Unit 1

Introduction to Application Recruitment and Retention (R&R) Committee Article 5.17.1 is an important win for SEIU Local 1000 employees represented in Unit 1. The purpose of the language is to provide an avenue for the State and the Union to...

Early Saturday morning, the SEIU Local 1000 bargaining team reached an overall Tentative Agreement with the State. If ratified, the contract would significantly raise the wage floor for tens of thousands of state workers. It represents the largest...

Your Unit 1 bargaining team is still awaiting a response from the State regarding our proposed Special Salary Adjustments. Our team has been putting pressure on the State to continue this conversation, and we are hopeful to see some movement or...

Your Unit 1 bargaining team met with the State on Tuesday, July 18. Our discussions focused on demanding greater respect for our represented employees at EDD and on preserving their hard-earned rights. We’re pressing the State to retain the...

Your Unit 1 bargaining team is reaching out to give you an update on our negotiations on behalf of the Professional, Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services we represent. Our last Unit 1 bargaining session with the State was on June 27. A...

Our Unit 1 team—pressing to advance the pay and working conditions of our represented employees—met with the State on Saturday and again on Monday. While several tentative agreements were reached, we’re still awaiting answers on our economic...

Our Unit 1 bargaining team reports a big day. The team reached ten different tentative agreements with the State, seven of which were economic proposals. We’re building some momentum as we face the June 30 expiration of our current contract, due in...

One of the goals of the Unit 1 bargaining team is to improve and protect working conditions, contained in those contract sections that govern how and where we do our work. Those hard-earned rights are often as important as economic issues. Today,...

Frustration reigned at today’s Unit 1 bargaining table. One of Local 1000’s long-fought battles to improve our service to California through EDD—a battle lasting more than 15 years—was again rejected by State negotiators. Contract section 13.15.1...

Unit 1 is a diverse group of professional classifications who are committed to providing vital state services, taking pride in their work. Today, the Unit 1 team focused its efforts on stronger language governing our performance reviews (contract...

In a day marked by highs and lows, our Unit 1 bargaining team— Professional Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services—returned to the table with State negotiators, continuing the fight to demand recognition and respect for the Unit 1 employees...

Unit 1 is our Union’s largest and most diverse bargaining unit, representing classifications in Professional Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services … and today, one in four Unit 1 positions are vacant. Workloads are untenable, driving the...

Back at the table with the State today, our Unit 1 Bargaining Team continued to present contract proposals that reinforce our demand to be Respected, Protected, and Paid. Overall, the State has been slow to respond to proposals our Unit 1 team has...

Our Unit 1 Bargaining Team returned to the table with the State on Tuesday, April 25. It’s our largest bargaining unit, representing a diverse group of professionals, and today’s session focused on parts of our contract that affect the represented...

Bargaining Unit 1—representing a diverse group of classifications in Professional Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services—went to the bargaining table with State negotiators on April 19 and hit the ground running with five tentative...

Bargaining Unit 01 Recruitment & Retention Report As outlined in Paragraph 5 of Article 5.7.1 in our MOU, we are pleased to share the finalized joint report drafted by the Bargaining Unit (BU) 01 Recruitment and Retention Committee. You can...

SEIU Local 1000 actuaries continue their member activism in advocating for the State’s actuarial staff and set the stage for upcoming contract negotiations. Following on the successful Actuary Series Consolidation in May 2022, our member-led Task...