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SEIU 1021 members at City of Sebastopol hold informational picket outside city council meeting
Monday, March 9, Sebastopol’s public servants — including maintenance workers, water treatment operators, and building department support staff — held an informational picket outside the Sebastopol City Council meeting. Their message is clear: Sebastopol City Council must honor the will of the voters and fund public services.
During the November 2024 elections, SEIU 1021 members and community allies knocked on thousands of doors to pass Measure U.
Highlighting labor leaders this Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month is a time to reflect on both women’s contributions to society and the struggles for equality and social justice. American women make up nearly 47% of the U.S. labor force, with a participation rate of 57.3% last reported in 2023 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet the gender wage gap has widened for the second consecutive year – the first time this has happened since the 1960s.
SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford on Proposed San Francisco City Layoffs
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Statement from SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford on the announcement of 500 layoffs at the City & County of San Francisco:
San Francisco Superior Court members strike for 2 days, reach tentative agreement
A tentative agreement was reached Friday afternoon; court clerks went back to serving the public Monday morning.
When clerks took to the picket lines for a second day Friday, February 27, it was the first time in history that San Francisco Superior Court clerks struck for more than one day. Prior to the strike, court management had said that they were at impasse: Up to the day before the unfair labor practice strike began, they refused to negotiate over the clerks’ proposals aimed at improving working conditions, including inadequate staffing and training that were causing backlogs, delays, and mistakes; and wages that kept up with inflation.
Uber and Lyft drivers join freight, delivery, and San Francisco city and county workers to demand Waymo and self-driving rideshare vehicles off of city streets
Rally ahead of SF hearing demands autonomous rideshare vehicles like Waymo be taken off the road until safety, transparency, emergency coordination, and job protections are guaranteed
Monday, March 2, Uber and Lyft drivers united in California Gig Workers Union, along with freight and delivery members of Teamsters Joint Council 7, San Francisco Firefighters, and SEIU 1021 SF City & County members, held a rally demanding Waymos be taken off the road until public safety concerns are adequately addressed.
Hayward Unified Schools classified professionals rally to fight back against cuts and closures, present united front
On Wednesday, February 23, over 100 SEIU 1021 members at Hayward Unified School District held a rally to officially kick off contract negotiations and present a show of solidarity and strength in numbers to the HUSD school board.
SEIU 1021 Social and Economic Justice Committee celebrates Black History Month with joy, fellowship, and inspiration
With special guests Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Congresswoman Lateefah Simon
SEIU 1021 members came together for a powerful and joyful Black
History Month celebration presented by the SEIU 1021
Social and Economic Justice Committee that honored
the rich legacy of Black leadership in the labor movement while
strengthening our collective commitment to justice today.
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.
