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Celebrate Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with SEIU 1021 Members
Asian American and Pacific Islander workers are a force in the labor movement. In honor of the AAPI community, we’re celebrating their contributions and lifting up powerful leaders like Yeon Park, our Vice President for the East Bay Region.
Member Interview: Retirement Security Committee Chair Derrick Boutte speaks about the Committee’s plans for the new term
With a new Executive Board for SEIU Local 1021 comes new committee chairs. The newly elected Chair of the Retirement Security Committee, Derrick Boutte, recently spoke about his vision for the committee, why active members should care about securing a retirement plan for the future, and why the issue matters to the labor movement.
Update on return to in-person work negotiations
A few weeks ago the NorCal Outpatient Union Alliance successfully engaged in our first meeting with upper management regarding the mandate that all staff return to the offices five days per week. We are a group of dedicated HR360 outpatient staff who are standing up on behalf of ourselves and our clients to fight for a voice at HR360. We are calling for a hybrid schedule, and invite you to sign our petition to show your support.
Letter to HR360 management from SEIU 1021 Members
CLICK HERE TO SIGN OUR PETITION CALLING FOR A HYBRID WORK MODEL.
To HR360 management,
Please take the time to read this letter, which conveys the points covered in the meeting our members held on April 6th. We were incredibly disappointed that both you and Nilab chose to miss this meaningful discourse.
Ashen Dental Membership Meeting
We have reached a tentative agreement for the Ashen Dental chapter! Your Bargaining Team strongly recommends a YES vote of this Tentative Agreement.
We have reached a Tentative Agreement for a FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT retroactive July 1, 2021, that includes:
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increases:
The Leaked Roe v. Wade Opinion Must Be Our Call to Action
By Theresa Rutherford, SEIU 1021 Vice President for San Francisco and Certified Nursing Assistant
I wish I could say I was shocked by this week’s news of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. I am a lot of things: I am angry, I am upset, I am heartbroken, I am afraid, I am outraged—but I am not shocked.
Citywide TA informational meetings and voting details
We are excited to announce that our SEIU 1021 San Francisco
Citywide bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement (TA)
with the City! Our TA includes significant progress on the
priorities identified by members and will help recruit and retain
staff to make our public services strong.
The ratification vote will be held electronically using
ElectionBuddy from May 2 through May 10:
TIME interviews SF City/County workers in national story about short-staffing in the public sector
A recent national story from TIME dives into the different ways that short-staffing in local public services impacts our communities. The story correctly points out that without workers, local governments and special districts struggle to provide crucial services such as safe drinking water, maintained roads and bridges, functioning public transit, properly staffed schools, and other vital functions like processing permits or administering social services.
In Alameda County, Management Says “Heroes Work Here” but They Aren’t Acting Like It
On Tuesday, April 26, hundreds of SEIU 1021 members from across Alameda County rallied outside a closed session of the Board of Supervisors to call for the sacrifices of members to be honored. The pandemic has led to an increased need for the vital services that frontline workers provide. Whether we’re called “public servants,” “disaster workers,” or “heroes,” it’s clear that we deserve recognition and that the County must invest in and reward its dedicated workforce.
Thousands of union members march on SF City Hall in honor of International Workers’ Day
The 2022 May Day march recreated the 1934 march down Market Street
On Sunday May 1, thousands of workers from around the Bay Area marched down Market Street from Embarcadero to San Francisco’s Civic Center to commemorate International Workers’ Day in a recreation of the famous 1934 May Day March. The march, which was sponsored by several Bay Area labor councils, concluded with a rally at City Hall.