Union Update 2008

Union Update: Dec. 17, 2008

  • Republican proposal would slash vital state services
  • Local 1000 wins outsourcing battle
  • Bargaining Resumes Jan.5
  • Delegate nomination process begins for General Council
  • Mileage rate to drop in 2009
Update_12_17_08.pdf

Union Update: Dec. 10, 2008

  • Huber thanks our volunteers
  • Political focus shifts to Legislature
  • Value Us - Politics matter to all state workers
  • Prop. 58 aimed at quick budget action
update_12_10_08.pdf

Union Update: Dec. 3, 2008

  • State slows bargaining before break
  • Know your rights - Your Union Contract Protections
Update_12_3_08.pdf

Union Update: Nov. 19, 2008

  • Special legislative session starts today
  • State says "No, no, no"  - Fiscal climate chills bargaining process
  • SEIU launches "100 Days for change campaign"
update_11_19_08.pdf


Union Update: Nov. 12, 2008

  • We're fighting furloughs, holiday cuts
  • SPECIAL EDITION
update_111208.pdf

Union Update: Nov. 4, 2008

  • Back at the bargaining table
update_110408.pdf

Union Update: Oct. 29, 2008

  • Bargaining resumes November 3
  • O'Connell writes letter of support for Unit 21 equity issues
  • Hundreds of Local 1000 members walk their political talk
  • Contract tour rolls on
update_10_29_08.pdf

Union Update: Oct. 22, 2008

  • We need to keep fighting for a fair contract
  • Get connected To Politics
  • Nurses fight for post & bid
Update_10_22_08.pdf

Union Update: Oct. 15, 2008

  • Members supporting the political process
  • Reports to feature statewide member action
  • Cora Okumura honored
update_10_15_08.pdf

Union Update: Oct. 8, 2008

  • Politics matter to every state worker
  • Members step up to elect pro-state worker legislators
  • Workers facing layoff to get earlier union representation
update_10_08_08.pdf


Union Update: Oct. 1, 2008

  • Governor turns his back on state employees
  • New political web resource launched
update_10_01_08.pdf


Union Update: Sept. 24, 2008

  • Budget deal spurs bargaining optimism
update_092408.pdf

Union Update: Sept. 17, 2008

  • State workers say budget stalemate hurts veterans, disabled & mentally ill
  • Bargaining resumes
  • Local 1000 fights pay cut in federal district court
update_09_17_08.pdf

Union Update: Sept. 10, 2008

  • "Value Us" campaign on TV
  • We're building political power
  • Hospital staff members rally today for fair budget
  • Dignity clause now applies equally to all bargaining units
update_09_10_08.pdf


Union Update: Sept. 3, 2008

  • Fighting for career development
  • State insults our bargaining teams
Update_9_3_08.pdf

Union Update: Aug. 27, 2008

  • Stand up and be heard
  • Paid in full!
  • Bargaining update - Negotiations resume with mixed results
Update_8_27_08.pdf

Union Update: Aug. 20, 2008

  • We're keeping up the pressure for a budget and our pay
  • Budget stalemate hurts negotiations
  • Take Action Now
Update_8_20_08.pdf

Union Update: Aug. 13, 2008

  • Message Delivered Statewide: "We won't be pawns"
  • Local 1000 radio ads airing statewide
  • Members take protest to doorstep of governor's mansion
Update_8_13_08.pdf


Union Update: Aug. 6, 2008

  • Members fighting back
  • Budget Crisis continues to slow bargaining
update_08_06_08.pdf

Union Update: July 30, 2008

  • "We can't live on $6.55 an hour!"
  • Members make headlines statewide and nationally
  • Bargaining victories adding up slowly
update_07_30_08.pdf

Union Update: July 23, 2008

  • State breaking promises to members
  • Lottery restructuring good for state budget
update_072308.pdf

Union Update: July 16, 2008

  • Local 1000 secures two big wins for nurses
  • Contract negotiations resume - get ready to act up
  • Tax Amnesty Moves Forward
update_071608.pdf

Union Update: July 2, 2008

  • Purple wave swamps DPA
  • Bargaining enters tough new phase July 14
  • Local 1000 contract protections remain in place
update_070208.pdf

Union Update: June 25, 2008

  • State stalls on working out a contract by June 30
  • Kaiser rates draw ire from state, Local 1000
update_06_25_08.pdf

Union Update: June 18, 2008

  • Bargaining teams win early agreements
  • Members' rights to speak out and take action fully protected
Update_6_18_08.pdf

Union Update: June 11, 2008

  • Members taking action as bargaining resumes
  • DMV workers file 3,300 out of class grievances
  • Yvonne Walker elected International VP of SEIU
update_06_11_08.pdf

