Bargaining Unit 17
Registered Nurses
Recent Updates from Unit 17:
“These are some recent wins we’ve had: successfully helping members fight for their bonuses, including a victory against DSH’s refusal to pay. We also completed three critical reports on mandatory overtime for the Dept. of State Hospitals, CDCR/CCHCS, and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, strengthening our fight for fair working conditions.”
Who We are
Unit 17 includes registered nurses who work in California prisons, veteran’s homes, developmental centers, mental health hospitals, departments of healthcare services and public health, special schools and other departments that serve Californians.
For any questions or concerns, please email us at [email protected]
Unit 17 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)
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Our contract is the agreement between SEIU Local 1000 and the State that outlines our pay, our benefits, and our rights! Our bargaining team is gearing up to negotiate a new contract and what we win depends on how strong and united we are.
Here are the priorities our Bargaining Unit 17 team is bringing to the table:
Special Salary Adjustment (SSA) for Registered Nurses (RN)
- RNs have lacked recognition for decades.
- We will do everything possible to secure this SSA, however it will also take you to fight with us at your worksites. Your actions are essential to our fight for a fair contract.
Strengthen Article Language for Floating/Redirecting RNs
- We must eliminate contract violations, which are currently happening at an alarming rate in the majority of departments with RN staff.
- This issue was in the top three for member responses in the Unit 17 Bargaining Survey.
Improve the Reimbursement Process for the State of California
- The inefficient system known as “CalATERS” prohibits our members from receiving their work-related reimbursements in a timely manner or at all.
- Our bargaining team will be developing a proposal to change this antiquated process to a more modern procedure of reimbursing SEIU Local 1000 nurses that is already being used in other classifications.
Unit 17 Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Our Unit 17 bargaining team recorded progress on a number of fronts for the Registered Nurses we represent; our session today was fraught with disappointment as well. “Overall, it was very disappointing,” said Vanessa Seastrong, Unit 17 bargaining...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
The Unit 17 team returned to the table this week to continue negotiations with the State’s bargaining team over the critical issues that must be addressed in our next contract as we fight for respect, protection, and pay for all. With only two more...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
As Unit 17 returned to the table once again to negotiate with the State, our bargaining team is fighting to make nurses’ needs a priority. We have addressed the issues that our members have identified to get a contract that ensures the State...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
As Unit 17 returns to the table once again to negotiate with the State, our bargaining team is fighting to solve the urgent problems faced by Registered Nurses and make their needs a priority at the table. Unit 17’s bargaining session opened with a...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
While Unit 17 continues to negotiate with the State, our bargaining team is making sure that the voices and needs of Registered Nurses are a priority at the table. Today’s bargaining session began with our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Two nurse...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
As we enter another week of bargaining with the State for a contract that respects, protects, and pays the workers who have kept California running, our Bargaining Unit 17 team returned to the table on May 16. In spite of the number of articles...
Bargaining Unit 17 & 20 Recap: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Happy Nurses’ Week from your Bargaining Unit 17 (BU 17) and Bargaining Unit 20 (BU 20) Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committees (BUNC). While we celebrate the work nurses do across the country, SEIU Local 1000-represented nurses went to the table on...
Bargaining Unit 17 & 20 Recap: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Happy Nurses’ Week from your Bargaining Unit 17 (BU 17) and Bargaining Unit 20 (BU 20) Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committees (BUNC). While we celebrate the work nurses do across the country, SEIU Local 1000-represented nurses went to the table on...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
We are entering our third week of bargaining with the State for a contract that respects, protects, and pays the workers who have kept California running. Our Unit 17 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee, or BUNC, went to the table on May 2 to...
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The registered nurses who work in California prisons, veterans’ homes, developmental centers, mental health hospitals, Departments of Health Care Services and Public Health, special schools, and other departments represented by Local...
Unit 17 Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Today’s Unit 17 bargaining session was both brief and productive. We reached a tentative agreement that protects previous hard-fought language and exchanged and discussed two other counterproposals....
Bargaining Unit 17 Recap: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
After kicking off bargaining for our “master table” session last week, members across the state are making their voices heard as we demand a strong contract that Respects, Protects, and Pays the employees that kept California running for the last...