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Solano County employees strike as board approves correctional officers' tentative agreement
Summary
At a Jan. 13, 2026 Board of Supervisors meeting, dozens of county workers testified during an unfair-labor-practice strike, urging better pay and health-care terms; the board approved a tentative MOU for correctional officers and appointed retired annuitants to assist Vallejo.
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Dozens of Solano County employees told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that they were on an unfair-labor-practice strike and urged county leaders to return to the bargaining table with better pay and health-care terms.
Workers spoke during the public-comment period at the start of the board meeting, saying the county has used health benefits as leverage in negotiations and that lost pay and rising living costs are forcing staff into financial hardship. "Holding health care over our heads is unethical, and it's immoral," said Michael Kitsis, president of Local 1 Unit 16. Justin Decker of IFPTE Local 21 urged the county to "pay your fair share of health care costs while we sort this out."
The employees singled out health-care premiums, retention and recruitment problems and the cost of housing in Solano County as drivers of the…
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