Union dispute may end contracts for PRIDE Industries, threatening jobs of disabled workers in California prisons.

A union dispute threatens jobs for disabled workers in California prisons, as SEIU Local 1000 seeks to end contracts between the state's correctional health care system and nonprofit PRIDE Industries. The union claims contracts violate civil service outsourcing protections, and the state has not made a good-faith effort to employ state workers. PRIDE Industries may lose its contract at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, potentially impacting 74 disabled custodial workers.

June 25, 2024
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