Issues

Election
There is a lot at stake this election year. Find  out more about the candidates and ballot measures that will have an impact on public education and CSEA members...More

School Funding
California's budget problems are taking a toll on our education system and our students. California schools are already woefully underfunded. Our public schools rank last in the nation for the number of teachers per student, as well as in the number of librarians, counselors and critical support staff. Our students deserve better...More

Healthcare Reform
The skyrocketing cost of health care has had a strong impact on working families and has created some tough bargaining battles in CSEA chapters. That's why we have been working as your advocate at the local, state and federal levels to ensure that you receive the best healthcare possible without sacrificing your pay or other benefits. As your union, we are here to help you get the healthcare benefits you need and deserve...More

Retirement Security
Retirement security has increasingly come under threat. In recent years, politicians have attempted everything from privatizing Social Security or turning your pension into a massive 401k-style contribution plan. As workers, we earn our retirement. It’s not a gift, and it certainly isn’t a benefit we can afford to lose...More

Outsourcing
In California and elsewhere the trend toward outsourcing, or contracting out, has been growing at an alarming rate. For public schools, there is an outside company available for virtually every classified service. While it makes good public rhetoric to proclaim cost-savings for cash strapped schools, outsourcing brings with it a host of problems—and in many cases, it produces little or no cost-savings at all...More

Layoffs
CSEA is fighting for your job at all levels - from the district office to the state capitol. Unfortunately, California's budget crisis is so severe that layoffs have become inevitable for many school districts, and CSEA members, along with teachers and other school staff, are losing their jobs...More

Political Action
For CSEA, political action has always mattered. But in an era of unprecedented budget cuts, skyrocketing healthcare costs and constant threats to employee rights and benefits, political action matters now more than ever before...More

Legislation
Learn more about key bills that could affect classified employees, public education and working families or download the Governmental Relations Report, which has a complete listing of current bills that CSEA supports and opposes...More

School Safety
CSEA members are on the front lines when it comes to keeping our students and schools safe. How can you keep them as safe as possible, and what can you do to keep yourself out of harm's way?...More

Know Your Rights
As classified employees, we are afforded many basic rights by law or through collective bargaining. Learn about your rights on the job and what you can do to protect yourself if your rights are violated...More