March 16 Letter

Dear Sisters and Brothers; The attached letter is being distributed in Sacramento today and tomorrow to delegates and legislative guests at the statewide Legislative Conference, “Restoring Economic Justice 2009″, sponsored by the California Labor Federation and the State Building and Construction Trades Council. We are requesting that unions and friends of labor remind CSEA and [...]

Bargaining Update

Based on bargaining today and what we’ve seen before, the employer continues to demonstrate little interest in reaching agreement by the time the contract extension expires next Monday, March 9th. We received a proposal on retirement and retiree health care but not a full economic package. The proposal would eliminate retiree health care for both [...]