California State Employees Association
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The California State Employees Association (CSEA), was founded in 1932 in Sacramento, California. Its early achievements include creation of the first retirement system for California state workers (now called the California Public Employees' Retirement System
), creation of a credit union
for state employees, winning collective bargaining rights for state and university employees, winning voter approval of the merit system for state civil service, and a 40-hour workweek. When California adopted collective bargaining for state employees in 1979, CSEA began a long period of reorganization wherein its members were divided into four distinct classes depending on their employment or retirement status with the State of California. Ultimately, each of the four classes of employees formally incorporated their respective organizations within the corporate structure of CSEA. Each of these four affiliates have assumed authority for their respective member representation programs. Today, CSEA is a federation of four affiliated organizations which represent active and retired state and California State University system employees. CSEA offers legislative, IT, accounting, printing and member benefits services, and assists in the coordination of affiliate activities.
CSEA's four affiliates are:
SEIU Local 1000 - (Local 1000) - Represents about 95,000 rank and file civil service state employees in California.
Association of California State Supervisors - (ACSS) - Represents about 7,000 state civil service managers, supervisors and confidential employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.
California State University Employees Union
- (CSUEU/SEIU 2579) - Represents about 15,000 rank and file employees of the California State University
system.
California State Employees Association Retirees
- (CSEA Retirees) - Represents about 30,000 retired state employees including rank and file employees regardless of bargaining unit as well as managerial and other non-represented state employees who retired from active service with the state of California.
CalPERS
The California Public Employees' Retirement System or CalPERS is an agency in the California executive branch that "manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees, retirees, and their families"...
), creation of a credit union
Credit union
A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...
for state employees, winning collective bargaining rights for state and university employees, winning voter approval of the merit system for state civil service, and a 40-hour workweek. When California adopted collective bargaining for state employees in 1979, CSEA began a long period of reorganization wherein its members were divided into four distinct classes depending on their employment or retirement status with the State of California. Ultimately, each of the four classes of employees formally incorporated their respective organizations within the corporate structure of CSEA. Each of these four affiliates have assumed authority for their respective member representation programs. Today, CSEA is a federation of four affiliated organizations which represent active and retired state and California State University system employees. CSEA offers legislative, IT, accounting, printing and member benefits services, and assists in the coordination of affiliate activities.
CSEA's four affiliates are:
SEIU Local 1000 - (Local 1000) - Represents about 95,000 rank and file civil service state employees in California.
Association of California State Supervisors - (ACSS) - Represents about 7,000 state civil service managers, supervisors and confidential employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.
California State University Employees Union
California State University Employees Union
The California State University Employees Union /SEIU 2579 represents approximately 15,000 healthcare, operations, administrative and technical support staff at the California State University's 23 campuses and the Office of the Chancellor...
- (CSUEU/SEIU 2579) - Represents about 15,000 rank and file employees of the California State University
California State University
The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
system.
California State Employees Association Retirees
California State Employees Association Retirees
The California State Employees Association Retirees is the largest organization representing retired California state government employees. Organising health care and pension benefits 29,000 members. It is an affiliate of the California State Employees Association headquartered in Sacramento,...
- (CSEA Retirees) - Represents about 30,000 retired state employees including rank and file employees regardless of bargaining unit as well as managerial and other non-represented state employees who retired from active service with the state of California.