Using the Media to Spread our Message … and our Demands
As state workers fighting to win a good contract and a livable wage, we’ve used many tools to raise our profile and to make the challenges we face more public. They give resonance and impact to our demands for the State to respect us, protect us, and pay us!
Here are some recent examples of the media coverage we’ve earned:
Affordable housing is critical to solving homelessness –
Capitol Weekly, August 8
https://capitolweekly.net/affordable-housing-is-critical-to-solving-homelessness/
California’s public health agency is filled with
vacancies. Is it ready for the next pandemic? – Sacramento
Bee, August 8
https://www.sacbee.com/article277651613.html
Pay for the most common state worker jobs in Sacramento
hasn’t kept up with inflation – Sacramento Bee, July
7
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article277070178.html
This California state worker union demanded 30% raises.
See what the State offered instead – Sacramento Bee,
June 29
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article276756571.html
State workers protest at California State Capitol to
demand pay raises amid SEIU bargaining – Sacramento Bee,
June 29
https://amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article276839776.html
California deaf school workers can’t afford housing. They
want unprecedented pay raises – Sacramento Bee, June
28
https://www.sacbee.com/article276713476.html
Government Staffing Vacancies Are Costing Lives –
Newsweek, June 21
https://www.newsweek.com/government-staffing-vacancies-are-costing-lives-opinion-1808165
Juneteenth is a holiday in California, so why do state
workers still need to request the day off? – KCRA-TV, June
19
https://www.kcra.com/amp/article/california-juneteenth-not-paid-holiday-off/44258288
California state workers should not be struggling to pay
for the basics – CalMatters, April
25
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/04/california-state-worker-low-pay/
For California state workers, stagnant wages erode
stability of civil service jobs – Sacramento Bee, March
28
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article273645655.html