Unit 3
Professional Educators & Librarians
You can get in touch with any BU3 DBUR by contacting your DLC president or calling the Member Resource Center, 866.471.7348
Who We are
Unit 3 includes teachers, specialists and librarians working in the: California Military Department (one worksite), Department of Rehabilitation (one worksite), Department of State Hospitals (five worksites), Department of Developmental Services (five worksites), California Department of Education (six worksites), CDCR Division of Juvenile Justice (five worksites), CDCR Division of Adult Institutions (thirty four worksites)
Unit 3 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)
Bargaining Unit 3 includes professional educators and librarians, such as teachers, librarians, and education consultants, particularly within correctional facilities. These members are dedicated to providing education and resources to support learning and development.
Share your feedback on contract negotiations by contacting your bargaining unit leaders at [email protected].
Meet Your Bargaining Unit 3 Elected Officials:
| Position | Elected Member | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Bob Holtz | CDCR |
| Vice Chair | Barbara Guzman | CDCR |
| Alternate Vice Chair | Alex Hamilton | CDCR |
| BUNC Member | Ty Kovacs | CDE |
| BUNC Member | Barbara Guzman | CDCR |
| BUNC Member | Kelly Goodwin | CDCR |
| BUNC Member | Alex Hamilton | CDCR |
| 1st Alternate BUNC Member | Amy Kimmerle-Haggard | CDE |
| 2nd Alternate BUNC Member | Hope Alombro | CDCR |
| 3rd Alternate BUNC Member | Daniel Puett | CDCR |
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 3 team is bringing to the table:
Leave Improvements
Expanding access and strengthening the ability to use leave without unnecessary barriers
Stronger Representation and Enforcement
Examining methods by which we can effectuate contract enforcement that also ensures that workplace health and safety protections are maintained and improved
Salary and Compensation
Continuing the fight for competitive salary and compensation, including differentials, and other compensation-related provisions
Instructional Assignment Protections
Strengthening language that provides greater transparency, fairness, and stability in instructional assignments
Unit 3 Bargaining Updates
21.13.3 Student Assignments Advisory Committee Update
The SEIU Local 1000 Bargaining Unit (BU) 3 Team has exercised the language we fought for and launched an advisory committee with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) pertaining to student class assignments. There is...
Meeting Recap: 5.19.3 Classification and Compensation Committee – Jan 2026
Our Bargaining Unit (BU) 3 team held an ongoing statewide 5.19.3 Classification and Compensation Committee meeting on January 26, addressing multiple statewide concerns impacting BU 3 teachers across CDCR and CDE, with primary focus on leave usage,...
Meeting Recap: 5.19.3 Classification and Compensation Committee – Oct 2025
Our Bargaining Unit (BU) 3 team held the ongoing statewide 5.19.3 Classification and Compensation Committee meeting on October 30th, to address issues impacting represented workers in Unit 3. In this meeting, we focused on gaining a clearer...
CDCR ITO Discontinuation
For the last 30 years, the Governor has authorized four hours of ITO for all state employees during the holidays. Historically, teachers at CDCR have received this benefit. However, recent notice of impact received from CDCR states that Unit 3...
CRC Voluntary Transfer Process (VTP) Agreement Reached
A Local 1000 Bargaining Team — made up of a number of directly impacted employees and the Bargaining Unit Chairs for those Units — have reached an agreement with the State outlining the process, eligibility and support that our represented...
Upcoming Virtual Info Sessions on the Closure of California Rehabilitation Center (CRC)
Our Union will be hosting Zoom informational sessions to provide information about the current closure phase and what impacted employees can expect this Fall. The meetings will be held on the following dates and times: Thursday, October 9th from...
CDE Meet and Confer Update: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
On May 29th, 2025, SEIU Local 1000 conducted a Meet and Confer with the California Department of Education regarding the implementation of the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) process as of 6.13.2025 at the Schools for the Deaf in both Riverside...
CDE proposed Special Schools Academic Calendar 2025-2026
Members of Bargaining Unit 3 as well as Bargaining Unit 20 met with the California Department of Education on March 18th, 2025, regarding the proposed Academic Calendar for 2025-2026. We went into the meeting with...
Meeting Update with OCE from Jan. 14, 2025
Members of your Unit 3 bargaining team met for the second time with the Office of Correctional Education (OCE) on January 14, 2025, regarding the proposed academic calendar for 2025-2026. The dates within the proposed calendar itself were not in...
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Update on Appendix S – 12.1 Business and Travel Expenses [New]
SEIU Local 1000 met with CalHR on July 22, 2024, and again on September 17, 2024, regarding implementing “New” Appendix S - 12.1 Business and Travel Expenses. As negotiated last year, the Business and Travel Expenses section (12.1) will be updated...
Unit 3 Bargaining News for Saturday, June 4
The Unit 3 bargaining team returned to the table today and continued to press the state on issues related to compensation and working conditions. The state remains silent about the comprehensive salary proposal we presented 30 days ago. A key...
Unit 3 Bargaining News for Friday, May 6
3’s bargaining team went to the table today and gave the state two proposals of high importance to our members. Today was the culmination of months of work on these compensation issues and we have made a clear case to the state that we expect...
Unit 3 Bargaining Team
The Local 1000 contract expires on July 1, and the entire union is mobilizing, gathering resources and building member power. We begin negotiating with the state in April, so our 63-member bargaining team is in place and deep in preparations,...
New law expands role of Unit 3 librarians
Our 2015 legislative agenda—a yearlong effort to make politics matter for our members and all Californians—was capped this week when Gov. Brown signed the Local 1000-supported Senate Bill 343 into law. Titled “CDCR Librarians and Inmate Community...
Unit 3 Bargaining Updates
Highlights from Unit 3 Tentative Agreement Early Saturday morning, the SEIU Local 1000 bargaining team reached an overall Tentative Agreement with the State. If ratified, the contract would significantly raise the wage floor for tens of thousands...
Bargaining Unit 3 Recap: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Our Unit 3 bargaining team continues to work collaboratively with the State to advance the interests of those Professional Educators and Librarians we represent. And, collaboration is a central theme to our negotiations: our proposals are crafted...
Bargaining Unit 3 OCE Academic Calendar_2023-24
Bargaining Unit 3 members of SEIU Local 1000 met with State representatives twice in the month of December 2022 to confer on the proposed 2023-2024 Academic Calendar for the teachers in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,...
Update on Expectations Memo and the Laptop Program
On Thursday, July 14, 2022, SEIU Local 1000 met with the OCE to discuss both the Expectations Memo and the Laptop Program. We brought up several concerns and asked about the historical background and intent of the Expectations Letter. We expressed...