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La Clínica workers picket across the East Bay
Hundreds of La Clínica de la Raza workers picketed outside nearly a dozen worksites across the East Bay on Monday, December 16, to protest mismanagement and understaffing.
SEIU 1021 members help drive Alameda County to divest
Organizers and workers from across Alameda County successfully pressured the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to vote to develop an ethical investment policy that, when implemented, could move tens of millions of dollars in investments out of companies profiting from genocide in Palestine and Israel’s system of apartheid.
Come out and support La Clínica workers at their info picket!
Monday, December 16, noon - 1:30 p.m., across the East Bay
The nearly 900 SEIU 1021 members at La Clínica have been fighting for a contract for months, but management has so far refused to address their concerns around staffing, fair wages, and more.
That’s why on Monday, December 16, La Clínica workers across the East Bay will be picketing: to tell management it’s long past time to hear what their workers are saying.
All SEIU 1021 members are welcome! Come show your support for these crucial frontline healthcare workers this holiday season.
City of Berkeley CSU / PTRLA members win a great new contract
After long months of bargaining and a planned unfair labor practice strike for November 20 and 21, City of Berkeley members in the CSU / PTRLA chapter have won a strong contract. They voted by 93% to ratify it. They will now enjoy more than two dozen improvements to their contract.
Union efforts pay off in 2024 local elections
Our work this election cycle saw inspiring victories across Northern California. SEIU 1021 endorsed 201candidates and ballot measures, and our volunteers spent over 11,000 hours contacting voters.
Once again, city workers in Oakland band together to fight off service cuts and budget mismanagement
On Monday, November 19, a coalition of Oakland city workers from several unions called a press conference to present a budget roadmap for Oakland, a city that badly needs one. The coalition was fighting against budget problems that are driving city administrators to propose service cuts and even potential layoffs, as threatened by longtime Councilmember Noel Gallo.
SEIU 1021 members at Sacramento City Unified Schools celebrate nearly unanimous ‘yes’ vote to ratify new contract
On Tuesday, November 19, SEIU 1021 Sacramento City Unified School District members voted overwhelmingly to ratify their new ‘23-’25 tentative agreement. The bargaining team had been in negotiations since May.
They won this strong new contract thanks to members’ solidarity and commitment to show up and speak up at meetings and the bargaining team’s hard work negotiating for over six months.
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 Nominations & Elections
Please see the current list of offices and certified candidates
for SEIU 1021’s 2025 local-wide election here:
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
For the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails, please see
below:
2025 E-Board Candidate Forum Emails (12-20-24)
Please refer to the rules of use above – Clarification #3,
for the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails.
Please see the below forms for the 2025 SEIU 1021 Nominations & Elections.
- 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
- 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.
