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 STRIKE. All Rank-and-File Unit 10 Scientists are ON STRIKE  and shall withhold their labor.   

  • District 3 will continue to picket CalEPA (1001 I Street, Sacramento)
  • District 1 will continue to picket at multiple locations, including Junipero Serra Building (320 4th St, Los Angeles)*
  • District 4 will continue to picket at multiple locations, including Oakland State Building (1515 Clay Street, Oakland)*
  • District 2 and 5 will picket their respective worksites.

* Strike Captains will release additional information. 

Stand up and join us! It is time for Unit 10 scientists, our family, our friends, and our supporters to show this Administration the call to VALUE Scientists! 

Despite your CAPS Team clearly stating our demands at the bargaining table, we remain at impasse with an unmovable administration: We are owed a fair contract that addresses our most pressing issues and VALUES Scientists!

CRITICAL: Take Action to Show YOUR Support.

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