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Bargaining Update for Week of April 19, 2021
SEIU Local 1021 City of Hayward Chapter
Your elected Bargaining Team is working together to help us win a strong new contract. As part of that fight, a number of chapter leaders spoke before City Council, urging them to use the 30 million dollars from the American Recovery Plan Act to invest in the community and make furloughed City workers whole.
Sac City Unified School District Classified Workers
Just before midnight on Monday, April 19, a marathon mediation session between Sacramento City Unified School District and classified workers represented by SEIU 1021 produced a tentative agreement (TA) that both sides believe will allow SCUSD to safely welcome all students back to in-person learning. As a result of this TA, the Unfair Labor Practice strike that had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday is now canceled.
Meet Nancy Gutierrez Heth, our new Mendocino Community College Chapter Vice President
What influenced your decision to run for office in your chapter?
My job is so overwhelming with all the growth that has happened that I didn’t feel I had any free time to get involved, but serving as a Negotiator or in a Union office is something that has interested me. When negotiations come up I always wish I was more involved. But I don’t know how it all works. I’m just learning. I thought VP would be an easy office. I’m hoping this will be a good easy way to get my feet wet.
STRIKE AVERTED: Sac City USD workers reach 11th hour TA with management on health and safety standards
Classified workers at Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) have been negotiating with Superintendent Aguilar and the District for months to reach a fair baseline health and safety agreement that will protect students, workers, and the entire school community.
Days before workers were set to participate in an Unfair Labor Practice, however, a marathon mediation session produced a tentative agreement between the two sides just before midnight on Monday, April 19.
Meet Julie Beardsley, our new Mendocino County Chapter President
What influenced your decision to run for office in your chapter?
I felt like I wanted to bring issues to management and to the executives in the county that needed to be addressed. The Health and Human Services departments of the county have gone through a kind of chaotic period of change in becoming a Health and Human Services “Super” Agency. It was a change that wasn’t good for many of our members. Our members did not feel empowered to speak up about issues or provide input for positive change.
Meet Lois O’Rourke , our new Mendocino Community College Chapter President
What influenced your decision to run for office in your chapter?
One of the reasons I ran for office was because I have always been what you would call a “union person.” Even before joining SEIU 1021, I supported unions, even though I wasn’t a union member. I come from a union family. My grandfather and grandmother were young adults during the Great Depression, before they had unions. My grandfather got a job at Union Oil Company in Rodeo and when he first started working there, there was no union.
NEW COVID LEAVE Factsheet
Know Your Rights
Covered Workers Are Now Eligible For Up to 80 Hours of NEW COVID-19 Leave
State Bill 95 was recently signed into law by Governor Gavin
Newsom. Under this law, covered workers are entitled to up to 80
hours of COVID-19 sick leave from January 1, 2021 to September
30, 2021. This leave must be granted immediately upon request.
Retaliation and discrimination are strictly prohibited.
Leave can be taken if any of the following reasons prevent you
from working (in person, or teleworking):
Meet Troyle Tognoli, our new Mendocino County Vice President
What influenced your decision to run for office in your chapter?
When I took on the role of Chapter President, I came in with a really strong commitment because at the time we were very much recognized for the quality of work that we do in this region. But we weren’t able to maintain our staffing because the surrounding counties were paying so much more than we were. So the goal for me was to look at that.
Chapter elections are happening around San Francisco this year—make your voice heard!
This year, many of our SEIU 1021 Chapters will hold elections for Chapter Officer positions. This is a great opportunity to run for a leadership position in our union if you have exciting ideas of your own, or a chance to cast your ballot for the candidates you think are best to lead your Chapter forward through the challenges of COVID-19.
San Francisco Newsletter: April 2021
Welcome to the April issue of our monthly newsletter for SEIU 1021 members in San Francisco. You can read our March issue here, or keep reading below to see recaps of the big fights our members have taken on in the last month.