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Houston City Employees Begin Meet and Confer Process
 | Houston members rally at City Hall before negotiations begin. |
For the first time in Texas history, civilian public service employees sat down with city officials to initiate binding contract negotiations regarding wages, benefits, policies and procedures. On April 10th, the first city in Texas to have this right witnessed a gathering of over 200 city employees showing their suport for the Houston Organization of Public Employees Negotiating Team. The next bargaining session will take place Tuesday, June 19th.» Read More About HOPE City of San Antonio Members Negotiate / Await Implementation of First Pay Plan Since 1986
The SEIU Pay Plan Consultation Committee (PPCC) is meeting with city management in an effort to advance the implementation of a recently developed pay system that would, for the first time since 1986, give all full-time civilian city employees an opportunity to reach the top of their step pay scale. This comes after four years of SEIU members advocating for improvements to a pay system that has been broken since city management, with council approval, stripped civilian employees of their longevity pay in 1986.
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Hidalgo County Members Win Better Wages/ Continue Negotiations on Policies and Procedures  | Members unite at Rio Grande Valley Union Hall. |
Hidalgo County members won their first budget victory shortly after becoming the first group, on July 19, 2006, of public service employees in the State of Texas to win a union election. The election, with 96% of the vote supporting SEIU, has created an avenue for workers to discuss wages, health care and improving public services with county officials. So far, members have accomplished the implementation of tiered wages, resulting in 82% of members winning a 6.75% wage increase. Members priorities include improving the current sick leave policy, reforming health care, and advocating for a free worker clinic, to name a few. » Read Monitor-News Article on Union Election Results | | Spotlight On |
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President Bush’s proposed FY 2008 budget freezes Head Start funding at $6.78 billion, which excludes an additional $103.7 million that Congress recently passed for FY 2007. » Learn more
SEIU TX Introduces Member Benefits
On top of building power for working families in Texas and all over the country, SEIU TX members now have access to special discounts.
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SEIU on Air America
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Make Work Pay
 Learn about Change-to-Win's campaign to raise incomes for working families. SEIU is a member of Change-to-Win, the labor federation that's building a stronger voice for America's workers.
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 Texas Employees Are Winning with SEIU
Public service employees in cities, counties and school districts are joining together and winning big. Find out how we're winning improvements in San Antonio.
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