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The Advocate
December, 2006 Issue

Read the Final Issue of the Local 616 Advocate

Goodbye 616, hello Local 1021. Find out details of the restructuring of SEIU California Locals.

ALCO bargaining team returns to the table in January. Find out about the Contract Action Team (CAT) and how this group works to support the negotiators and reinforce issues important to ALCO workers.

The Advocate
August/September, 2006 Issue

The Perfect Storm

New state and county budgets hold the line against layoffs but leave much to be debated at the bargaining table.

Retirement benefits will be front and center during the upcoming Alameda County contract negotiations.

The Advocate
July, 2006 Issue

In This Issue:

Restructuring of SEIU locals in California

Protecting pensions with Assembly Bill 616

June election results

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Local 616 Advocate
December 2005–January 2006

Hasta la vista, 2005:
The Year in Review

We said goodbye to Cambio and hello to more than 500 new Local 616 members. We saved our pension system and partied for politics. We trained new stewards and taught the governor a thing or two.

Relive the highlights of 2005 in the December/January issue of the Local 616 Advocate.

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Union Voter Guide:
Nov. 8 Special Election
Oct–Nov2005

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Advocate Special Report
April–May 2005

Sneak Attack:
The Government Declares War on Public Employees

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Local 616 in History:
Special Edition

To know where you're going, you've got to understand where you've been. That's why this special edition of the Local 616 Advocate focuses on our history — the history of Local 616 and of SEIU. It's a fascinating story in its own right, but there's a more pressing reason for publishing an issue like this. The American labor movement is undergoing one of the most far-reaching transformations in its history, and with SEIU International restructuring itself internally as well, perhaps the only sure thing is that the Local 616 you're in today is not the one you'll be in this time next year.

So read on, see where we've been and what we've had to go through to get where we are. Then take part in the ongoing conversation about the future of your union and the American labor movement at these websites:
Change to Win
AFL-CIO "Strengthening Our Union Movement for the Future"

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Download back issues of the Local 616 Advocate

The Local 616 Advocate is the bimonthly newsletter of SEIU Local 616, one of three elements comprising our communications strategy – along with our website (www.seiu616.org) and our Local 616 Action Center.

You can now download each issue of the Local 616 Advocate as a PDF file, readable on any computer equipped with the free Adobe Reader or another PDF reader application. The Advocate is also distributed at each worksite where Local 616 members are employed; ask your Field Rep for the latest issue.

Worksite Guides

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SHOP STEWARD LEADERSHIP GUIDE
A practical how-to guide on the basics of being a Local 616 shop steward, along with advice and inspiration from three of them.

WORKPLACE SURVIVAL GUIDE
A 4-page Action Center pullout designed with Local 616 members in mind. You can find an expanded, live version in our On the Job section, or download it as a PDF file for printing or viewing on screen (221K).

Local 616 New Strength Unity Report – 2004
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