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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.

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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.
 
 
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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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