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When we fight, we win: labor beats back the anti-union recall
Last week, a threat to California’s democracy was defeated when the California gubernatorial recall election failed. With eighty-five percent of the vote counted so far, over sixty-three percent of voters rejected the right-wing, anti-union recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
The power of SEIU members was on full display during this election. Along with the Fight for $15 movement and gig workers, SEIU members made the victory happen through local and state-wide voter outreach efforts.
CalPERS voting ends on September 27—be sure to vote David Miller and Jose Luis Pacheco for CalPERS Board!
As the United States’ largest public pension fund, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) serves more than two million members in the retirement system and more than one and a half million members and their families in the pension and health benefits program.
At the top of the CalPERS executive branch agency lies the Board of Administration. The thirteen-member statewide governing Board is elected, appointed, or holds office ex officio for four-year terms.
Registration for the SEIU 1021 Virtual Convention for ALL members is now Closed!
Registration for All Members of 2021 Virtual Convention of SEIU 1021 ended on September 10.
The 2021 SEIU 1021 Convention is only weeks away, and we’ve been busy lining up dynamic speakers, engaging workshops, and an amazing program. Our convention platforms will focus on six key areas of our work: Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Climate Justice, Unions for All, Reclaiming Our Democracy, and Member Unity and Power.
When we fight, we win. We beat back the anti-union recall!
Last night, a threat to California’s democracy was thwarted. The California gubernatorial recall election failed. With almost eighty percent of the vote counted so far, nearly sixty-four percent of voters, rejected the right-wing, anti-union recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
1021 Members Stick Together and Notch Big Wins Across the East Bay
In Richmond and Oakland, 1021 members have seen the power of unity pay off. Oakland’s Head Start program, which offers free early childhood education and family services to low-income residents, was scheduled to take big cuts, including closing three locations. Members and community partners spoke out against these cuts, and Oakland’s City Council voted to allocate money to keep the Franklin, Arroyo Viejo, and Tassafaronga sites open, without cuts or layoffs.
SEIU 1021 endorsed candidate Mia Bonta wins seat to represent Assembly District 18 in special election
In what appears to be an ongoing round of musical chairs, the shockwave of former-United States Senator Kamala Harris being elected Vice President of the United States continues. First, Xavier Becerra, then serving as California’s Attorney General, was appointed the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Next, Rob Bonta, representing California’s 18th State Assembly district, became California’s next Attorney General.
SEIU 1021 members say NO to the billionaires and wealthy special interests who want to buy our elections
Click here to watch SEIU 1021 North Coast VP Mary Sandberg discuss why she’s voting no on the recall
SEIU members win historic investments in developmental disability services in our next state budget
California’s 2021 budget reflects years of hard work by our members to address needs within the intellectual and developmental disability community. For more than a decade, the service coordinator ratios at Regional Centers have been out of federal and state compliance, leaving our members with caseloads of 90 families or more. In addition, a 2019 rate study identified the vendor system as underfunded by $1.4 billion. Our members have fought hard on both issues over the years and this year’s budget addresses both.
Drive on the Boss: Gig Workers car caravan to DoorDash CEO’s house to demands an end to Proposition 22 and workplace abuses
A piercing noise of car horns cut through the air on a city block in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. The source came from a caravan of drivers with We Drive Progress and Gig Workers Rising, two advocacy groups fighting for gig worker rights. The target: the home of Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash, Inc., the online food ordering and food delivery platform.
SF Registered Nurses win huge arbitration victory restoring bilingual pay
Earlier this year, our union filed for arbitration over management’s decision to begin withholding bilingual pay for nurses. Management stopped administering the test for bilingual pay, and refused to continue to give bilingual pay from nurses who had already been approved.
Earlier this month, we finally got word that the arbitrator had issued his decision, saying that the City blatantly violated the MOU by: