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Celebrating National Food Service Workers Week:Honoring Our Unsung Heroes
Get Your Personalized Member App Link
We are pleased to announce a new feature in the SEIU Local 1000 Search App designed to enhance data quality and to ensure the hard work you are doing is captured! Effective immediately, registered SEIU stewards can utilize a personalized link within the app to...
Update on Appendix S – 12.1 Business and Travel Expenses [New]”Update on
SEIU Local 1000 met with CalHR on July 22, 2024, and again on September 17, 2024, regarding implementing “New” Appendix S - 12.1 Business and Travel Expenses. As negotiated last year, the Business and Travel Expenses section (12.1) will be updated to mirror the...
Appreciation for Our Custodians onInternational Custodian Day
On this International Custodian Day, I want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for the tireless work you do behind the scenes. Your efforts often go unnoticed, but they are essential to maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for all of...
A Message from the Bargaining Unit 15 Chair
We are pleased to announce that the elections for Bargaining Unit 15 have been successfully completed. We are excited to welcome some new members to our bargaining team. Their fresh perspectives and insights will be invaluable as we continue to advance the interests...
Stewards Stand Strong: Defending Contract Rights and Ensuring Fair Treatment
Local 1000 Job Stewards are union members who represent their coworkers, making sure contract rights are upheld and workplace concerns are addressed. They stand on the front lines, protecting the rights we’ve worked hard to secure. Recently, at a Department of Food...
Correctional Healthcare Training Programs Expand
Upward mobility is a union value There’s more opportunity on the horizon for our members in the healthcare field to make a dramatic career change and receive additional skill-building training. Local 1000 is announcing a dramatic expansion in its Licensed Vocational...
Protecting Your Hard-Earned Contract Rights
Saying “no” to bullying and harassment works. A supervisor at an Housing and Community Development office created a hostile working environment by interrupting staff their duty-free lunchtime and by standing over them until they complied with requests—a clear...
Susan Rodriguez Elected to Chief Negotiator Position
There’s new leadership for our contract bargaining team: Susan Rodriguez, the Chair of Bargaining Unit 1, has been elected to the position of Local 1000 Chief Negotiator and will guide the 60+ members of our bargaining team as they work to improve our wages, benefits...
A message from President Anica Walls – September 2024
Dear Local 1000 Members – This month’s newsletter highlights the incredible progress we’ve made together. From securing safer working conditions to resolving contract violations, we’ve proven the strength of our union time and time again. I’m so proud of the work our...