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SEIU bargaining update: Please update your email by August 8th
Update your personal email in preparation to vote on your contract. We will be conducting an electronic ratification vote and need an accurate personal email so your ballot can be emailed to you. Please update your personal email by Monday, August 8th by 5pm to prepare for a possible expedited ratification vote. Email update.info at seiu1021.org or scan the QR Code with your smartphone camera.
Not a member? Sign up as a member here: join1021.org. Only union members can vote on the contract.
Hear ye, hear ye! The labor movement goes medieval.
Imagine, if you will, strolling through an eleventh-century Spanish town. A towering person donning knightly armor, including a helmet, cuirass, gauntlet, and shield, stands before you. In a deep voice, the knight, a loyal servant and defender of the Kingdom of Castile, demands,“Are you part of the American Guild of Variety Artists?”
City of Oakland members ratify strong tentative agreement with 14% COLA over 3 years
Congratulations to SEIU 1021 members at City of Oakland, who voted by almost 97 percent last week to ratify their tentative agreement, which will provide substantial improvements at a time when city workers need them most.
Support Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers heading out on strike
Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers are crucial to keeping San Francisco’s homelessness and supportive housing system functioning. Around 300 people there work as desk clerks, janitors, case workers, maintenance staff, and more at 24 of the city’s single-room occupancy hotels (SROs).
SEIU 1021 Executive Board Votes by Supermajority to Appoint Theresa Rutherford as President
August 22, 2022, SEIU 1021 will welcome our new president, Theresa Rutherford. At the executive board meeting last Saturday, July 23, the board voted by a landslide to appoint the current San Francisco regional vice president to replace the local’s current president, Joseph Bryant, who was elected executive vice president of the SEIU international union last month.
Mendocino County Workers’ Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge As County Management Breaks State Law by Continuing to Hide Vital Financial Information
The union has been requesting detailed budget information since November. County management has refused to share it as required by law.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/26/22**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Our Members Have Voted YES
To Ratify Our Tentative Agreement with the City!
The votes were 96.7% yes. City Council will now vote to accept the contract at two sessions, as is required by law. Chapter president Felipe Cuevas said, “This contract is a big win for our members, who have showed up and sacrificed for their community throughout the pandemic. To win this contract this early in the process is a testament to the hard work our members have done at the bargaining table, in their worksites, and in the community, helping elect pro-worker candidates to City Council.”
The unionization wave hits REI in Berkeley
As the summer season continues, so does a new heat wave of union organizing. The latest retail services corporation to feel the heat of workers fighting for a fair and just contract is Recreational Equipment, Inc., at its Berkeley location. More commonly known as REI, the company sells camping gear, hiking, climbing, cycling, water, running, fitness, snow, and travel equipment. The consumers’ cooperative operates 165 retail stores across 39 states.
Why “Staff Up” is the theme of 2022 — and what it means for worker power
If you’ve been following the SEIU 1021 Newswire and/or social media accounts this year, you have undoubtedly noticed a common theme: From San Francisco to Mendocino County to Sacramento City schools, 1021 members are demanding their employers do more to alleviate severe staffing crises that are burning out workers and harming the public services they provide.