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Contract campaign shifts into higher gear;
get ready to act!

Local 1000 members up and down the state are getting ready to act in support of bargaining as final preparations are underway for contract negotiations that begin May 20.

Local 1000 noticed the state last week that we intend to open numerous contract articles and that a key focus of our proposals will be issues that ensure we retain and attract qualified state workers.

Next week, members of the Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC) will meet to finalize our initial contract proposals. Those proposals will reflect the priorities of members derived from more than 22,000 bargaining surveys, along with feedback from the thousands of members who attended “Listen-up” meetings in February and “Follow-up” meetings in April and May.

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This week on Channel 1000

The Channel 1000 News, an in-depth video newscast of what is happening at SEIU Local 1000, is on the air right now. These are some of the stories we are covering this week:

Local 1000 members head to the Capitol to discuss outsourcing in an Assembly subcommittee hearing. Listen to what they are saying.

Facilities closures are being discussed at the Division of Juvenile Justice. We’ll tell you what one politician is now pushing the Department of Corrections to do.

Local 1000 members force CalPERS to make changes to co-pays and other fees.

These stories and plenty more on The Channel 1000 News, which broadcasts at seiu1000.org 24 hours a day, seven days a week with a new broadcast each Friday beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Click here to go directly to Channel 1000.

We’re demanding a say in our health care costs
“CalPERS must bring transparency and increased competition to the process”

Skyrocketing health insurance premiums are drastically cutting the money available for wage increases, and Local 1000 is pressing CalPERS to do something about it.

Why CalPERS? State law mandates that all state employees must participate in CalPERS-brokered health insurance plans, and many question the amount of competition in the CalPERS process.

“Every year, CalPERS staff negotiates behind closed doors with insurers to set rates for our health care premiums,” said Yvonne Walker, Local 1000 vice president for bargaining. “This process of hidden negotiations must end.”

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