Union Update: June 4, 2008

  • Members elect new officers
  • Outsourcing transparency parity bills pass Assembly
  • State hears worker tax gap ideas
Update_6_04_08.pdf

Union Update: May 28, 2008

  • Negotiations begin, but quickly stall at master table
  • Outsourcing battle yields four additional victories
  • Members lobby at Capitol on outsourcing, pay parity
Update_5_28_08.pdf

Union Update: May 21, 2008

  • New contract bargaining underway
  • Health care cost battle moves forward
update_05_21_08.pdf

Union Update: May 14, 2008

  • Expanded political program flexing muscle in Capitol
  • Legislators support 77 new positions to fix backlog in CDCR case records
update_5_14_08.pdf

Union Update: May 7, 2008

  • Contract campaign shifts into higher gear; get ready to act!
  • Pay equity increase for nurses, medical classes being held up by 'politics of the Legislature'
update_5_7_08.pdf

Union Update: April 30, 2008

  • We're demanding a say in our health care costs
  • More outsourcing wins recorded agencies to hire more state workers
update_04_30_08.pdf

Union Update: April 23, 2008

  • "Follow-Up meetings preparing members for bargaining
  • Case Records Analysts exonerated in Olson sentencing snafu
  • Assembly budget committee backs tax gap plan
update_042308.pdf

Union Update: April 16, 2008

  • Outsourcing bill moves out of committee "adding Local 1000 staff making a difference"
  • "Follow-UP" Bargaining Meetings Underway Statewide
  • Arbitration victory secures re-class, back pay for 60 members
  • Channel 1000 News goes live on Local 1000 website
update_04_16_08.pdf

Union Update: April 9, 2008

  • Members set bargaining priorities; follow-up meetings begin April 15
  • Local 1000 news conference stops CDCR blame game
  • DJJ pension cuts reversed
update_040908.pdf

Union Update: April 2, 2008

  • Local 1000 members pressing state for reclassification on numerous fronts
  • Local 1000: Stop scapegoating workers in prison snafu...
  • Assembly to hear legislation monitoring state contracts
update_040208.pdf

Union Update: March 26, 2008

  • More than 22,000 members return surveys; preparations for bargaining intensify
  • New research identifies $1 billion in prison savings
  • Proposed Unit 1 reorganization 'makes us stronger at the table'
update_032608.pdf

Union Update: March 19, 2008

  • Outraged members protest salary database
  • Legislators fault state on lack of IT outsourcing oversight
update_031908.pdf

Union Update: March 12, 2008

  • Local 1000 turning up the heat on outsourcing
  • Mold and water force evacuation of workers
  • Arbitrator says unguarded prison clinics unsafe for workers
update_03_12_08.pdf

Union Update: March 5, 2008

  • Contract Action Teams forming to support negotiations, show our strength
  • Local 1000 overturns more outsourcing contracts
  • Local 1000 Whistleblower stops IT outsourcing
Update_3_05_08.pdf

Union Update: Feb. 27, 2008

  • Governor orders further budget cuts; Local 1000 taking action as projected budget deficit grows to $16 billion
  • CDCR member action delivers re-class and raise
  • DMV workers rally for re-class; state stonewalls again
Update_2_27_08.pdf

Union Update: Feb. 20, 2008

  • Members kick off first phase of contract campaign with surveys and 'Listen-up' meetings
  • Local 1000 litigation gets CDCR to back down in efforts to discipline longtime union steward
  • IT professionals begin negotiations on reclassification proposal
update_02_20_08.pdf


Union Update: Feb. 13, 2008

  • "We can't win a good contract without member participation"
  • Local 1000 to DMV:  Give us a break
Update_2_13_08.pdf

Union Update: Feb. 6, 2008

  • Legislators ponder more tax enforcement, seek alternative to massive budget cuts
  • State say DMV Workers just need to wait
Update_2_6_08.pdf

Union Update: Jan. 30, 2008

  • Member input driving launch of '08 contract campaign
  • Local 1000 monitors extended hours at EDD
  • Election process underway for regional, statewide officers
update_1_30_08.pdf

Union Update: Jan. 23, 2008

Update_1_23_08.pdf

Union Update: Jan. 16, 2008

  • Collect $8.5 billion in unpaid taxes before slashing services and raising taxes
  • What people are saying about the budget proposal
Update_1_16_08.pdf

Union Update: Jan. 9, 2008

  • Local 1000 looking forward after fair share ballots fall short
  • Local 1000 members sharing ideas to solve the budget crisis
  • Post-employment benefits commission release report
  • Local 1000 sets timeline for statewide elections
Update_1_09_08.pdf