Our Local
Union
SEIU Local 1000 (formerly known as the Civil Service Division of CSEA) represents over 88,000 California state workers.
We are a proud local union of the 1.5 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest growing union in the American Labor Movement. We are the largest SEIU local in California.
Our local is also affiliated with the California State Employees Association (CSEA). As an affiliate of CSEA, we contract with and receive services from CSEA. These services include representation by CSEA staff, printing services, legal services and member benefits.
Our local is the exclusive representative for California state workers in bargaining units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20 & 21. We represent the people who make California work.
Our members participate in the Union's decision-making process in four major areas:
District Labor Councils
To provide more effective representation at the local level, each employee represented by SEIU Local 1000 is assigned to a District Labor Council (DLC) -- a local chapter. Each DLC is a semi-autonomous group of members that elects its own local leadership. There are fifty DLCs throughout the state, including one (DLC 799) that represents out-of-state offices located in New York, Chicago and Houston.
BARGAINING UNIT
Each bargaining unit is also organized as a representational form of government. Unit issues, programs and activities are addressed through Statewide Bargaining Advisory Councils (SBAC) which are composed of bargaining representatives elected by members from each chapter. Major unit decisions are formulated by a Bargaining Unit Negotiating Council (BUNC), commonly referred to as the 'bargaining team'. Major agreements reached by the BUNC, including the Contract must be ratified by the members of each unit.
Elected Delegates
Every two years, delegates directly elected by members in each chapter meet in a convention called the Delegate Assembly. At this meeting, our delegates adopt the Local's budget and elect the Local's statewide officers.
These delegates are also delegates to the biennial convention (called the 'General Council' or 'GC') of CSEA. The GC delegates elect the statewide officers of CSEA (including the CSEA President) and are responsible for making changes or additions to CSEA's bylaws.
The position of delegate is one of the most important position to which a member can be elected.
Governing Council
In between meetings of the Delegate Assembly, the Union's operations are administered by a 63-member governing council ('Council') which is responsible for policy decisions affecting the Local. The Council consists of the Union's four statewide officers, the president of each district labor council and the chairperson of each bargaining team.
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