Unit 3: Professional Educators & Librarians

Unit 3

BU3 DBURs from L to R: Jesse Diaz, Ed Beadle (partially obscured), Maureen Thompson, Wade Bouton, Sue Knapp, Bruce Theel, Elma Rodriguez, John Kern, Tony Narvais, Mark Barr, Collette Gau-Cunningham, Pamm Handel, Terry Hibbard, Daniel Jue. Kathy Skow and Ralph Blahnik missed the photo shoot.

You can get in touch with any BU3 DBUR by contacting your DLC president or calling the Member Resource Center, 866 471 7348

Unit 3 includes teachers and librarians at the Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Mental Health, Department of Developmental Services, California Department of Education Special Schools (Blind and Deaf) and Diagnostic Centers, Division of Juvenile Justice and the Division of Adult Institutions in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Unit 3 Alert: Bargaining Update - May 17

10:28 PM - May 17, 2013
Today our Bargaining Unit 3 team - representing Professional Educators and Librarians - signed a tentative agreement with the state.

We signed a tentative agreement on temperature control in classrooms that incorporates into our contract, language from a side letter. The new language guarantees classrooms in juvenile correctional facilities will be maintained between 60 and 85 degrees.
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Unit 3 Alert: Bargaining Update - May 15

5:32 PM - May 15, 2013
Today, Local 1000 returned to the negotiating table to meet with representatives from the state and continue bargaining for our new contract. The state spent the last two weeks reviewing the proposals we gave them in April - 29 Master Table proposals affecting all Local-1000 represented employees, and 50 different proposals affecting our nine individual bargaining units.

During that same time, the bargaining team took this opportunity to host six town hall and 158 worksite meetings up and down the state. They updated members and encouraged them to become active because each member is critical to successful contract fight. Before and after each town hall meeting, bargaining team members spoke one-on-one with attendees, connecting with them on a more personal level to hear their comments and answer their questions.
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Adult Prison Academic Calendars 2013-2014

10:43 AM - May 9, 2013
Below are the CDCR-OCE adult schools' academic calendars for the 2013/2014 year:

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Bargaining updates brought to the worksite!

11:04 AM - April 25, 2013
Between April 29 and May 10, more than 100 Bargaining Update Meetings are scheduled at worksites all over California to inform members about our bargaining progress. Our bargaining team members are working hard to build upon our previously hard-fought contract wins by strengthening employee rights and benefits, providing additional compensation and improving our medical coverage.

At these meetings, you will receive information regarding what we have presented to the state, any resulting developments, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. You'll also have an opportunity to become part of a Contract Action Team (CAT) to deliver news about bargaining and contract actions to your coworkers. Our contract starts and ends with you! Be sure you're there every step of the way! 




Categories: Bargaining News, Unit 1, Unit 11, Unit 14, Unit 15: Allied Service Workers, Unit 17: Registered Nurses, Unit 20: Medical & Social Services Specialists, Unit 21: Educational Consultants & Librarians, Unit 3: Professional Educators & Librarians, Unit 4: Office & Allied Workers | Tags: bargaining, contract |

Local 1000 signs first tentative agreement impacting all employees

7:50 PM - April 24, 2013
Local 1000's bargaining team signed the first tentative agreement of our new contract at the master table today, one that provides a huge advance in our fight against outsourcing.

The agreement makes permanent the Budget Solutions Task Force that was established by the June 2012 Side Letter Agreement. The ongoing work of the task force is to achieve real savings by reviewing and analyzing private vendor contracts. It also reduces the use of outsourced work that can be done more efficiently and at less expense by state employees.

Our bargaining team presented a new proposal today that would limit the state's ability to use retired annuitants and student assistants - another provision of the side letter agreement to be made a permanent article in our contract.

Today's negotiations also included further discussion of our proposal to improve the business and travel expense article. Local 1000 members provided expert testimony about out-of-date and insufficient reimbursement and per diem rates.

Local 1000 returns to the bargaining table tomorrow and again on Friday.
Categories: Bargaining News, Unit 1, Unit 11, Unit 14, Unit 15: Allied Service Workers, Unit 17: Registered Nurses, Unit 20: Medical & Social Services Specialists, Unit 21: Educational Consultants & Librarians, Unit 3: Professional Educators & Librarians, Unit 4: Office & Allied Workers | Tags: bargaining, contract |

Unit 3 Bargaining Update - Friday, April 19

5:05 PM - April 19, 2013
The Unit 3 bargaining team returned to the table today - for the second time this week - to focus on issues of importance to the Professional Educators and Librarians represented by Local 1000. 

