Unit 1

Professional Administrative, Financial & Staff Services

Unit 1 encompasses a diverse range of professional roles, including accounting officers, auditors, and departmental analysts.

Who We are

Unit 1 includes accounting officers, auditors, analysts for all departments, employment program representatives at the Employment Development Department (EDD), disability evaluators at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), and information technology analysts and other professional classifications.

For general questions regarding Unit 1, e-mail [email protected]

Unit 1 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)

Recruitment and Retention 5.17.1 Contract Implementation

Important Update on Bargaining Unit 1 Reclassification

Recruitment and Retention Process for SEIU Local 1000 Flowchart

GeoPay Task Force Presents and Releases Report 

EDD COVID-19 FAQs

Unit 1 Bargaining Updates

DGS-OSP Meet and Confer

DGS-OSP Meet and Confer

DGS-OSP Meet and Confer On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, SEIU Local 1000 met with the California Department of General Services (DGS) to discuss the reissue and/or update of employee policy documents without proper notice to the Union. Background:...

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Update on  (DGS/OSP) Meet and Confer

Update on (DGS/OSP) Meet and Confer

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, SEIU Local 1000 met with the California Department of General Services (DGS) to discuss the reissue and/or update of employee policy documents without proper notice to the Union. Background: Bargaining Unit (BU) 14...

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Department of Real Estate (DRE) Remediation Process

Department of Real Estate (DRE) Remediation Process

On Thursday, January 18, 2023, our SEIU Local 1000 member team and staff met with leadership from the Department of Real Estate’s (DRE) legal division to discuss the new remediation process that legal support staff began working on in late...

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EDD (PI) Conversion Ratio

EDD (PI) Conversion Ratio

On Friday, January 20, 2023, your SEIU Local 1000 Union team met with the Employment Development Department (EDD) regarding the ratio of Permanent Intermittent (PI) employees currently employed with the Department. Article 18.2.1 of our MOU...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Friday, August 23, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Friday, August 23, 2019

On Wednesday, August 21, the Unit 1 bargaining team continued their negotiations with the State by reaching a tentative agreement (TA) on Post and Bid Agreement and the EDD Determination Scheduling Standard at the Employment Development Department...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, August 5th, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, August 5th, 2019

Local 1000’s Unit 1 bargaining team returned to the table on Monday, August 5, 2019 and continued to make progress by signing 9 Tentative Agreements (TA). Five of the TA’s were “roll-over” provisions from the current contract, while the other four...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 29, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 29, 2019

Local 1000’s Unit 1 bargaining team met with state negotiators on Monday, July 29, 2019 and signed 26 tentative agreements. This includes language that continues Local 1000’s commitment to ensuring the Employment Development Department (EDD)...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Thursday, July 25, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Thursday, July 25, 2019

On Thursday July 25, 2019, Unit 1 went back to the table with state negotiators to advance more proposals that prioritize fair compensation and economic justice for all Unit 1 members. Today our Unit 1 team presented a proposal that would: Increase...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 15, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 15, 2019

Yesterday our Unit 1 bargaining team went to the table with their state counterparts to continue their push for more equitable compensation for the work that they do. The team submitted a comprehensive list of their Special Salary Adjustments (SSA)...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 8, 2019

Unit 1 Bargaining Update for Monday, July 8, 2019

Our Unit 1 bargaining team, which includes professional, administrative, staff and financial  occupations, met with state negotiators on Monday, July 8, to tell their own stories about the work that they do and the value it brings to the residents...

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Unit 1 Bargaining Team Update

Unit 1 Bargaining Team Update

Negotiations for our 2016 contract begin in April, and Local 1000’s 63-member bargaining team is in place and deep in preparations, training and strategizing to bring the 95,000 state workers we represent the best contract we’ve ever had. The...

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