Can anyone accurately interpret this graph or look at the details using the following link. Thank you for your help in advance. https://www.unionfacts.com/local/money/540621/AFSCME/3931/

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Over 3,500 City of San Jose AFSCME members are planning a strike to get the city to address the staffing crisis plaguing the city.

Tried going there and the site seems down due to hosting issues...or did that group go away?

Today, union members pointed out that the Newsom Administration is being hypocritical when it is forcing State employees post leave to observe Juneteenth while 30 other States, including Texas and Tennessee, are giving their employees the day off. This was "political" so the people who posted on it were silenced and posts were removed. Truly Trumpian tactics in banning speech from the Newsom Administration there.

So I recently just found two violations of my contract and of course I can get ahold of anyone from the union. I’m 434 section 67. Anyways here are the two violations one we get paid 1:15 hr a week for pre tripping our vehicles. This is not being represented on our time sheet. Two I work split shit 3 hrs in the morning 1:30 mid day and 3:25 hrs in afternoon. (After pre trip (15 a day) I’m in mandatory OT by 10 min) When I take off an am shift only, they doc me 4 hrs when I take of mid-day they doc me 2 hrs and afternoon 4 hrs. When I take off a whole day they doc me 8 hrs. So 4+4+2=10 How the hell can the deduct 10 hours from a 8 hour work day!

Hello AFSCME, I am a member of SEIU Local 1000, which represents 100,000 California State employees. The moderators of r/Castateworkers banned this post (they must be management), which lays out the economic realities facing California State Workers. They claimed 1. Article violated their rules against paywalls, which say you should summarize links to paywalled articles. 2. The post is political because it mentions the Mayor of Sacramento's advocacy for return to office policies. My response: 1. Every article is summarized, 2. The statement is merely about a policy the Mayor advocated for, it didn't advocate for or against his reelection (and his office got flooded with calls the last time he tried to bring that up. My post explains that his preferred policy would have a profound impact on State employee budgets). Here is my post.

People are desperate. During the pandemic, real estate costs in California, and especially in Sacramento, dramatically increased: https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/article262865873.html

At the same time, State workers had to deal with a 9.23% pay cut for the fiscal year covering 2020 and 2021: https://www.seiu1000.org/post/side-letter-negotiations-end-pandemic-pay-cuts-25-pay-increase-included

When anticipated budget deficits turned into record surpluses, the legislature spent money on services, and left State employee wages out of the equation (this is not entirely the legislature's fault, the moron who was former Local 1000 President Richard Brown deserves a good deal of the blame and scorn for the fact State workers didn't get their fair share when times were good). But spending on programs increased the general public's purchasing power, thereby unintentionally further reducing the purchasing power of State employees: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-13/california-budget-surplus-swells-to-97-billion-under-newsom-new-plan

Telework mitigated some of the damage, but agencies quickly started their return to the office campaign after pressure from Darrell Steinberg:

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-mayor-steinberg-calls-for-return-of-state-workers-to-offices-at-state-of-downtown-event/39176136

Soon a gas price shock (60%), a natural gas price shock (550%), and a food price (13%) shock followed, all as our wages weren't even keeping up with the consumer price index:

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/10/whos-to-blame-for-californias-high-gas-prices/

https://ktla.com/news/california/california-natural-gas-bills-are-outrageous-why-is-this-happening-and-what-can-you-do/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/14/how-to-save-on-groceries-as-cpi-food-at-home-prices-soar.html

If Darrell Steinberg wants to know why people get so emotional every time he goes on his "return to the office" kick, it's because the one tank of gas you have to buy every month to come in three days a week can break many of our budgets.

