{"id":503393,"date":"2026-10-21T21:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503393\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:56:13","slug":"seiu-local-1000-workers-stage-one-day-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503393\/","title":{"rendered":"SEIU Local 1000 workers stage one-day strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792619773_212_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Parsons\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014LIVE | SEIU 1000 workers march in Sacramento<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-theme-key=\"base-link\" aria-label=\"Watch on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9HwrTmeaqg\" class=\"css-1x9urvz css-0 e1socmtw0\">Watch on<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Thousands of California state workers are walking off the job Wednesday in a historic one-day strike.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The May Lee State Office Complex in Sacramento is one of multiple sites where state workers will be striking. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The union SEIU Local 1000 is leading the strike, fighting the state over a new contract. The union is seeking a 20% pay raise over three years, along with reductions in healthcare costs and changes to telework policies.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Workers are also expected to rally in downtown Sacramento at noon. Employees considered essential are exempt from the walkout.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">SEIU last authorized a strike in 2016, but did not go on strike across the state. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The union represents around 100,000 state workers across 140 state departments and agencies, including cooks, custodians, nurses and office staff.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Download our app<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=kcra.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014LIVE | SEIU 1000 workers march in SacramentoWatch on Thousands of California state workers are walking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[194756,2820,131757,83028,194759,5502,194754,49096,60724,23615,6787,194761,31116,35693,95008,473,194755,34814,1577,21909,191021,121,123,122,45435,98077,180287,194762,180288,194757,184848,2328,194758,71541,194760],"class_list":["post-503393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-20-pay-raise","tag-app","tag-california-state-worker","tag-california-state-workers","tag-california-strike","tag-contract-dispute","tag-contract-disputes","tag-cook","tag-custodian","tag-download","tag-downtown-sacramento","tag-essential-employees","tag-healthcare-cost","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-historic-strike","tag-kcra","tag-may-lee-state-office-complex","tag-new-contract","tag-nurse","tag-office-staff","tag-one-day-strike","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-seiu","tag-seiu-local-1000","tag-state-contract","tag-state-office-complex","tag-state-workers-strike","tag-telework-policies","tag-telework-policy","tag-union","tag-union-strike","tag-walkout","tag-wednesday-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}