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Join State Scientists in a collective fight to protect California’s future by providing equitable wages to state-employed scientists.

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Updates
Taking the Fight to PERB
After a historic first-ever strike last week, CAPS legal team now picks up the banner and continues the fight to protect your employee rights. Late Monday, the Public Employment Relations
We Made History with our Defiance for Science Strike! What’s Next
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, our check-in report so far shows over 2,152 of us, a majority of rank-and-file California State Scientists, showed up in our collective fight for
Defiance for Science! Strike – Final Day
The CAPS Bargaining Team has called for a three-day strike on November 15, 16, and 17, 2023 using the following schedule: CAPS CALENDAR. TODAY, November 17, 2023: ALL STATE SCIENTISTS ON
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about the caps 2023 strike authorization vote
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Strike Hardship Fund Donations:
A GiveButter campaign has been established for folks to collect donations. This is the only official CAPS GiveButter Strike Hardship Fund campaign from the union. Please only share this link as this is verified and connected to the CAPS accounts: https://givebutter.com/StateScience.