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New Local 1000 leadership sworn in
New and returning statewide, regional leaders will guide our future More than 60 member-elected union leaders took the oath of office on June 30, beginning three-year terms where they will guide the future of our Union as we prepare for the challenges and...
Member action, political power help preserve telework stipends
We’re reporting a big win for our represented employees who work remotely: our contractual right to a telework stipend will remain in force after we pushed back against a legislative effort to remove the benefit through budgetary process. We won through a combination...
Lottery News: Stewards organize and win better working conditions
Lottery Stewards and members creating a better workplace through better, regular communication with management California Lottery employees can look forward to improved working conditions after a committed group of Local 1000 Stewards organized for and secured a...
Unit 20 Bargaining News for Tuesday, May 3
Unit 20’s bargaining team came to the table today with a range of proposals to improve a number of themes identified by their members as priorities to ensure a better workplace and the ability to perform their work at peak efficiency. Those proposals included: Post...
Unit 20 Bargaining News for Thursday, April 28
Our Unit 20 bargaining team returned to the table today with a focus on improving the quality of care our Medical and Social Services Specialists provide as well as the quality of their personal lives. We impressed on the state that working in challenging, sometimes...
Unit 20 Bargaining News for Friday, April 15
Local 1000’s Unit 20 bargaining team met with state negotiators for the first time today, representing the interests of our members who work as Medical and Social Services Specialists. The team shared their diverse backgrounds and deep job experience with the state’s...
Unit 17 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 9, 2019
The SEIU Unit 17 bargaining team met for the first time with state negotiators on Tuesday, July 9, to represent the interests of the over 5300 Registered Nurses across California. During the session, Unit 17-represented members made presentations about their job...
Unit 17 Bargaining Update for Friday, July 19, 2019
Unit 17 RNs met with state negotiators to drive home the value of their work and the daily challenges they face in providing quality care to our most vulnerable patients. Members from Unit 17 provided compelling stories of unreasonable workloads caused by recruitment...
Unit 17 Bargaining Update for Friday, July 26, 2019
Unit 17 bargaining team went to the table Friday and continued its efforts to create opportunities for better work schedules. Many of our nurses work in 24-hour facilities and often are subject to management’s rigid scheduling practices, which don’t offer a lot of...
Unit 17 Bargaining Update for Tuesday, July 31, 2019
On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Unit 17 went back to the bargaining table in the latest stage of our ongoing battle to create a safe, equitable workplace and deliver job satisfaction for our 5300+ Registered Nurses across California. “We presented two new proposals...