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Pride Roundtable Discussion 2020: Queer Uprisings Against Police Brutality of the Past, Mirror the Uprisings of Today
To commemorate PRIDE month, SEIU 1021 members hosted a live
virtual roundtable discussion with LGBTQ superstars on June 30.
The event was broadcasted on the SEIU 1021 Facebook page
and kicked-off by Jennifer Esteen, SF DPH RN and SEIU
1021Organizing VP, who set the tone by reflecting how queer
rebellions of the past, mirror the uprisings of the Black Lives
Matter Movement.
Oakland’s Mayor Takes Cuts and Concessions off the Table
On Friday, June 19, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff announced she would not implement cuts to jobs and services. After a long-fought campaign, our members beat back the Mayor’s attack.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Oakland administration claimed that their budget was broken, and the only way they could fix it was by slashing services to public, cutting the hours of the city’s so-called ‘temporary, part-time’ workforce, and possible mass layoffs of permanent workers.
SEIU 1021 Members Lead Powerful Racial Justice Roundtable
In the wake of the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbrey, SEIU 1021 members hosted a powerful Racial Justice Roundtable discussion on June 9. This deeply personal conversation was intended to create space for us to process, provide support, and discuss what’s happening in our communities and what we can do in this moment.
You can watch a full recording of the event on the SEIU 1021 Facebook Page or on Vimeo.
SEIU 1021 Racial Justice Action: Taking a Knee for Change – Say Their Names ACTION & MARCH
Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 10:00 am in SF
An action for the unjust murders by Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor & George Floyd and all at the hands of Police. Taking place Saturday June 6th at Candlestick park, SF . March starts at corner of Harney Way & Hunters point expressway at 10am. Facebook event link is here
Words by SEIU 1021 President Joseph Bryant
A statement from SEIU 1021 President Joseph Bryant
A statement from SEIU 1021 President Joseph Bryant:
Brothers, Sisters and SEIU Family,
I sit down to write this with a heavy heart, a grieved soul and sheer anger running through my veins as I watch the video of George Floyd being murdered by the police. It is yet another of many disturbing illustrations of how unbridled structural racism in this country means that a Black person cannot jog, drive, stand in front of a store, play with toys or even bird watch without facing death or the threat of death.
Uber and Lyft Drivers Organize Caravan Outside Uber HQ
App-based drivers across California and the nation are struggling to work safely and make ends meet in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why on Monday, immediately following Uber’s virtual shareholders meeting, SEIU 1021 members joined SF Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and our union siblings from the SF Labor Council in supporting rideshare drivers with the We Drive Progress driver advocacy group during their caravan.
For nearly an hour, over a hundred cars circled Uber’s HQ on Market Street, with drivers honking and chanting through their windows.
Think Big. Act
Bold.
4,709 work locations covered by SEIU 1021 contracts
60,000 workers represented by SEIU 1021 in Northern California
9,708 job classifications filled by SEIU 1021 members
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Berkeley Members Win a TA
After months of negotiating in the midst of a global pandemic, SEIU 1021 members at the City of Berkeley have reached a tentative agreement (TA) with City management. Like so many SEIU 1021 members have experienced since the COVID-19 outbreak began, workers in Berkeley were fighting to protect vital City services, ensure workplace safety, and safeguard jobs.
SEIU 1021 marches in solidarity with the ILWU on Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, over 38,000 union dockyard workers shut down ports across the Pacific Coast ports in protest of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. SEIU 1021 members were proud to participate in one the largest actions seen so far in solidarity with the nationwide protests against police brutality.
How does Oakland Public Library spending compare to Oakland Police Department?
Amy Martin, 13-year City of Oakland Library Worker and SEIU 1021 member, outlines the high price of the police budget compared to the library budget.
Dear Mayor Schaaf, Council Member Thao, and Council Member Kaplan: I am a resident of District 4 and a City of Oakland employee. I am writing to you as a concerned Oakland resident. For the past 13 years, I have had the honor of working for the Oakland Public Library.
SEIU 1021 Members Lead Powerful Racial Justice Roundtable
In the wake of the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbrey, SEIU 1021 members hosted a powerful Racial Justice Roundtable discussion on June 9. This deeply personal conversation was intended to create space for us to process, provide support, and discuss what’s happening in our communities and what we can do in this moment.
You can watch a full recording of the event on the SEIU 1021 Facebook Page or on Vimeo.
SEIU 1021 Racial Justice Action: Taking a Knee for Change – Say Their Names ACTION & MARCH
Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 10:00 am in SF
An action for the unjust murders by Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor & George Floyd and all at the hands of Police. Taking place Saturday June 6th at Candlestick park, SF . March starts at corner of Harney Way & Hunters point expressway at 10am. Facebook event link is here
Words by SEIU 1021 President Joseph Bryant
SEIU 1021 Racial Justice Roundtable
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 6:30 pm on Facebook Live
The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud
Arbrey are painful reminders of why our union committed in 2016
to becoming an antiracist organization and tackling anti-Black
racism. There can be no justice without racial justice.
Oakland Members and the Community Reject Mayor Schaaf’s Cruel Cuts
As Oakland’s strength is being tested by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Libby Schaaf has attacked city workers. First, she issued pre-emptive layoff notices to a thousand so-called “temporary, part-time” workers, many of whom have worked for Oakland for years. Then, she proposed weeks of furlough days and postponing wage increases. At the same time, she was busy appointing her cronies to high-paid positions in the City Administrator’s office.
