CSEA Chapter 34

📢New Focus Magazine: May/June Issue📢

In this issue: Introducing CSEA Now!

📰A new monthly email with CSEA’s most important news, straight to you: pulling highlights together and delivering them in a quick, readable newsletter, so you have the information you need to be an active part of your union.

💯Get ready for the historic 100th Annual Conference with the Conference Preview.

🎓The CSEA Member Career Grant is open for applications now.

Election reports, the President’s Message, and more in the May/June Issue of Focus.

📖Read now: csea.com/focus.

Juneteenth honors the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday commemorates the date of June 19, 1865, when enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they were free – more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The holiday has been celebrated for over 150 years, but was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law.

CSEA also successfully lobbied for state legislation to unmistakably clarify that Juneteenth is a paid holiday for all classified employees in California’s public schools as a result of the federal law signed in 2021. CSEA’s class-action lawsuit settlement against districts who failed to recognize the Juneteenth holiday benefited more than 25,000 CSEA members, who received over 100,000 hours in comp-time and more than $8 million in back pay.

Learn more about Juneteenth and CSEA’s victory for classified at csea.com/Juneteenth.

All CSEA offices are closed in observance of Juneteenth.

✊🇺🇸 Join us for the 47th Annual Labor Day Parade, Picnic & Rally! 🇺🇸✊

This Labor Day, let's stand together in solidarity and celebrate the contributions of working people across our communities.

Hosted by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition, this annual event brings together union members, families, and community allies for a day of unity, advocacy, and fun. Enjoy the parade, inspiring speakers, live music, food, booths, shuttle service, and activities for the whole family at Heidi's Kids Zone.

📅 Monday, September 7, 2026
📍 March Assembly: 8:00 AM
📍 March Begins: 10:00 AM
📍 Rally at Banning Park: 12:00 PM

Workers' Solidarity — Together We Win!

We hope to see you there as we honor the labor movement and continue the fight for fairness, dignity, and respect for all workers.