加州10万州雇员投票授权罢工：96.2%赞成，若谈判无果10月21日或迎44年首次全州罢工
加州最大的州雇员工会即将举行该组织44年历史上的首次全州罢工。据美国服务业雇员国际工会（SEIU）第1000地方分会10月8日宣布，在为期一个月的内部投票中，96.2%的投票成员授权工会于10月21日举行一日罢工，抗议州政府在合同谈判中的恶意谈判行为。工会主席阿妮卡·沃尔斯在视频声明中说：“州雇员们已经明确而响亮地表达了立场。”
SEIU第1000分会代表约10万名州政府雇员，分布在140个部门和机构，包括车管局（DMV）、失业保险与残障保险办公室、加州交通局、州食品农业部和州立医院等。现行合同已于6月30日到期，雇员们已在没有新合同的情况下工作了三个多月。工会的核心诉求是三年累计加薪20%——2026年加薪7%、2027年再加7%、2028年加6%，此外还包括可负担的医疗保险和远程办公制度现代化。沃尔斯表示，纽森政府拒绝了工会在续约谈判中的全部提案。
如果罢工如期举行，预计车管局、失业保险和残障保险等关键民生服务将出现延误。工会已公布纠察线安排：10月21日上午7时起，首府萨克拉门托将设5处纠察线，分别位于加州人力资源局、州务卿大楼、教育部大楼、车管局总部和资源大楼前；奥克兰、旧金山、弗雷斯诺、洛杉矶、诺沃克、圣贝纳迪诺和圣迭戈也将同步设立纠察线。
值得注意的是，工会曾在2016年授权罢工，但当时与布朗州长政府在最后时刻达成协议，罢工未能成行。这一次若付诸实施，将是该工会44年历史上的首次全州罢工。时间点也颇为敏感：任期受限的州长加文·纽森将于2027年1月卸任，这场劳资对峙成为他任期尾声的一大考验。
州长办公室尚未对罢工授权作出正式回应。经济学家韦恩·温加登表示，在加州高税收的背景下，如此幅度的加薪要求在财政上难以持续，成本最终将由纳税人承担。工会则反驳称，州雇员只占州预算不到3%，却承担着维持加州人基本福利运转的关键职能。据纽约邮报、The Center Square等媒体报道。
100,000 California State Workers Authorize Strike: 96.2% in Favor, Oct. 21 Walkout Possible If Talks Fail
California's largest state workers' union is set to stage the first statewide strike in its 44-year history. SEIU Local 1000 announced on Oct. 8 that 96.2 percent of voting members authorized a one-day strike on Oct. 21, concluding a month-long internal vote, to protest what the union calls bad-faith bargaining by the state. 'State workers have spoken loud and clear,' union president Anica Walls said in a video message.
SEIU Local 1000 represents about 100,000 state employees across 140 departments and agencies, including the Department of Motor Vehicles, unemployment and disability insurance offices, Caltrans, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and state hospitals. The current contract expired June 30, leaving employees without a new agreement for more than three months. The union's core demands total a 20 percent raise over three years — 7 percent in 2026, another 7 percent in 2027 and 6 percent in 2028 — plus affordable health care and modernized remote-work rules. Walls said the Newsom administration rejected all of the union's proposals for the contract renewal.
If the walkout proceeds, delays are expected at the DMV and the state's unemployment and disability insurance offices. The union has published its picket plans: starting at 7 a.m. on Oct. 21, five picket lines will go up in Sacramento — outside the California Department of Human Resources, the Secretary of State building, the Department of Education building, DMV headquarters and the Resources Building — with additional lines in Oakland, San Francisco, Fresno, Los Angeles, Norwalk, San Bernardino and San Diego.
Notably, the union authorized a strike in 2016 but reached a last-minute agreement with then-Gov. Jerry Brown, so no walkout occurred. If this one goes forward, it will be the first statewide strike in the union's 44-year history. The timing is sensitive: term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office in January 2027, making this labor showdown a major test in the final months of his administration.
The governor's office has not formally responded to the strike authorization. Economist Wayne Winegarden said raises of this magnitude are not financially sustainable for taxpayers in a high-tax state. The union counters that state workers make up less than 3 percent of the state budget while performing essential functions that keep benefits flowing to Californians. Reported by the New York Post, The Center Square and others.
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