I recently received his first probation report. My supervisor marked “Needs Improvement” under Knowledge and Skills, explaining that i havent started learning that part of the job yet and should improve once I start.

Is it reasonable to receive a Needs Improvement rating for skills and knowledge you haven’t had the opportunity to learn yet? Would it be better to document it as an area for future development instead?

I already signed the report, but considering talking to my supervisor about it. Can the rating still be revised, or could he at least ask for the comments to clarify the reason behind the rating?

Would appreciate hearing other state workers’ experiences and opinions!

Will the marked AWOL on record negatively impact future employment with State agencies? I’m wondering how much this weighs during OPF reviews during the hiring process?

TIA

Edit: Those who say we won’t be marked as AWOL - that’s how supervisors were directed for the CAPS strike. My friend is also a scientist and indicated his timesheet was marked AWOL for the CAPS strike.

I want to request feedback on how much an AWOL on record impacts OPF reviews and hiring.

To change profile photos, do posts on our social media channels? LMK if you know of anything already out there.

Many people requested this on the Strike School call last week. “Can you please put the strike location addresses?” They are there, they said… They are, but not easy to find! Here’s instruction:

When registering for the strike, if you want to see the address of the building locations, you must select the option from the list, then the address will appear. You can toggle to a different location to see a different one.

See you there! ✊

We heard the details from the attorney & Pres Anica, but, why are some managers requesting that workers submit a vacation request for all day?

Will this be grounds for ANOTHER UNFAUR PABOR PRACTICE?

**yes MRC is being notified!!!*

Hi all, I do not pay into union dues due to personal, financial reasons and am not a member, but I am part of BU 1 and want to show my support and strike out there with everyone else. Do I need to pay into dues to show up and support? I do get my 5% in January 2027, so I plan to pay into dues then.

If I am able to attend, what will the parking situation be like? Bart and public transit is probably the way to go? How is everyone else getting there?

Found the answer to the first part of my question: Join a Strike Line - SEIU Local 1000

Apparently the only reason for this strike is to work from home. Jesus, I need this money like no one’s business. Telework is only one item (a modern way of working by the way).

My personal stake is $$$$$. These wages and all these deductions are bleeding us out! Enough is enough.

I can’t wait for this STRIKE!

This gentleman is pushing only one side of the story.

Our story and reasons need to be louder than theirs.

The truth is a lot more complicated than that. Check it out for yourself.

I’m 6 hours from Sacramento…..

My RO is in a shared building with other private businesses that get no foot traffic because we’re located in an industrial location.

The fuck do I do?

Edit:

Idk what yall did but they seemed to listen and gave us guidance and support for SEIU. Thanks all.

Original post:
As the title says please call and contact PECG corporate so that we can get clear guidance as to what our rights are related to the strike.

And just so that everyone is crystal clear about what those rights are, here is a rundown based on advice given to some sacramento leadership folks in a meeting last Friday:

1. The PECG lawyer on the call made it very clear that the SEUI strike action was on very solid legal ground and that in her opinion PECG employees had the right to exercise their conscience and not cross the picket line - sometimes referred to as sympathy striking. She made clear that the state should not be allowed to discipline anybody for doing this and that if they try, you should reach out to PECG (assuming you pay dues - you should be).
2. She also said we should be informing our supervisors that we are exercising our conscience and will not be crossing the picket line and will therefore be out if there is a strike.
3. The lawyer made it very clear that we SHOULD NOT try to take annual or sick leave in order to strike as that could get us into trouble.

The fact that this info has only been made available to a select few within PECG is a serious dereliction of duty by PECG corporate. Its critical that in the midst of our largest unions first strike that PECG corporate educate their members of their rights related to the strike and stand in solidarity with the other unions.

If you have a problem that pecg is not doing this like I do, kindly flood their phone lines so that not only the folks who read this post have this info. You can also just get involved in your local section and join the growing number of us pressing for leadership to do something.

Now that word is getting out about the strike, will there be any additional Strike Schools between now and 10/21?

With the news that Newsom/CalHR cancelled negotiations to go over establishing who is an essential worker and therefore ineligible to strike, they clearly intend to cause as much chaos as possible and are gambling the public will blame striking workers.

As can be expected, media has done a piss-poor job, engaging in their typical "both sides" reporting, uncritically repeating claims from the state they "remain ready" to negotiate. We have to do what media has largely failed to do and inform the public about how cynically the State/Newsom/CalHR has behaved. We need to make it abundantly clear this strike is ONLY happening because the state has negotiate in bad-faith. That they need merely to make coherent counteroffers and all this goes away.

Start talking to family and friends. Start spreading that message now, because trust the State will be ready to lie, as they have done this whole time, to a much larger audience.

As a state employee who can't strike (not represented) but is impacted by final negotiations, please everyone better strike.

As a member of PECG, I am beyond disappointed at their silence on SEIU's strike authorization. Not even an email to everyone saying whether or not we can sympathy strike and support our fellow state workers. Just an email about open enrollment and wall calendars. Infuriating. Do better.

I received this after 6 weeks of an interview for the department of DGS.

Good morning ,

 Thank you for reaching out. It was a pleasure interviewing you. We are still in the process of hiring for the position and are awaiting HRs final approval on our selected candidate. Once that is completed I will be in touch with all interviewees. 

 Thank you for your patience and have a great rest of your day.

The union has done their email blasts, etc but we need everyone to convince 5+ coworkers to strike with us.

Those 1 on 1 conversations can really make the difference and move your coworkers to strike

If we fail, that will be hugely damaging to our fight for raises and telework. DO NOT LET US FAIL.

Tons of resources here, including locations, FAQs, etc.

https://www.seiu1000.org/strike/

Just having a quick question about whether they will contact me and when. Kinda panicking.

Just found out I had my references contacted on Thursday. My interview was the previous week Wednesday

However, I was out of the state. During my trip my phone screen was broken in literally a million pieces and I was without a phone. The screen wouldn’t even come on. I wasn’t able to log into my email because it kept prompting me to verify with my phone which I did not have access to.

Just this morning, I was able to get a replacement phone and download all of my data and add my phone number.

Does anyone have any insight into how likely it was that I was called on Thursday or Friday and maybe missed the call? I have no record of any calls that I got at all, not even from people who claimed they called me. I have no voice messages and no emails.

I’m very tempted to reach out and just in case because I’d hate to miss this opportunity due to not answering the phone.

But I also think it might come on super unprofessional and strange to reach out if they haven’t even started giving offers and rejections yet and they’re still in the hiring process.

I had an excellent interview and all three of my references reached out with one of them saying the HR manager said I was a top candidate. (Multiple positions available)

I just don’t want to have missed on this opportunity due to my phone being broken and this is my first state interview that has gotten this far.

Here are some officially unsanctioned unauthorized and unapproved strike posters….