Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities
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Catholic Charities SF management refuses to honor their signed agreement. Show your support!
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
After months of often tense contract negotiations and a rally where Catholic Charities of San Francisco’s workers called public attention to the contrast between their poverty wages and the average 36% raise top executives gave themselves — including a 28% raise for CEO Ellen Hammerle, whose compensation topped $336,000 in 2023 — 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
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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
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Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201