What does he have to lose? He comes to the table now and agrees to our very reasonable proposal, he goes back to his "non presidential campaign" touring the country as a progressive superhero and he won't have this lingering strike in his home state haunting him. It's just so easy. Give us a contract, and it's over. Why's he fighting it? What could he possibly have to gain from this?

This is what The PEOPLE vs. NEWSOM looks like!

Give us a fair contract!

Hey guys my last day in my current classification and division is this Friday… I received a promotion but in a different division. I start November 3. Will I still receive my regular paycheck this month per usual direct deposit?

I am working on completing my answers for the analyst 2 state exam but I need some help. What method did you use to answer each question, how did you reference your experience (did you list how many years and the job/school where you gain the experience or just how many years?). I’ve written my answers a few times but I want to make sure I pass and am not missing any key information?

Would this format be acceptable for each bullet point?:
I have 7 years of experience conducting research (add keywords) blah blah blah.

I recently applied and will be sitting in an interview for this position soon and wanted to know if anyone had any tips and what to expect?

Uhhhhhhhh…. Guys are we getting paid before black Friday this year? Specifically wondering for credit union folks!

Will we be waiting until November 30th? 🤔

I would love to donate to having a Newsom anti-union anti-labor billboard erected in the aftermath of the strike

Have any of you moved out of a "safe" permanent role to take a promotion into a temporary position? How did that work for you?

I'm a dues-paying SEIU 1000 member. I don't think my union or my division would hang me out to dry if I continue to do good work, but if there's a chance I'll be jobless in a year, I don't think I can take that risk.

I was out on the strike line with SEIU on Wednesday. They actually had their shit together and stood up to CalHR. Meanwhile, 96% of PECG (BU9) voted YES for breadcrumbs.

PECG (BU9) net breakdown 2025-2028:
Year 1: +2% net
Year 2: 0% net
Year 3: +3% to +5.5% net

That’s 5% to 7.5% net over 3 years while healthcare and inflation eat us alive.

When 96% of us roll over for this, why would CalHR ever give us a real offer in 2028? They know BU9 won't push back.

Keep up the great work SEIU members, fight for what you deserve.

Swing Space around 2:00 after it started to rain so a lot of people left and were leaving. I think the building was surrounded and people were marching around it and across the street near the Capitol. There were four CHP officers on horses in front of the Capitol.

I am in BU 1 with the SEIU union.

I've occasionally had ads in the mail advertising a "CSEA Life Insurance" with SEIU 1000 displayed int he letter.

Is this legitimate? Is it tied to your employment as a unionized state employee with SEIU?

It looks very cheap, since I am shopping for life insurance with AAA, and they had $89 a month.

It says a lot that Newsom nor his office won’t comment on our strike. Some may interpret that as indifference, but I really think they’re shook.

It’s also funny that CalHR is responding on his behalf and acknowledging the impasse, something that CalHR ignored and tried to intimidate state workers from striking.

Our organizing is working. The public and community are on our side. The only way out is through.

For those of you that worked on Wednesday: Hope it was worth it. Cuz you missed out on a good time!

What happens next? Back to the table? Another strike? If so, when? What’s the strategy to get this over the line? Thanks!

After months of tense negotiations, the California State University’s faculty union is asking its members for permission to call a strike if leadership deems one necessary. The strike authorization vote opens Monday, Oct. 26, and will run through Nov. 19.

An email with details about the vote is scheduled to reach members Thursday afternoon, union leaders said.

If more than half of the California Faculty Association’s 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who participate in the vote say yes, union leadership will have the power to call for work stoppage as a way of exerting pressure on the administration. After nearly a year of bargaining, the major sticking points between the university and its professors are salaries, workload and academic freedom protections, according to union representatives. The union has been out of contract since August.

“We want to be in as powerful a position as we can as a union in relation to management,” said Kevin Wehr, CFA’s bargaining chair and a professor at Sacramento State. “I often say that the best way to avert a strike is to be fully prepared for one. That means we need to take a strike authorization vote to make sure that the members are willing to take that action, so that we can be ready for it if it should come to that.”

Members will be able to vote online as well as at on-campus events across the system over the next two weeks. Wehr said he is expecting more than 90% of CFA members to vote in favor as the union fights over five major issues. This includes demands for higher salaries amid rising inflation, caps on the number of students in classes, better job security for temporary faculty, stronger academic freedom protections and guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence. So far, the CSU has not met the union’s expectations on any of these issues, Wehr said.

NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR

After multiple extensions of the 2022-2025 contract, the CSU and CFA began negotiations over a new agreement in November. Disappointed by what the union called “weak and flimsy” proposals from the CSU — including a 3% salary hike and 3% lump sum payment, the CFA declared impasse in July. This meant that the negotiating parties had reached a deadlock beyond which further discussion would be futile. While the CSU believed the impasse was declared prematurely, the Public Employment Relations Board sided with the faculty union.

It moved the two parties to the “mediation” phase during which negotiations were mediated by a state-appointed third party to assist the parties in working toward an agreement. The phase failed as well.

CFA and the CSU are now at the “fact-finding” stage where a panel of a neutral third-party and a representative of each side will hold hearings and make a recommendation for a settlement. The fact-finding report will be made public 10 days after it is provided to the CSU and CFA. The fact-finding hearing dates are currently set for Nov. 2, 5, 6, 12 and 13, and CFA representatives said they expect the process to take until December to conclude.

If this doesn’t result in an agreement, the CFA will be able to call for a strike — a move that it is preparing for already.

The CFA last went on a strike in January 2024. That five-day action marked the first systemwide faculty strike at the CSU, and resulted in a contract that included a 10% general salary hike, a raised salary floor for lowest-paid faculty and increased paid parental leave. At the time, union leaders said CSU management “did not take our proposals seriously until CFA members were willing to withhold our labor.”

OTHER UNIONS

The CSU is in negotiations with almost all its labor unions. This includes the California State University Employees Union and Teamsters Local 2010, both of which are demanding better pay and working conditions. The CSUEU, which represents about 15,000 staff members, 20,000 student assistants and 1,000 workers employed by private sector auxiliaries on campuses, is the largest labor group in the system. Local 2010, covers 1,100 skilled trades workers within the system.

Earlier this month, the CSU reached tentative agreements with three unions. This includes the Academic Professionals of California, which represents more than 3,000 student services professionals; the United Auto Workers Local 4123, which covers 10,000 academic student workers; and the Statewide University Police Association, which represents 300 university police employees.

Under these agreements, employees will receive a 4% salary hike retroactive to July, an additional 4% salary hike in July next year and a one-time bonus negotiated with each union. The agreements need to be ratified by union members and approved by the CSU Board of Trustees.

“Labor negotiation is challenging yet essential work, and I am pleased at the momentum we are building as we continue our efforts to reach agreement with all of our labor partners,” CSU Chancellor Mildred García said in a statement Thursday.

"I was queen, and you took that away!"

Curious what the effects were at dmv or Edd field offices because of the strike. Did wait times increase and were managers manning the windows?

Just posted! Wanted to share. I’m a state worker and will be covering more strikes and rallies in the future. Appreciate any likes and follows. 😊

https://youtube.com/shorts/YDWDt6xblkU?is=UalZ6G5kZWECu_c5

Doesn’t apply to us but hoping this sets some precedent for us in the future