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California Gig Workers Union takes major step to represent gig rideshare drivers throughout the state
At a press conference today, Tuesday, May 12th, gig drivers from around the state announced that they filed a petition with the state requesting that the California Gig Workers Union (CGWU) represent them in collective bargaining negotiations with rideshare companies — a milestone in drivers’ effort to unionize under California’s newly enacted Assembly Bill 1340 (AB 1340). Over several months, drivers have collected tens of thousands of signatures from fellow gig workers seeking to form a union with CGWU.
Cal Academy members ramp up fight against layoffs with direct action, petition of no confidence in executive director
For the third time in five years, Cal Academy of Sciences Executive Director Scott Sampson has announced layoffs, this time affecting 37 SEIU 1021 Cal Academy Workers United (CAWU) members. The layoff list includes the entire planetarium team and the content developer team, which collaborated with several indigenous communities in California on the award-winning California: State of Nature exhibit.
96.5% voted YES to ratify new City of Lathrop contract
We did it! The City of Lathrop bargaining team was able to negotiate a contract that positively impacts EVERY member. 96.5% of members voted YES! Look below at some of the highlights in the new contract effective 7/1/2026.
They secured significant across-the-board wage increases:
- 4% COLA on 7/1/2026
- 4% COLA on 7/1/2027
Health Insurance:
Cafeteria Option for Employee Only and employees that opt out of the City H/I plan
Vacaville Unified Schools classified members refuse to stay silent, over 100 rally
On Thursday, May 7, over 130 classified SEIU 1021 members at the Vacaville Unified School District (VUSD), from paraprofessionals, to maintenance workers, custodians, transportation workers, clerks, and nutrition and IT workers, attended the VUSD school board meeting that evening to once more raise concerns about staffing shortages, workplace safety, and contract negotiations they say are affecting both employees and students.
Across Northern California, SEIU 1021 members rise up for May Day
From San Francisco to Sacramento, from Santa Rosa to Stockton, SEIU 1021 members decked out in their new purple May Day shirts took to the streets Friday, May 1, in solidarity with workers around the country and around the world.
Remembering the Armenian Genocide 111 years later
SEIU 1021 member Cynthia Landry recalls how her grandmother escaped the death marches
SEIU 1021 member and social worker for Alameda County Social Services, Cynthia Landry, always had “the fight” in her. She was raised by a strong-willed, progressive matriarch where she grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Her East Coast accent, light-colored hair and eyes framed by darker brows make it hard to distinguish her roots, so Landry proudly shares that she is half Armenian.
SEIU 1021 members tell Alameda County: “It’s time to get serious!”
On Tuesday, April 28 hundreds of SEIU 1021 members joined together outside Alameda County’s main admin building in Oakland to call for a fair contract now.
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.
