Bargaining Unit Profiles

Over 200,000 people work for a State of California department or agency (other than a university). More than 80% of these employees are represented by one of the state’s 21 bargaining units in the collective bargaining process. The rest are excluded from the collective bargaining because they are managers, supervisors, or employees who assist management develop  employee compensation policies. Below, we describe the types of employees in the state’s 21 bargaining units.

• Bargaining Unit 1: Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services
• Union: Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
• Percentage of Workforce: 25.4%
• Number of Positions: 65,090
• Profile: Unit 1 is the largest of the state’s 21 bargaining units. The employees perform many different types of jobs across numerous state departments. These employees include accounting officers, auditors, analysts, employment program representatives at the Employment Development Department, disability evaluators at the Department of Health and Human Services, information technology analysts, and other professional classifications.

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