As outlined in Paragraph 5 of Article 5.17.1 in our MOU, we are pleased to share the finalized 2024 joint report drafted by the Bargaining Unit (BU) 01 Recruitment and Retention Committee. You can access the entire report here. This final report was drafted jointly with CalHR and a standing team of labor representatives from various departments that employ the chosen classifications.
Our members were the driving force that moved this process, and we could not have finished this report without their dedicated work and continued engagement – whether they submitted an application for a classification to be considered, acted as a subject matter expert (SME) for their classification, or supported our SMEs as the gave their presentations to the State. Our Union team was able to successfully facilitate the creation of this report as a result of our members’ work.
This report is a resource that our Union uses to raise our leverage when we go into contract negotiations to tackle the issues important to BU 01. While there is no guaranteed outcome at the table based on any of the information in the report, the included data and the discussions we had with the State provide valuable background about ongoing recruitment and retention issues that are likely to be discussed that may not otherwise have been part of the conversation.
The State team has already shared this report with the Director of CalHR, and they will be utilizing this report as part of the overall information they consider when addressing employee compensation.
As with all of the work we do with our Union, members are the driving force in our success, and growing that membership is an integral part to continue to build member power.
If your classification was not one of the ten chosen for this report, please be on the lookout for when applications next open. We encourage interested members to check the BU 01 web page regularly for additional information about this report and our upcoming Contract campaign to build strength for bargaining.
If you have any questions about this report or the process overall, please direct them to [email protected].
We would like to thank the following members who contributed to this report.
SEIU Local 1000 Unit 1 Recruitment and Retention Committee:
Susan Rodriguez, Chair of Unit 1, State Fund
Mike Ramos, Vice Chair of Unit 1, Lottery
Vincent Green, Alternate Vice Chair of Unit 1, CalVet
Carolyn Alluis, DIR
Karen DeVoll, CDCR
Frank Askin, CUIAB
Gina Crawford, CalPERS
Eddie Isaacs, DOT
Cristen Harrington, DIR
Mary Hunkins, DHCS
Matt Montgomery, CDCR
Lynne Mosely, CPUC
Joanne Silverstrom, EDD
Angela Williams, EDD
Joshua Zelman, EDD
Cathy Reabold, DSH
Subject Matter Experts:
Marissa Meza-Coronado, Accountant I, CDCR
Trevor McCormick, Associate Tax Auditor, CDTFA
Mary Hinton, Disability Evaluation Analyst III, DSS
Grace Esparza, Field Examiner I, ALRB
Mandy Ho, Health Program Auditor IV, DHCS
Natasha Kaupanger-Swacker, Hearing Reporter, DIR
Christian Reyes, Investigative Auditor IV, DOJ
Wilson Muzhuthettu, General Auditor III, CSLC
Gina Crawford, Research Program Specialist II, CalPERS
Carolyn Yap, Senior Insurance Rate Analyst, CDI”