Technician (WCIT) and Program Technicians (PT) being implemented by State Fund.