State employees are furious with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after ordering them to get off the couch and back into the office.
In a memo obtained by The Post sent to Cabinet Secretary Nani Coloretti, Newsom wrote that the governor’s executive ordermandates that workerswho telework return to the office for at least four days per week,with just one day to telework, starting July 1.
“As you all know, CalHR last year negotiated agreements with the unions to delay the implementation of the Executive Order until July 1, 2026,” the memo read.
“Cabinet Secretaries should take all necessary steps to implement the Executive Order, effective July 1, 2026, with an expectation of working in the office or in the field 4 days per week.”
Last year, Newsom faced push back from unions overExecutive Order N-22-25and it’s happening again. Unions like SEIU Local 1000 — which represents nearly 100,000 state workers, and CAPS UAW, representing 6,000 scientific workers for the state — have blasted the governor over the move.
In a press release from SEIU Local 1000 — it wrote that “as the State refuses to bargain in good faith over changes to teleworking conditions, SEIU Local 1000filed an Unfair Labor Practice Chargewith the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).”
“SEIU Local 1000 remains committed to fighting for Telework that Works through bargaining, legislation, and statewide member organizing efforts.”
The unionsaid in the unfair practice complaintthat the RTO was a violation of the The Dills Act, which “requires the State to meet and confer in good faith over mandatory subjects of bargaining, including work location, schedules, and telework.”
The union claimed that the state has refused to bargain over the main issue which is whether “employees will be required to report to the workplace four days per week.”
CAPS UAW —blasted “Newsom’s harmful Return to Office mandate.”
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