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California College of the Arts Staff Set to Hold Strike Vote 12/7 and 12/8
After 2 years of CCA administration slow-walking contract negotiations and violating labor law, staff still don't have a contract--and they're ready to take more drastic action.
Dec. 6, 2021: More than two years after forming their union with SEIU 1021, joining adjunct faculty in the California College of the Arts (CCA) chapter, staff at CCA still don’t have a first contract. And it’s certainly not for lack of effort on the part of the 1021 bargaining team, who have been making proposals addressing the critical needs identified in their bargaining survey since fall of 2019, including living wages based on the cost of living in the Bay Area; wage transparency with yearly increases; career ladders for advancement; and job security.
Register for our San Francisco City & County Career Advancement Fair!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our December 4 Career Advancement Fair! If you missed out or want to review the materials that were presented, you can find that information below.
Presentation Slides:
Instead of getting Christmas bonuses, La Clínica workers have been left out in the cold this holiday season
This holiday season, while many workers are expecting Christmas bonuses and possibly gifts from their employers as gratitude for work well done, some of our most essential workers are still fighting their scrooge-like bosses for better work conditions and higher wages. La Clínica de la Raza’s recent last, best, and final offer contained only a 2% guaranteed increase.
City of Richmond, Part-Time Chapter
We have reached a tentative agreement with the City of Richmond for the part-time contract. Our elected Bargaining Team recommends a YES vote.
Here are some contract highlights:
Help make the holidays bright for kids in need
SEIU 1021's annual toy drive is underway!
November 29, 2021: As you know, needy families in our community already go without basic essentials for their loved ones, especially during the holidays. SEIU 1021’s annual toy drive is back, and we are asking for your help to put smiles on these families’ faces.
Our goal is to collect new toys and/or gift cards to children ages infant to 12 years old. With your generous support, we will be able to help many of these families to have a joyous holiday.
Please let us know if you are able make toy donations or help gather gifts.
Gig workers score victory with $5.3 million+ DoorDash settlement
November 29, 2021: App-based workers scored a significant material victory last week when San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) Director Patrick Mulligan, and San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin announced that the City secured an over $5.325 million settlement from DoorDash after an OLSE investigation into alleged violations of two San Francisco labor laws.
As Strikesgiving rolls on, Stationary Engineers continue their fight for a fair contract at Kaiser
November 29, 2021: Stationary Engineers Local 39, which represents about 700 structural and biomedical engineers at Kaiser facilities throughout Northern California, went on strike at midnight on Friday, September 17. The work of Local 39 members is essential to keeping our hospitals running. They repair and maintain critical medical equipment, as well as the hospital itself, including all the electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, and heating and air-conditioning systems across the medical centers.
A statement from President Joseph Bryant on the verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery trial
“Today, a jury in Georgia found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan Jr. guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. This conviction gets right what our justice system too often gets wrong by affirming the right of Black people and people of color to live free from intimidation, violence, and murder.
Across Northern California, SEIU 1021 members pass out turkey dinners to working families
Every year, SEIU 1021 members volunteer their time in the holiday
spirit of giving thanks and giving back to working families.
This year was no different, as members passed out turkey
dinners at 11 union halls across Northern California to SEIU
1021 members who needed or wanted them.
All around Northern California at various SEIU 1021 offices,
member leaders and staff joyfully and tirelessly served
Thanksgiving dinners to members via a car caravan dropoff
system.