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SF city workers take over City Hall in urgent rally against service cuts and layoffs
City workers disrupt city hall, drop banners, and call on the mayor to protect public services
As the City’s budget process gears up, city unions—including IFPTE Local 21, SEIU Local 1021, and the SF Building Trades—held an emergency rally last Wednesday, May 14. City workers expressed deep concerns that Mayor Daniel Lurie’s soon-to-be-released budget might make drastic cuts to public services while big tech companies continue to avoid paying their fair share in taxes.
Cal Academy of Sciences members ratify first union contract with important improvements
The new contract includes the right to strike to defend democracy and public services along with critical gains in wages, benefits, and working conditions.
After three years of organizing and nearly two years since they voted by a landslide to form their union, Cal Academy Workers United, as a chapter of SEIU 1021, staff at the California Academy of Sciences have ratified their first union contract with an overwhelming 87% yes vote. The new three-year contract makes crucial improvements to wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Fairfield workers stand united for a fair contract
City of Fairfield workers showed up strong on May 15 and again on May 21 for lunchtime tabling actions outside City Hall, demanding a fair contract.
Despite months of bargaining, the City continues to push harmful concessions—including 0% wage increases for two years, quadrupled health premiums, cuts to sick and personal leave, and the elimination of a paid holiday. While they’ve dropped one proposal, the rest remain unchanged.
1021 members rally to say “HANDS OFF MEDICAID”
Last Tuesday, May 13, SEIU 1021 members at two hospitals took part in a nationwide day of action to tell Republicans in Congress that we won’t accept $880 million in cuts to Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) so the richest one percent can get big tax cuts. Last month, eight of the nine Republican Congressmembers from California voted for this cruel bill, and SEIU members across California spoke up in opposition.
Labor coalition including SEIU 1021 wins temporary block on Trump’s executive order reorganizing federal government
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on unconstitutional attempt to fire federal workers en masse and shutter agencies
Last Friday, May 9, a coalition of labor groups — including SEIU 1021 — as well as cities and counties and other organizations that rely on federal services scored a huge victory against President Trump’s executive order illegally reorganizing the federal government. In a courtroom in the San Francisco Federal Building, Senior District Judge Susan Illston heard the case against the president’s February executive order that would fire tens of thousands of federal workers and shut down entire federal agencies.
SEIU 1021 steps up in a coalition to bring union jobs to the new green economy
As part of the California Labor for Climate Jobs coalition, SEIU 1021 is on the front lines of linking workers’ rights and care for our environment, and with our political allies, we’re working to achieve big goals.
The coalition’s policy agenda includes:
SEIU 1021 celebrates AAPI Heritage Month by honoring the mothers of our movement
Dozens of SEIU 1021 members, families, and community members gathered on Saturday for a joyful celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month at Snow Park in Oakland. The event honored both the cultural contributions of AAPI communities and the matriarchs who have shaped families, movements, and leadership across generations.
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With the Trump administration escalating threats against immigrants—from increased ICE raids to an attempt, for now blocked indefinitely by a federal judge, to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented mothers and those on temporary tourist, student, or work visas (unless the father is a citizen or legal permanent resident)—immigrant communities are understandably worried.
The 2024 SEIU Local 1021 Convention was a weekend of unity, inspiration, and action
Over 600 member leaders and staff attended the SEIU 1021 Convention– the most people ever in attendance.
Held Saturday, Sept. 28 & Sunday, Sept. 29
Hundreds pledge to Get- Out-The Vote Locally.
The triennial SEIU Local 1021 Convention, held Saturday, September 28, and Sunday, September 29, was a dynamic celebration of solidarity and collective action. It marked a pivotal moment for hundreds of enthusiastic members.
Spotlight
2025 SEIU 1021 Executive Board Election Results
We have concluded the ballot count for the SEIU 1021 Executive
Board election. You can find the results of the election
here:
SEIU 1021 2025 Official Election Results
SEIU 1021 Election Results Ballots Cast
Please see the current list of offices and certified candidates
for SEIU 1021’s 2025 local-wide election:
List of Offices and Certified Candidates 2025 (as of December 20, 2024)
Please note the following documents:
Official Clarification #1: PO Box (10-17-24)
Official Clarification #2: SCU (10-30-24)
Official Clarification #3: Candidate Forums (12-20-24)
Official Clarification #4: Winner By Acclamation Races (12-20-24)
Official Clarifications #'s 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13 (1-14-25)
Official Clarification #14: Ballot Count Summary Access for 2016 and 2019 (1-22-25)
For the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails, please see below:
- 2025 Nomination Petition
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - English
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Chinese
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Tagalog
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Vietnamese
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Español
- 2025 E-Board Candidate Forum Emails (12-20-24)
- Candidate Forum (1-5-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-14-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-19-25)
- Candidate Forum (2-4-25)
- Candidate Forum (2-6-25)
- Read more
New contracts for over 16,000 City & County of San Francisco workers ratified, eliminating risk of strike
Members of SEIU 1021 working for the City & County in dozens of classifications, including registered nurses and SFMTA parking control officers, voted by large supermajorities to ratify tentative agreements reached over the past two months
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 18, 2024**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
The threat of a widespread San Francisco city worker strike is officially over: Large supermajorities of members of SEIU 1021, the union representing over 16,000 city workers, have voted to ratify agreements reached with the City and County across three collective bargaining units.
SEIU 1021 Executive Board Statement Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Monday, November 6, the SEIU 1021 Executive Board held an urgent meeting after hearing concerns from dozens of members across Northern California about the need for the union to join labor unions and organizations around the world about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Executive Board members discussed the situation at length and decided to issue the following statement as a first step.
San Francisco 2024 Citywide Campaign Kickoff – Jan. 17
Join us at City Hall at noon on Jan. 17 to send a strong message that we are united for a great contract to address the City's biggest needs, including staffing & privatization
As we head into contract negotiations in 2024, we face pessimistic budget projections and corporations panhandling for more tax breaks that would further decimate funding for the vital public services we provide.
We need to join together in a show of force to tell City Hall we’ll fight for what the city and its workers need over corporate greed!
Please join us at noon on Jan. 17, 2024, at City Hall for a huge campaign kickoff rally with our City labor partners and allies.
Coffee tastes better when its unionized: Peet’s Coffee workers hold rally after winning first union vote in North America
After voting fourteen to one to become the first unionized Peet’s Coffee location in the United States, Peet’s Coffee workers, now members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, held a rally on Saturday, January 28, 2023, in front of the coffeehouse in North Davis. The vote comes after nearly nine months of workers organizing with SEIU Local 1021 and Workers United, an SEIU affiliate organizing workers on the “Starbucks Workers United” campaign.
Fast food workers secure $2.2 million in wage theft violations, vow to continue their fight back against corporate greed
While fast-food corporations like McDonald’s Corporation, Burger King Corporation, Jack in the Box, Inc., and others attempt to roll back the significant gains with the passage of 2022’s Assembly Bill 257 – the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, or the FAST Recovery Act for short, fast-food workers continue the fight for higher wages, safer workspaces, and a union.
The Starbucks organizing momentum reaches the Bay Area amid national strike
What began as one unionizing effort at a Starbucks coffeehouse in Buffalo, New York, has spread across the United States to over six thousand five hundred workers at over two-hundred-fifty corporate-owned Starbucks stores in under one year.
