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 15: Allied Services
• Union: Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
• Percentage of Workforce: 2.1%
• Number of Positions: 4,606
• Profile: Employees represented by Unit 15 include custodians employed by the Department of General Services who work in various state buildings, laundry workers, supervising cooks, and food services workers in state prisons and other state institutions. More than half of these employees work for the Department of State Hospitals, the Department of General Services, or the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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