City of Oakland
City of Oakland
SEIU 1021 staff and member leaders are working hard to safeguard your health at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to find employer-specific information, details, and documents to learn more about what’s happening in your worksite during this outbreak.
Download the City of Oakland Memorandum of Understanding (2022 -2025)
Know Your Rights: Weingarten Rules
Chapter meetings are always the last Wednesday of the month.
Notice of 2021 Chapter Bargaining Team Elections
And Call for Nominations for Bargaining Team Members
Governed by SEIU Local 1021 Chapter Bylaws Template
Bargaining Team Nominations / Election
Per SEIU 1021 City of Oakland Bylaws, notice is hereby given of an election for the Bargaining Team for upcoming contract negotiations.
Elections shall be conducted electronically through personal email addresses and personal cell phone numbers. If you would like to confirm that SEIU 1021 has accurate contact information for you, please contact the Member Resource Center at 1-877-687-1021.
Deadlines and Milestones
City of Oakland Chapter Meeting
Thursday, November 5, 5 p.m.
Thursday, November 5, 5 p.m.
https://seiu1021.zoom.us/j/4345967440
Or dial in by phone: 669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 434 596 7440
Passcode: 680050
What we expected to be a short pandemic has lasted more than six months, and it seems certain to last much longer. Many of our members have been able to telecommute during the Shelter in Place order, but many others have not.
Final Response to Election Challenge
This Election Committee was convened at the start of 2020 to engage and hold a Chapter Officer Election for the City of Oakland in a vote that would have concluded in March. On March 17, the State of California entered a statewide Shelter In Place order due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The nomination proceedings were due to conclude on the 19th with an in-person meeting to review all nomination forms and eligibility of the candidates.
Chapter Elections Results
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
Our elections have concluded, and the results are
below.
420 votes were cast.
President
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
Felipe Ortega De Cuevas 250, 59.50%
Tim Glasper: 170, 40.50%
First Vice‐President
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
Michael Pandolfo: 318, 100.00%
Votes tallied: 318
Abstentions: 102
Secretary
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
City of Oakland Special Meeting of the General Membership: Called by the Election Committee
The Election Committee for the City of Oakland chapter of SEIU 1021 has called a special meeting of the general membership this coming Wednesday, September 23, starting at 5 p.m.
Click here to RSVP. For security reasons, all attendees must RSVP.
Chapter Officer Candidate List
The candidates for our upcoming chapter elections are as
follows:
President:
- Tim Glasper
- Felipe Ortega De Cuevas
1st VP:
- Michael Pandolfo
2nd VP:
- None
Secretary:
- Frankie Izzo
Treasurer:
- Angelica Lopez
Chief Steward:
City of Oakland Chapter Election Notice
August 27, 2020
Chapter Elections Will Be Held Online
Mon., Sep. 28, 7 a.m. to
Thur., Oct. 1, 5 p.m.
To Nominate Yourself or Someone Else
Email Karen.Williams@seiu1021.org
Before 5 p.m., Wed., Sep. 2
All Previously Submitted Valid Nominations Are Still Valid
To Vote, or to Run for Office,
Make Sure You Are a Member in Good Standing:
Know Your Rights
Stay Safe at Work
Your union has become aware of health and safety concerns in the City of Oakland, including concerns outside of those normally associated with the work performed in Police and Fire Emergency Communications and Public Works.
We have met with the City, and made it clear to them that the health and safety of our members and their families is a non-negotiable priority. It is the responsibility of every one of us to watch out for any unsafe or unhealthy work assignments, and to speak up when they happen. Here’s how to do that:
When We Fight, We Win!
When We Stand with the Community, They Stand with Us
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Oakland administration has tried to attack our union. Before coming to the bargaining table, they cut the hours of our ‘temporary, part-time’ members and threatened mass layoffs of permanent workers. Only through a long campaign were we able to beat back the Mayor’s attack and force her to take her further concessions off the table.
Mayor Schaaf Has Withdrawn Her Proposed Cuts and Concessions!
No Layoffs. No Furloughs. No Postponed COLAs or Step Increases.
At a meeting including other unions in the city, including Local 21, IBEW Local 1245, IAFF Local 55, and CMEA, the Mayor confirmed today that the proposed further cuts to and concessions from our members have been withdrawn.
This means:
The Mayor Wants to Balance Her Budget On Our Backs, with TPT Layoffs, Up to 26 Days of Furloughs, Delayed COLAs, Postponed Step Increases, and More — We Say “No Way!”
As most of our members know, Mayor Libby Schaaf and her administration pre-emptively laid off our temporary, part-time workforce, and then came to us and proposed that we accept even MORE cuts.
We have not agreed to any such cuts. With one voice, we have told the Mayor and her staff, again and again, that we do not agree with their position that any cuts are necessary.
Tell Council: WE REJECT THE MAYOR’S CUTS
June 1, 2020
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
The Mayor and her administration are predicting tough times ahead and major budget problems, and have called on City workers to accept deep cuts. Specifically, the Mayor has asked 1021 members to:
Show up to tell the city we reject their cuts: Lake Merritt Car Caravan Tuesday, May 26, at 5:30 p.m.
May 22, 2020
Dear co-worker:
I hope you are staying safe in this difficult time. The Mayor has
followed up her plan to lay off some 800 of our temporary,
part-time co-workers, many of whom have worked alongside us for
years, by asking us to sit down with her and her team to discuss
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stand together to tell the Mayor: “You trim a tree from the TOP”
May 15, 2020
We Have to Stand Together to Tell the Mayor:
Put People Before Profits!
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
Just this morning, Mayor Libby Schaaf said on KTVU Channel 2 that
she stood for “people before profits.” This is just not true, as
our temporary, part-time co-workers who were just issued layoff
notices can prove.
An Update and a Call to Action
May 8, 2020
Dear City of Oakland co-worker:
This week has mostly been more of the same from the City of
Oakland. They have implemented plans that hurt workers without
planning or meeting with the workers in advance, they have
engaged in dishonest budgeting that seems more interested in
hiding money than using it, and they abruptly cancelled a City
Council meeting where important votes were scheduled to deal with
the pandemic and appoint the new City Administrator.
This update covers three items:
A MESSAGE FROM CITY OF OAKLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENT FELIPE CUEVAS
May 1, 2020
Good afternoon, SEIU 1021 City of Oakland members,
I want to provide an update on various items about the City’s
response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Union’s involvement.
So far, the city has been doing close to the minimum and the
union has advocated for more family-friendly and worker-friendly
policies as well as addressing PPE and safety concerns. We have
won quite a lot from the City so far, but there are more battles
ahead.
Join Our Car Caravan
Around Lake Merritt, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, @ 5:30 p.m.
Show Up for City Services
NO CUTS DURING COVID
Starting at 5, come to the parking lot next to the Lucky Supermarket (207 E 18th St, Oakland) and we will put a poster on your car for visibility! (Or put a purple t-shirt on your back right window.) Then we will circle the lake clockwise (lake on your right) to show that we’re united in opposition to the current layoffs of our temporary, part-time co-workers and the Mayor’s threatened further cuts.
We will be observing all social distancing protocols for this action.
If You’re a TPT Who Gets a Release or Layoff Notice, Contact Your Steward, Field Rep, or Chapter Officer IMMEDIATELY
We're Fighting Back Against the City
As some of you know, the City has been sending “release” notices to some of our temporary part-time (TPT) co-workers. These notices are illegal: