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SF Organized Labor & Community to Gather in Protest of the L.A. ICE Raids & Demand SEIU CA President David Huerta Be Released From Federal Custody
Media Advisory for June 9, 2025
Contact: Jennie
Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org,
510-710-0201
Carlos Rivera, carlos.rivera@seiu1021.org, 415-378-2376
Free David Huerta & Stop ICE Raids Now
Statement from SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford
From SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford:
“Friday, June 6, 2025, David Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU United Service Workers West (USWW), was injured and unlawfully detained while exercising his First Amendment rights as an observer during a massive ICE raid in downtown Los Angeles, during which at least 44 individuals were arrested. He has been released from the hospital but currently remains in ICE custody for reasons that are unclear. His arrest reminds us of the dangers of unchecked power and the urgency of collective action.
SEIU 1021 & AFRAM support Black healing at Safe Black Space Gala
RSVP now for Juneteenth celebration!
On May 16, members of SEIU 1021 and the SEIU African American Solidarity Committee (AFRAM) came together for an evening of healing, culture, and community at the Safe Black Space 7th Anniversary Gala Fundraiser. Safe Black Space, a Black-led organization founded in the aftermath of the killing of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police, was created to provide culturally grounded, trauma-informed healing opportunities for Black individuals and communities.
SEIU 1021 members join hundreds of gig drivers to lobby for AB1340
Wednesday, June 4, SEIU 1021 members joined hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers with the California Gig Workers Union. Together, they lobbied dozens of assemblymembers in Sacramento, urging the them to pass AB1340.
Standing strong: SEIU 1021 members unite to fight back against threats to public services, workers, and families
On May 29, SEIU 1021 member leaders and staff gathered in Vacaville with a shared purpose: to confront the serious threats facing our union and the communities we serve. Congress is considering deep budget cuts, including as much as $800 billion to Medicaid alone, that will devastate public services across our state. If they go through with the cuts, it means they will be responsible for layoffs, hiring freezes, and stagnant wages for workers employed by cities, counties, school districts, nonprofits, and other publicly-funded agencies.
Court of Appeal reaffirms San Francisco city workers’ right to strike
On May 23, the California Court of Appeal reaffirmed the massive
victory that SEIU 1021 and our other San Francisco labor partners
won through the California Public Employment Relations Board
(PERB) in 2023. With a simple two-sentence
denial of the City and County of San Francisco’s appeal, the
court reaffirmed city workers’ right to strike.
Round 2: Labor coalition including SEIU 1021 wins injunction on Trump’s executive order reorganizing federal government
May 22, a federal judge in San Francisco issued an injunction preventing administration from firing federal workers en masse and shuttering agencies
Thursday, May 22, a coalition of labor groups — including SEIU 1021 — as well as cities and counties and other organizations that rely on federal services won a second major 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 presided over the second hearing in a case to overturn the president’s February executive order that would fire tens of thousands of federal workers and shut down entire federal agencies.
Resources
for Immigrants
Get info, download materials, find trainings & ways to take action here
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
Take action to STOP LAYOFFS & cuts to public services in San Francisco!
Our rally Wednesday, June 4, was POWERFUL. Over 2,000 City union
members and community members showed up at City Hall at noon to
protest Mayor Lurie’s budget, which would lay off over 100 union
members and eliminate well over 1,000 vacant positions.
We need every single one of those positions to provide
the services San Francisco residents depend on.
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.
