AFSCME Local 2620 represents nearly 5,000 health and social services professionals throughout the state of California. Since 1976, we have been fighting to improve the wages, benefits, retirement security and work conditions for all members in California state services.
AFSCME Local 2620 News
Offering Comfort Amidst the Cinders
For most of the country, Nov. 8, 2018, might not stand out the same way it does for social worker Lance Ferris. But for Ferris, who’s based in Chico, that…
CalPERS Reports Preliminary 6.7 Percent Investment Return for Fiscal Year 2018-19
Sacramento, Calif. – CalPERS today reported a preliminary 6.7 percent net return on investments for the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2019. CalPERS assets at the end of the…
California prison guards can’t sue state for time spent walking to their posts, court rules
The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected most of an 11-year-old lawsuit in which tens of thousands of California state prison guards sought additional pay for work-related tasks they performed…
CalPERS health insurance will cost more next year, but not as much more as insurers wanted
By: WES VENTEICHER Health insurance premiums for CalPERS members are going up next year, but rates will be lower than insurers initially requested, according to 2020 rates published Tuesday. Premiums will…
Resolutions for the Biennial Convention 2019
What is a Resolution? The resolution is one way Union members help determine Local 2620’s policies and actions. A resolution is quite simply a call to action that is voted…