Unit 15
Allied Service Workers
Who We are
Unit 15 includes civil service custodians who clean various state buildings, laundry workers, supervising cooks, and food services workers in the prisons and other state institutions.
Unit 15 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)
Unit 15 CDCR/CCHCS Food Service JLMC Meetinga
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Unit 15 Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Unit 15 Upward Mobility Action
Put pressure on the state and send an email to your supervisor requesting the Upward Mobility Program. Click here to download a SAMPLE email you can send. Put pressure on the state and send an email to your supervisor...
Bargaining Unit 15 – DGS Custodians
SEIU Local 1000 Bargaining Unit 15 has been in communication with the Department of General Services (DGS) to understand the department’s policies in response to the Corvid-19 crisis and its impact on our Custodian workforce. Please check out...
Bargaining Unit 15 DGS “Office Hours”
Available Meeting Times: 11:00 a.m. – Noon or 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. For any questions or concerns, please contact Tone Valencia, SEIU Local 1000 Organizer, at: 916.717.3317 or email: avalencia@seiu1000.org Available Meeting Times: 11:00 a.m. –...
Unit 15 Bargaining Team
Stronger Together Bargaining with the state is set to begin on April 13th. Our bargaining team is preparing for negotiations, supported by Local 1000’s Research, Field and Contract Departments, to gather input from members, organize worksite...
Unit 15 custodians use JLMC tool to improve workplace conditions
Bargaining Unit 15 custodians in state buildings around the Capitol have organized to achieve a string of recent improvements in working conditions through their Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC). “We started the committee last year, and...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, June 19, 2023
With a short ten days remaining until our current contract expires, our Unit 15 team reports some additional engagement by the State’s negotiating team—but not enough, and no real progress on the key economic issues identified by the Allied Service...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, June 12, 2023
There was some movement at the Unit 15 bargaining table today as the State negotiators broke their own logjam and provided some incremental responses to our proposals. “We think the State heard our frustration, and while we didn’t reach any...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, June 5, 2023
Unit 15 continues to press the State to advance the economics and working conditions of our Allied Service workers. While we made some important progress today, there remain more than 10 proposals still awaiting any kind of response from the State....
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, May 22, 2023
After consulting with their Master Table bargaining team colleagues last week, the Bargaining Unit 15 team met with the State for the fifth time to work on pass backs and hear counter offers on proposals the team has brought to the State in...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, May 15, 2023
Bargaining Unit 15, representing allied service workers from across the state, returned to the table today with the State to reiterate the importance of maintaining a high level of health and safety for our incarcerated population as well as the...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, May 8, 2023
The Bargaining Unit 15 Negotiating Committee returned to the bargaining table on Monday, May 8, 2023, to demand the State of California respect, protect, and pay our allied service workers. The debate was lively—and productive—as the team proposed...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, May 1, 2023
On Monday, May 1, 2023, the Unit 15 Bargaining team once again met with the State in an effort to get the 4,500+ hard-working SEIU Local 1000 allied service workers across California the respect, workplace protection, and pay they deserve. The team...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, April 24, 2023
The Unit 15 Bargaining team, led by Chair Eric Murray, once again met with the State on Monday, April 24. It was a difficult but productive day for the team, which signed seven Tentative Agreements (TAs) and presented numerous high priority...
Bargaining Unit 15 Recap: Monday, April 17, 2023
On Monday, April 17, Bargaining Unit 15 met with State for the first time in 2023 to lift up the concerns of over 4,500 allied service workers across the state. The inaugural session was led by Bargaining Unit 15 Chair Eric Murray, who opened by...
Bargaining Unit 15 CDCR Food Service JLMC Meeting Update
On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, our Union’s Bargaining Unit 15 Statewide CDCR Food Service JLMC met with the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR), the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the California...
Bargaining Unit 15 Upward Mobility and Career Development JLMC Meeting
On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, our Union’s Bargaining Unit 15 Statewide Upward Mobility and Career Development Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) met with CalHR, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Department of General...
Bargaining Unit 15 Food Service JLMC Update
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, our Union’s Bargaining Unit 15 Statewide Food Service Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) had its first meeting with the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR), Department of State Hospitals (DSH), Department...
Bargaining Unit 15 Members Take Action with 3 Statewide Joint Labor Management Committees
One of our most powerful tools to solve workplace issues is the Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC). It’s an opportunity to work directly with the boss to address specific or ongoing issues at the worksite level or even on a statewide basis....
Meet your Bargaining Unit 15 Statewide JLMC Team
(Listed from the top from left to right) Alfredo Cortez, Chair of the Custodian JLMC is a custodian with Department of General Services (DGS) at Front Street in San Diego. Over...
Meet your Bargaining Unit 15 CDCR Food Service Worker JLMC Team Members
Garth Underwood, CDCR Food Service JLMC Chair is a Correctional Supervising Cook (CSC) at CDCR Ironwood State Prison and has worked in state service for...