The State Worker

See the numbers: California state worker union membership dips amid pandemic

Service Employees International Local 1000 is drawing attention to the cost of state technology contracts while it negotiates broad changes to job descriptions for state IT workers.
Service Employees International Local 1000 is drawing attention to the cost of state technology contracts while it negotiates broad changes to job descriptions for state IT workers. Sacramento Bee file photo, 2014

Membership rates for California state unions have dropped slightly amid the pandemic, according to an analysis by The Sacramento Bee of State Controller’s Office data.

The State Worker published a story on the trend Monday.

Below is a table showing membership rates by bargaining unit and state union for three points in time: just after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, just before the coronavirus arrived in California and six months into the pandemic.

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Wes Venteicher
The Sacramento Bee
Wes Venteicher is a former reporter for The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Bureau.
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