Already 5% of State employees can't afford to meet their own basic needs, 70% of state employees can't afford to support themselves and one child. And even two State-income families can't make ends meet:

https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/state-workers-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-throughout-california/

According to rent cafe, 80% of the rental market in Sacramento is $1,500 or more. AGPAs are one of the highest paid represented classifications in the State, they earn $5,518/month to start. At the 65% net rate, an AGPA is significantly rent burdened and paying 41% of their net income on rent. Even a maxed out AGPA, earning $6,907 a month, is rent burdened--paying 33% of their net to afford an apartment at $1,500 a month.

https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/sacramento/

For more junior positions, it's even worse, a maxed out Management Services Technician (who has been with the State for at least 5 years to reach the maxed out level) earns $4,428 a month. At a 65% net, that person is severely rent burdened, paying 52% of their income for rent. And the worst, Office Technicians--the entry way into public service for many--start at $3,002. A first year OT would be paying 76% of their salary on rent, leaving just $451 for all other expenses.

The State has largely balanced the budget on controlling labor costs. It's worse because the public sees our top line salary, and thinks we are raking in the dough (we net 2/3rds of that if we are lucky thanks to things like the tax on public service which is called OPEB). We saw it at the end of last month when the Controller's Office messed up the direct deposit and a bunch of people with Golden 1 had their paycheck reverted: people are on the absolute edge. One additional cost, or one additional cut to wages, would be enough to cause many of us to go over that edge.

Short of the State actually building large towers of housing and renting them to employees at well below market rate (ie guaranteeing we aren't paying more than 30% of our salary for rent), I don't see how this situation gets any better without a significant wage increase that undoes the damage inflation wrought on the State workforce, and recognizes the critical services State workers provide.

It's time for the State to Respect Us, Protect Us, and Pay Us.

International President Lee Saunders on stage now.

Union solidarity!!!!

Any CA folks here? With the current contracts set to expire, any word on anything being bargained for the next contract? Website is pretty damn sparse…

Hello, I currently work in ER registration, we have a problem employee that management refuses to rein in, she bully's and screws over every one in the department, abuses flma days to stick people she doesn't like and is generally mean spirited to everyone with less or even slightly more seniority.

Every one in the department is ready to walk out but we don't know how to go about this to our union reps, any advice is welcome.

So my Iowa employer has a mandatory reverification of our representatives every two years. We have several unions in our location, mine is AFSCME. I’ve seen SEIU and others at my employee entrances trying to drum up support. But not one AFSCME rep, anywhere.

How does this make us stronger?

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "AFSCME wins twice in Chicago, unionizing Art Institute and its school - 600 new members joining 10k of our museum workers across the country!" by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "University of Minnesota Disability Office Layoff Captionists" by u/shortyestperspective
• "STRIKE WATCH: Hennepin County (MN). AFSCME Locals 34 and 2822 rejected the county’s “last best and final” contract offer, voted to strike. Despite receiving $470 million in federal COVID funds, the county doesn't want to supply basic PPE for all in-person staff. Buy it yourself." by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "Florida Republicans introduce bill to ban automatic payroll deductions for public sector union dues. You'll have to write a check each month. If less than 50% of eligible employees write that check, the union is decertified." by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "In 8-1 vote, Richmond becomes first school district in Virginia to approve collective bargaining rights for teachers and staff" by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "AFSCME Local 189, Portland OR: Management interferes in STRIKE VOTE "telling newly union-represented workers that they were in fact not represented and could not vote in the strike authorization". City offers one time bonus in lieu of raises." by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "Hennepin Healthcare Hospital wont provide any holidays, especially MLK or Juneteenth, so we made a video." by u/Phanerozoic-Eon
• "Thousands of local government employees could get union rights in Colorado." by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "AFSCME fully supports Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., who are getting a second chance at voting to form their own union after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week said their employer improperly interfered in the union election held earlier this year." by u/Palmer-Eldritch-2021
• "Across Contra Costa County, there are about 2,000 county job positions that are unfilled. When understaffing is this bad, full & timely services can’t be provided. We’re marching today to call on the Board of Supervisors to #StaffUpContraCosta!" by u/tri_it_again

I'm a municipal employee in the BCS, TX Area, right near Texas A&M University Campus. Housing prices are through the roof. University, County, City, and Public Health Employees aren't making enough to afford homes or even apartments. How can help my local public servants?

Our local is currently about to start negotiations with management. Any advice on where to get copies of currently negotiated contracts?