Unit 3
You can get in touch with any BU3 DBUR by contacting your DLC president or calling the Member Resource Center, 866.471.7348
Who We are
Unit 3 includes teachers, specialists and librarians working in the: California Military Department (one worksite), Department of Rehabilitation (one worksite), Department of State Hospitals (five worksites), Department of Developmental Services (five worksites), California Department of Education (six worksites), CDCR Division of Juvenile Justice (five worksites), CDCR Division of Adult Institutions (thirty four worksites)
Unit 3 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC)
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BUNC Vice Chair: Terry Hibbard, DLC 771 DBUR, CDCR
BUNC Alt. Vice Chair: Barbara Guzman, DLC 707 DBUR, CDCR
DLC 726 DBUR, Suzanne “Sue” Knapp, CDCR
DLC 749 DBUR, John Richards, CDCR
Unit 3 Bargaining Updates
Unit 3 Bargaining News for Saturday, June 4
The Unit 3 bargaining team returned to the table today and continued to press the state on issues related to compensation and working conditions. The state remains silent about the comprehensive salary proposal we presented 30 days ago. A key...
Unit 3 Bargaining News for Friday, May 6
3’s bargaining team went to the table today and gave the state two proposals of high importance to our members. Today was the culmination of months of work on these compensation issues and we have made a clear case to the state that we expect...
Unit 3 Bargaining Team
The Local 1000 contract expires on July 1, and the entire union is mobilizing, gathering resources and building member power. We begin negotiating with the state in April, so our 63-member bargaining team is in place and deep in preparations,...
New law expands role of Unit 3 librarians
Our 2015 legislative agenda—a yearlong effort to make politics matter for our members and all Californians—was capped this week when Gov. Brown signed the Local 1000-supported Senate Bill 343 into law. Titled “CDCR Librarians and Inmate Community...
Unit 3 Bargaining Updates
Highlights from Unit 3 Tentative Agreement 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...
Bargaining Unit 3 Recap: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Our Unit 3 bargaining team continues to work collaboratively with the State to advance the interests of those Professional Educators and Librarians we represent. And, collaboration is a central theme to our negotiations: our proposals are crafted...
Bargaining Unit 3 OCE Academic Calendar_2023-24
Bargaining Unit 3 members of SEIU Local 1000 met with State representatives twice in the month of December 2022 to confer on the proposed 2023-2024 Academic Calendar for the teachers in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,...
Update on Expectations Memo and the Laptop Program
On Thursday, July 14, 2022, SEIU Local 1000 met with the OCE to discuss both the Expectations Memo and the Laptop Program. We brought up several concerns and asked about the historical background and intent of the Expectations Letter. We expressed...