Posts tagged SEIU Local 1000
California’s Biggest Loser Is a Democrat
November 10, 2026 // Billionaires deployed millions against the wealth tax, as did other government unions and Governor Gavin Newsom. These players have little else in common, but they agreed that California couldn’t tax its way to prosperity by driving away the people who help create it. Regan managed to unite people who might otherwise never agree on lunch.
Three California state worker unions stood together at SEIU Local 1000 strike
October 21, 2026 // Many state workers are adjusting to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four-day return-to-office mandate and state-employed scientist raises slated to start in July initially went unfunded. Those raises were eventually funded in August with last-minute legislation. These instances were top of mind Wednesday when leaders from fellow unions — California Professional Scientists, UAW Local 1115 and California Attorneys Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment — joined SEIU Local 1000
Could SEIU Local 1000 get a last-minute deal? Mediations start ahead of strike
October 16, 2026 // SEIU Local 1000 is asking for a 20% raise across three years. Roy told The Bee this isn’t an end-all-be-all number and the union is open to discussions. It also wants improved health benefits and stipends for those required to work in person.
SEIU Local 1000 announces one-day strike after members give authorization
October 12, 2026 // State workers aren’t required to participate, so it’s unlikely that every SEIU Local 1000 member would engage. Members who go on strike will not be paid during that time. SEIU Local 1000 has a strike fund intended to cover costs like legal expenses if an employee faces retaliation for participating, according to the union’s website - but not to replace lost wages.
What good is a nurse’s union that spends nurses’ money to make their jobs harder?
September 23, 2026 // They coordinated the protests to demand that hospitals cancel contracts with Palantir, whose systems help schedule staff, manage records, and cut the administrative load that burns people out. The union marched its members into the street to stop hospitals from adopting tools that could put their members back at the bedside, in the roles they had trained for. The same pattern is appearing wherever new tools threaten a dues structure. When the International Longshoremen’s Association went to the bargaining table, it passed over retraining and a share of the gains from a more productive port. It instead demanded an absolute ban on automated cranes and gates and was prepared to choke the country’s supply chain to get it.
SEIU Local 1000 members to vote on possible strike against state
September 10, 2026 // An unfair practice strike is a work stoppage a union may call when it says an employer has broken rules during labor negotiations. SEIU Local 1000 alleges the state did not bargain fairly over workers’ pay, benefits and working conditions. Members can vote through October 7, according to the union. If members approve the measure, union leaders would have permission to call a strike at a later date.
Opinion Shameful: Republicans help SEIU defy Gavin Newsom’s return to work order
September 1, 2026 // Enter Assembly Bill 1729. Authored by Democratic Assemblyman Alex Lee and coauthored by Republican Assemblyman Josh Hoover, the bill throws a statutory obstacle in Newsom’s way. Existing law already requires agencies to maintain telework plans where teleworking is “both practical and beneficial.”
CA state worker union accuses agencies of not providing employee contact information
August 29, 2026 // In the most recent Public Employment Relations Board charge filed last week by SEIU Local 1000 against the California State Lottery, the union accuses the department of not providing the phone numbers and emails of employees. The union, in the PERB filing, said the information is helpful when recruiting new members and performing outreach, potentially affecting the union’s long-term strength.
Opinion: Gavin Newsom’s mind-boggling record of giveaways to unions
August 25, 2026 // Richer government contracts and expanded public employee benefits don’t come from nowhere. They land on taxpayers — the same taxpayers already staring down the nation’s highest gas prices, some of the steepest home insurance increases in the country and a cost of living that keeps pushing people out of the state entirely.
SEIU Local 1000 is holding strike schools — what does that mean?
July 27, 2026 // A union that represents nearly 100,000 California state workers is holding strike schools starting this weekend to educate its members on what to know if a strike unfolds.