05/14/2026
🟣 Bargaining unit 17🟣
19.7.17 – Report Preparation Time
19.9.17 – Exchange of Days Off
19.25.17 – Travel Time
19.26.17 – Workweek Correctional Institutions
Additional Tentative Agreements
20.6.17 Post and Bid Procedure for Vacant Registered Nurse Positions – Veteran’s Homes (CalVet).
This agreement improves support for post and bid procedures by allowing experienced headquarters staff to assist local veterans homes as needed, ensuring smoother implementation.
Articles 12, 21, and Appendix Sections
The following existing contract language provisions were also passed to maintain existing protections and benefits:
12.6.17 — Alternate Transportation
12.10.17 — Replacement of Damaged Personal Clothing and/or Articles
21.22.17 — Licensure
Appendix 16.17 — Side Letter
Appendix 2.17 — FLSA Exempt Employee Differential
Correctional Treatment Centers (CTCs) – Appendix N, Side Letter 7.17
The bargaining team also proposed language updates related to the maintenance and activation of Correctional Treatment Centers (CTCs), including clarifying language to ensure both CDCR and CCHCS remain responsible for maintaining these facilities. This item has not yet been agreed to, and the BU17 team is still awaiting a response from the State.
Your bargaining team remains committed to protecting existing rights while continuing to fight for stronger staffing protections, fair compensation, and improved working conditions for BU 17 members statewide.
To all nurses across California, thank you for your unwavering dedication, compassion, and the essential care you provide to your patients and communities every single day.
BU 17 Bargaining Team
Chair, Vanessa Seastrong – DSH
Vice Chair, Kimberly Manuel – CDCR
Alternate Vice Chair, Elsa Monroe – CDCR
BUNC Member, Michele Taylor – CDCR
BUNC Member, Leticia Whitman – CDCR
