Telework Works for CA

This is a priority issue for Local 1000 and part of our commitment to providing real representation. Changes in telework impact your working conditions, so when our employer seeks to change working conditions (including telework), they must notice Local 1000 of these changes.

When Local 1000 receives notice of proposed changes, it enables the Union to bargain over those changes to mitigate the impacts. The employer may not change working conditions without considering the impact to workers—and never unilaterally. And that’s where your Union steps in. If your department is implementing RTO and this impacts you and your coworkers, please reach out to your URC Rep, or the MRC, to get an update on your department’s Meet and Confer AND we encourage you to take action below!

Download the Virtual Background and share with your department coworkers!

2. Call/Email your Director and tell them why Telework works for you.

DRAFT Template Language:

Dear ______.

My coworkers and I are very concerned our agency’s push to “Return to Office.” I’m a SEIU Local 1000 member and work as a (job class) in (your department). I love being able to provide important services to the State of CA and I take pride in my work.

We are concerned about return to office because (insert your department specific concern here. Examples are listed below)

• our department reduced the size of our office and there isn’t space.
• our parking is no longer safe due to increased crime and unhoused.
• our department moved during the pandemic shut down.
• our department is concerned about the increased exposure to illnesses.

Telework is a valuable recruitment and retention tool for our agency and keeps our workforce prepared for disasters. Telework has increased morale and productivity by reducing and improving our work/life balance. We ask that you support Telework in our agency and say No to RTO.

3. Share your Story

Share your story about why “Telework works for you” here. We will
use these stories as we meet with Agency Directors and elected
officials.

4. Join or ask a Coworker to Join SEIU Local 1000.

We have power in numbers! Join our union today.