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Asian Health Services Healthcare Workers Rally to Demand Management Confront Dangerous Staffing Crisis
Short staffing is undermining critical health services and endangering vulnerable patients
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contacts: Chelsea Fink, chelsea.fink@seiu1021.org, (510) 435-8282, Mike Richardson, mike.richardson@seiu1021.org, (510) 517-6636
SEIU Local 1021 City of Oakland
Safety Update, August 2023
City of Oakland workers are are in a crisis of unsafe working conditions. Department after department has reported attacks, abuse, and unsafe assignments.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:
According to our contract (Section 8.4.2.8, pages 72-3), you can get Traumatic Incident leave if you witness or are involved in a traumatic incident (including stalking, threats, violence, and more).
Port of Oakland Custodian Shift Bid Committee Elections
Election to be held via email
Vote from noon Friday, August 25
Through noon Monday, August 28
It’s time to elect a Shift Bid Committee! Our MOU specifies that the 2024 Shift Bid Committee will help determine any changes that need to be made to improve the bidding process and work zones.
RSVP for SB 525 Lobby Day Aug. 29
Senate Bill 525 will address the healthcare worker shortage that’s hurting patients by making sure that healthcare workers receive a $25 minimum wage.
Join SEIU healthcare workers from across the state to meet with lawmakers to share our stories of the real-life impact of low wages on our patients and our families. There’s power in healthcare worker solidarity!
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, Sacramento, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
SEIU 1021 Vice President requests state controller audit of Mendocino County
On Friday, August 4, 2023, SEIU 1021 Region B Vice President Mary Sandberg made an official request to California State Controller Malia Cohen’s Office to conduct an audit and review of Mendocino County’s financial condition. A copy of the letter can be viewed here.
Help fight off a Bay Area traffic nightmare
Tell your elected official to support SB 532 to keep transit safe, accessible, and reliable
Public transit systems in the Bay Area, including AC Transit, BART, and SF Muni, are facing a fiscal cliff due to declining revenues from riders. Without an infusion of revenue, these agencies will be forced to implement drastic cuts that will hurt Bay Area residents who depend on public transit, harm efforts to reduce air pollution, and cost SEIU 1021 members at Muni and BART their jobs.
San Jose fast-food workers rally for higher wages and improved working conditions
Fast-food workers in San Jose gathered in a powerful display of solidarity, demanding higher wages and better working conditions on August 2, 2023. The rally was organized by a coalition of local labor unions and advocacy groups, including SEIU Local 1021 and the Fight for $15 & a Union campaign. It drew a diverse crowd of employees from various fast-food chains. Demonstrators voiced their grievances against the persistent issues of low wages and poor working conditions that have plagued the industry for years.
Sonoma County Junior College District
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 Sonoma County Jr. College Collective Bargaining Agreement (2019-2021)
Download the Sonoma County Jr. College STNC Unit Tentative Agreement (2021 - 2024)
Download the Sonoma County Jr. College STNC Unit Interpreter Rate Side Letter Agreement
Download the Sonoma County Jr. College STNC Unit Telecommuting Agreement
City of Novato
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 Novato Unit D Memorandum of Understanding (2023 - 2025)
Public Employment Relations Board rules San Francisco City & County workers have right to strike
The Board struck down provisions in the city charter prohibiting strikes
On July 24, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) struck down provisions in the San Francisco City Charter that violated city workers’ rights.
On the list of violations: prohibiting city workers from striking; requiring termination of striking city workers; and stripping workers rehired after striking of their seniority.