Your CAPS Bargaining Team (CAPS Team) participated in mediation with the Administration (State) on November 8, 2023, with one clear and long-standing goal: secure a fair contract for our membership that addresses our most pressing issues and VALUES Scientists!
No agreement has been reached and CAPS and the State remain at impasse. The next mediation session is scheduled for November 28, 2023.
Now is the time for State Scientists to use our collective power and stand together in solidarity.
Your CAPS Team has called for a three-day rolling Defiance For Science strike on November 15, 16, and 17, 2023. IMPORTANT NOTE: NOT ALL SCIENTISTS WILL BE ASKED TO STRIKE ON ALL THREE DAYS.
How This CAPS Strike Will Work. Specific worksites will be contacted to begin our roll out of this stand-up strike. We will share more details later this week. In the interim, please be sure to update your contact information (https://capsscientists.org/members/update/) and sign up for email and text alerts (https://www.votervoice.net/CAPSSCIENTISTS/Campaigns/108580/Respond).
Read our Strike Standards: https://capsscientists.org/caps-bargaining/resources/ for more details on what is expected from all State Scientists during our strike next week.
Worksite Meetings. Your CAPS Team knows questions go hand-in-hand with this announcement and are prepared to answer you live on Zoom! Join your CAPS Bargaining Team at a worksite meeting to find out more. See the schedule below. You must pre-register to participate.
- Thursday, November 9, 12-1pm (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdO-qqD0tGd1QhyB22WZ5JN8eeo9ufa-5)
- Thursday, November 9, 6-7pm (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsduurrzMoHtxBUCEpj3h77SZ_HLmWVSm0)
- Monday, November 13, 12-1pm (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsfuGrrjItGNDPWmmldAtwYAjOfAKiOPSi)
- Monday, November 13, 6-7pm (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuf-ugrD4vG9RF824WPgJ5ua3aeHwFNqNX)
- Tuesday, November 14, 12-1pm (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcu-gqDwpGNB-L6_6Lf_gfv7hI9Dlt46n)
- CANCELED: November 15 & 16 – to allow that all members be available for strike duties and participation, and so as not to disadvantage the worksites called for the first wave, these previously scheduled worksite meetings have been canceled.
Our FAQs: https://capscontract2023.org/faqs/ will continuously be updated to ensure YOU and your colleagues have the most updated information.
CRITICAL: Take Action to Show YOUR Support!
- Fill out the strike commitment: https://form.jotform.com/233030957593056
- Post about our upcoming strike on social media using our social media tool kit and the hashtags #ValueScientists #DefianceForScience #ScientistsStrikeBack:https://capscontract2023.org/social-media-toolkit/
- Take the pledge: Don’t Cross CAPS Picket Lines: https://www.votervoice.net/CAPSSCIENTISTS/Petitions/4387/Respond
- Join CAPS for a rally outside of the California Democratic Party’s November 2023 State Endorsing Convention on Saturday, November 18, 2023, in Downtown Sacramento. Commit to Attend: https://app.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?CFEB8798CA8B9F9BCD
- Concerned about a potential strike? Tell the Governor and his representatives:https://www.votervoice.net/CAPSSCIENTISTS/Campaigns/108724/Respond
- Donate to and share the CAPS Strike Hardship Fund: https://givebutter.com/StateScience
