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Jul 15, 2023 | Article

State workers like May Lee, the longest-serving public servant in the State of California, with over 79 years at the Department of General Services (DGS), are the backbone of California. Over the course of her career, which spanned the tenures of 11 governors, she...
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Local 1000 Prepares Next Steps for Contract Campaign

Jul 15, 2023 | Article

The State will continue to hear our members voices as we fight for a contract that pays workers what they need. Building on the success of our last rally, our Sacramento DLCs, including DLC 764, 785, 787, 788, 789, and 794, are rallying again outside of CalHR...
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Local 1000 Worker Stands Up to False Workplace Charges

Jul 15, 2023 | Article

Aruna Abeygoonesekera, a 30-year union member, and active job steward, was working at the California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH), in Richmond, CA, when he called his union representative with an urgent issue. A dispute in his workplace over-scheduling continued to...

Bargaining Update July 13, 2023

Jul 13, 2023 | Article

I wanted to take a minute to provide an update on where we are in our negotiations. After 14 weeks of negotiations, your bargaining team is still working tirelessly to achieve the best possible deal. This hasn’t been an easy process. Like many of you, I’m frustrated...
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July 7th update from SEIU Local 1000 bargaining team

Jul 9, 2023 | Article

Our bargaining team met with the State today, exchanging a number of proposals and counterproposals. We were able to reach a tentative agreement on one contract section — 24.3 – Continuous Appropriations — which maintains our salaries and benefits in the case of an...
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Jul 8, 2023 | Article

As our union siblings at the California Association of Professional Scientists fight for their contract, workers at the California Academy of Sciences have voted to create CalAcademy Workers United, affiliated with SEIU Local 1021. As they fight for their employer to...