Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities
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1/16: San Francisco Regional Unity Event
Come celebrate our victories from a challenging year & ring in the new year with your union siblings!
UW Event ID: 34457
Calling all SEIU 1021 members working in San Francisco! You are invited to celebrate our victories over food, drinks, and dancing with your union siblings this January 16.
Friday, January 16, 2026
6-10 p.m.
Public Works Nightclub
161 Erie St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Please note: Parking is very limited. The venue is close to 16th & Mission BART. We recommend members take public transit. With sufficient demand, we may be able to provide shuttles from the SEIU 1021 SF union hall.
Catholic Charities SF members rally to protest management’s refusal to pay negotiated wages
After signing a tentative agreement with the workers’ union negotiations team, management is now reneging, insisting on replacing the wage table they signed off on with one significantly lower. Members plan to take a strike authorization vote.
Wednesday, outraged workers picketed outside Catholic Charities SF headquarters at 990 Eddy Street to protest management’s refusal to honor the tentative agreement they had already signed off on and which workers ratified by an overwhelming 95% last week.
Catholic Charities SF management refuses to honor their signed agreement. Show your support!
After signing a tentative agreement, management is trying to change the deal and take back promised wage increases
Recently, Catholic Charities of San Francisco’s workers and management signed off on an agreement establishing a $25/hour minimum wage for employees, along with other improvements.
Catholic Charities SF Workers to Protest Management’s Refusal to Honor Signed Agreement
After signing a tentative agreement with the workers’ union negotiations team, management is now reneging, insisting on replacing the wage table they signed off on with one significantly lower
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WED. 9/17**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
SEIU 1021 members at Catholic Charities SF rally to protest poverty wages for frontline workers as executive pay skyrockets
Workers report high turnover, chronic short staffing, and difficulty recruiting new staff due to poor pay and working conditions as the organization increased pay for its top earners by an average of 36% through raises, bonuses, and new positions
When frontline workers at Catholic Charities San Francisco—who do critical work from housing assistance to medical case management and legal services for unhoused, formerly unhoused, elderly, and other highly vulnerable residents—learned from recent reporting in the SF Chronicle that CEO Ellen Hammerle was raking in exorbitant pay while demanding concessions and claiming they can’t afford a $25/hour minimum wage in line with SF city workers, they were incensed.
Catholic Charities Workers Rally to Protest Poverty Wages for Frontline Workers as Executive Pay Skyrockets
Workers report high turnover, chronic short staffing, and difficulty recruiting new staff due to poor pay and working conditions as the organization increased pay for its top earners by an average of 36% through raises, bonuses, and new positions
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MON. 7/21/25**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201