Contra Costa County COPE

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COPE COMMITTEE:

As of Summer 2011, the Contra Costa COPE Committee is in the process of being organized. Contact people are Michelle Rodrigues and Jeff Shoji. Michelle is the Area Representative from CoCo County on the Executive Board of Local 1021; contact her at michelle.rodrigues@seiu1021.org. Jeff Shoji is a chapter officer at the City of Richmond. Staff contacts are Lois McKinney and Millie Cleveland. Political Coordinator is Ariana Casanova.

The intent is to create a Contra Costa County COPE Committee, consisting of delegates from the chapters in the jurisdictions represented by Local 1021 in Contra Costa County. The meetings are open to all members of SEIU Local 1021. Voting delegates to the COPE committee must be approved/appointed by their chapters.

SEIU LOCAL 1021 COPE COMMITTEE

The COPE Committee of SEIU Local 1021 meets monthly on the second Tuesday at various locations. The meeting can be accessed by videoconference and by teleconference (phone). Vidoeconference locations include the Local 1021 offices in Fairfield, San Francisco, and Oakland-Myrtle Street. The meeting is chaired by the Local 1021 Political Action Chair, Alysabeth Alexander. Once the Contra Costa County COPE committee elects its Officers, they will be the voting members at this higher-level committee, representing Contra Costa County. For more information about the Local 1021 COPE committee, contact ariana.casanova@seiu1021.org, or marla.harvey@seiu1021.org, or alysabeth.alexander@seiu1021.org.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL

SEIU Local 1021 is affiliated with the Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County. Delegates are appointed to the CLC by the Contra Costa County COPE committee. Local 1021 Staff Rep Lois McKinney is a member of the Executive Committee of the CoCoCLC. The monthly Delegates meeting of this Labor Council is the third Wednesday of the month, at 6:00 PM. www.cocolabor.org.

SEIU 1021 Endorsements

Published on May 5th 2012

Watch your mailbox this coming week for SEIU 1021’s “99% Voter Guide.” It includes all of our endorsements, plus resources for understanding the issues and following the news to your heart’s content.

But why wait? Download the full-color, full-size (17”x22”) PDF by clicking the link under "Download the Latest Files & Flyers."

SEIU 1021 County-by-County Endorsements

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Election Message from SEIU 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez

Published on May 4th 2012

The 2012 elections present us with many challenges. Public employees are being scapegoated for our economic woes, while the Wall Street crashers have been getting away with grand theft.

Our retirement is the target of dishonest and misguided “pension reform” proposals. The Right is trying to silence our voice with their “Corporate Deception” measure. Contract negotiations across the local are dominated by wage concession demands and more and more expensive health care. Our communities continue to face dwindling services, school cuts and foreclosures.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We have a chance this year to begin to turn it around, to elect officials who will stand with the 99% for a change.

SOS: Save Our Schools (and everything else)!

Published on March 30th 2012

See the Act! Here! Now! box on the right to download and print the petition.

Overcrowded classrooms, laid-off teachers, overstretched police and public safety services. After four years of deep cuts, the Golden State has lost its shine. The all-cuts approach hasn't worked, and regular, working people and their families (your families!) are paying the price. We can't afford more cuts to our vital services. It's time to invest in California's comeback.

The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 is the only initiative that takes care of the whole state. By replenishing the state's General Fund, it funds schools, cities and counties. It raises up to $9 billion a year for education, health and dental care, child care, police, fire, parks, transportation and programs for seniors, disabled and the poor.

SEIU 1021-supported measures and candidates fare well in Nov. 8 elections

Published on November 16th 2011

In a very tight election for the Fairfield City Council, the candidate endorsed by SEIU 1021 — Pam Bertani — not only beat incumbent Chuck Timm by 125 votes but unseated appointed council member Rick Vacarro. As the polls opened on election day, Bertani actually trailed Timm in absentee votes, but by mid-morning our get-out-the-vote efforts helped give her the lead, which she kept throughout the day.

Bertani’s election was just the start. Most of the candidates and ballot measures supported by SEIU 1021 prevailed on Tuesday.

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SEIU 1021 member Cynthia Landry (Alameda Co.) reports back on "following the money" at our Fight for a Fair Economy training in Oakland.

SEIU 1021 launches local-wide “Fight for a Fair Economy” campaign

Published on August 12th 2011

For years, the city of Stockton has had one of the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the nation. In June 2011 alone, one in 210 housing units received a foreclosure filing. With unemployment expected to stay flat in most of the nation this year, in Stockton it’s expected to rise from 17.2 to 18.1 percent. Six months ago, California took eight of the top 20 spots on Forbes’ annual America’s Most Miserable Cities list, “with Stockton ranking first for the second time in three years.”

If anything, last week’s debt ceiling deal has only made matters worse for Stockton and all of California. In an odd way, the bad deal has actually united the nation: Both Wall Street and Main Street agree it sucks. Congress and the White House let everyone down for (fill in your petty, partisan, ideological and/or pathological reason of choice).

As usual, SEIU 1021 members aren’t taking things lying down. Let the “fight for a fair economy” begin ...

Must-Watch Video: "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)"

Freedom From Speech: A petition you don't want to sign

Published on July 27th 2011

There is a deceptive ballot measure in paid circulation right now that would effectively eliminate the voice of working people in the halls of government.

Its backers? Billionaires and corporations who want to silence the voices of librarians, nurses, bus drivers, social workers, and other people like us. This initiative isn't about "getting special interests out of politics." It's about gaming the system so that CEOs, Wall Street bankers, tobacco companies, oil companies, and drug companies can control our state without any opposition.

[Download a flier in the Current Downloads box to the right.]

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