Bargaining Unit (BU) 14 negotiated several provisions in the current contract to better its members, including these Articles:

The State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) has announced that layoffs will take place, affecting employees throughout the state

"It's outrageous that we are learning about this now - just after completing a battle over jobs and work locations at State Fund," said Margarita Maldonado, Local 1000 vice president for bargaining. "It's clear that State Fund's business model isn't working and that management saw these layoffs coming, even when we were fighting to mitigate the effects of downsizing earlier this year."

BU 14 Report

BU 14 bargaining team members

• Chair: LaVerne Archie, DOT
• Vice Chair: Robert Vega, DGC
• Alternate Vice: Chris Martinez, DGS
• Member: Darrel Pina, FTB
• Member: Roger Valverde, DOT

New Contract Sections:
Now that the Contract has been ratified, we can begin the job of implementing our hard-won Contract gains. During the term of this Contract, we want to visit BU 14 members at all your worksites throughout the State so we can listen to your concerns and involve you in the work of our Union. 

Intense lobbying by Local 1000 members forced the state to extend its layoff date for employees working within the 11 building complexes considered for sale under a budget scheme by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Local 1000 works to save jobs at DGS

Local 1000's legal team is joining the lawsuit seeking to halt the sale of state-owned buildings that would add $5.5 billion to the state's long-term debt. At the same time, preventing the sale will protect hundreds of members from layoff.

Local 1000 represents nine different bargaining units and over 95,000 state employees. The power of these numbers enables us to make workplace improvements that make life better for everyone.

This is a summary of the tentative agreement for Unit 14. To learn more about all tentative agreements, visit the Contract Ratification page.