Unit 3 presented three proposals to the state today, all related to pay issues. Here is what we proposed: 

  • A salary schedule for correctional librarians that would recognize those classifications for their education, professional development and years of service.
  • For correctional educators, a single salary schedule that would apply to all correctional facilities, giving many of them a pay increase.
  • For teachers at DDS, DSH and DOR, a salary schedule that would recognize them for their education, professional development and years of service

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Unit 3 Bargaining Update - Monday, April 15

5:38 PM - April 15, 2013

 

Dear Unit 3 Employee,

 

Your bargaining team met with the state to present seven detailed proposals pertaining specifically to our unit. These proposals seek to protect our existing contract language and improve our unit specific interests.

 

Our proposals would:

 

  • Improve employee discretion in scheduling time off during the 220-day academic calendar
  • Provide a $1400 stipend for teachers who tutor students for the California High School Exit Exam in the State Special Schools
  • Increase stipends for teachers who coach athletic teams or other extracurricular activities
  • Require training in prevention and management of assaultive behavior for teachers in the Departments of Rehabilitation and Education
  • Extend enhanced industrial disability leave benefits to Department of Rehabilitation teachers, benefits currently available in CDCR, DDS, DSH and CDE
  • Ensure that performance evaluations concerning professional practice be prepared by credentialed administrators
  • Create transparency for the compensation of teachers in the California Department of Education by requiring the information be provided to teachers and to SEIU Local 1000
We will return to the bargaining table on Friday, April 19 to present proposals concerning librarian compensation and other bargaining unit priorities.
 
In Solidarity,
 
Your Unit 3 Bargaining Team
John Kern, Pamm Handel, Tony Narvais, Mark Barr, Collette Gau-Cunningham


 
 
Stay informed throughout the bargaining process - there are several ways for you to keep up-to-date on the latest news and information: 
  • Our Bargaining Central web page - online at seiu1000.org
  • Timely email blasts as developments occur
  • Regular reports from the Channel 1000 news
  • Call our toll-free bargaining hotline - 1-855-814-1205
  • Text '1000' to 787753 to receive immediate text updates straight from your bargaining team
 
We are truly stronger when we stand together.
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SBAC Update

12:49 PM - March 27, 2013
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Local 1000's bargaining team - more than 200 member-elected representatives - worked through the weekend to review the results of bargaining surveys and develop conceptual proposals that will drive our upcoming contract negotiations with the state, which are slated to begin April 10.

Protecting retirement security, preserving medical benefits, an end to furloughs and a wage increase were among the key priorities expressed by members. Our Bargaining Unit Negotiation Committee (BUNC) further parsed survey results - including member comments - to develop proposals specific to each of our nine bargaining units.
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Categories: Bargaining News, Unit 1, Unit 11, Unit 14, Unit 15: Allied Service Workers, Unit 17: Registered Nurses, Unit 20: Medical & Social Services Specialists, Unit 21: Educational Consultants & Librarians, Unit 3: Professional Educators & Librarians, Unit 4: Office & Allied Workers | Tags: |

SBAC and Bargaining Unit Update

2:24 PM - January 25, 2013
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The Local1000 Statewide Bargaining Advisory Committee--consisting of more than 200 elected members from throughout the state--came together Jan. 12-13 to map out a strategy and timeline to guide our upcoming fight for a fair contract.
 
Their agenda included development of an aggressive plan to gather member input and to engage and mobilize thousands of state workers to support the bargaining process.
 
"We're working to protect and improve the benefits and working conditions we have fought to achieve," said Margarita Maldonado, Local 1000 vice president for bargaining.
 
Representatives from every bargaining unit also came together to discuss the importance of representing workers in each individual unit. Please click here for the full bargaining unit report.

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2013 Mileage Reimbursement Rate

1:13 PM - December 19, 2012
On November 30, 2012, the Department of Human Resources (CalHR) Benefits Division released the following information:

Effective January 1, 2013, the personal vehicle mileage reimbursement rate for all State employees will be 56.5 cents per mile. The relocation/moving mileage reimbursement rate for all current State employees and New-Hires to State service will now be 24 cents per mile.

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Categories: Bargaining News, Unit 1, Unit 11, Unit 14, Unit 15: Allied Service Workers, Unit 17: Registered Nurses, Unit 20: Medical & Social Services Specialists, Unit 21: Educational Consultants & Librarians, Unit 3: Professional Educators & Librarians, Unit 4: Office & Allied Workers | Tags: |

Get Involved

Unit 3 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)

  • Chair: John Kern, CDCR - DJJ
  • Vice Chair: Pamm Handel, CDCR - DJJ
  • Alternate Vice: Anthony Narvais, CDCR - DAI
  • Member: Mark Barr, DDS
  • Member: Collette Gau-Cunningham, DDS
  • Alternate Member: Elma Rodriguez, CDCR
  • Alternate Member: Bruce Theel, CDCR
  • Alternate Member: Terence Hibbard, CDCR - DAI

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