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For years, Alameda Health System hospitals have faced underfunding from the County. Understaffed departments are struggling to provide adequate care for the poor, the elderly, the homeless, and people experiencing mental health crises. Now, SEIU 1021 members are standing up and saying “Enough is enough!”
 

The Women’s March is an international protest taking place in communities across California for human rights and against increasing violence against women, gay and transgender people, Muslims, Jews and communities of color.  Together we will take a stand for reproductive rights, climate justice, immigrants, Black Lives and gender equality.  What better opportunity to talk to our friends and neighbors about justice for our children, our communities, and our future? 

More than 850 HealthRIGHT 360 clinic and behavioral healthcare workers have voted to unionize with the Service Employees International Union on December 16. Months of organizing culminated in the historic vote Monday night, with 73% of HR360 workers at over 100 clinics in Northern and Southern California choosing to unionize by signing authorization cards. The workers will join SEIU Local 1021 in the Bay Area and SEIU Locals 721 and 221 in Los Angeles and San Diego, respectively.

On Saturday, December 7,close to 100 SEIU 1021 members braved the rain to talk to voters and our neighbors about getting the Schools & Communities First initiative on the November 2020 ballot. 

“Corporations have been taking money out of our pockets—food out of the mouths of our children—for 40 years, and it’s time to change that. That’s why I’m here today,” said Andrea Mullarkey, SEIU 1021 member and Teen Librarian at the Berkeley Public Library.