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Mendocino County workers picket to save county services
The Board of Supervisors continue to fail to address staffing crisis, harming services for Mendocino families, children, and elderly.
Despite total revenue for Mendocino County having increased 44.8% since fiscal year 2019-2020, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors have suggested County employees pay more for their healthcare and retirement – an overall pay cut that will further harm the County’s ability to apply a tourniquet to its staffing crisis. As County workers continue to escalate towards what could be the largest strike Mendocino County has seen in recent history, County workers picketed Tuesday, July 11, outside the courthouse to save county services.
The fate of the anti-worker Proposition 22 goes to California Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of California granted a request by the California Gig Workers Union on June 28, 2023, to decide the constitutionality of 2020’s California Proposition 22, a voter-approved measure to classify drivers for gig corporations such as Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates as contractors rather than employees. The court’s action set aside a lower-court ruling that had primarily upheld the 2020 ballot measure.
San Francisco Starbucks workers file for their union election
On Wednesday, July 5, Starbucks workers at the 8th and Irving store in San Francisco filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
“We as workers are making all the money for these billion-dollar companies, and we’re not seeing any of it. We need an end to the disrespect we get from management, and we need consistent, adequate hours and a living wage,” said Atakan Deviren, a barista at the store for the past year.
Mendocino County workers host strike school
After months of bargaining with a county administration that refuses to address its staffing crisis — leaving its families, children, and seniors in danger — SEIU 1021 members at Mendocino County held a strike school on Wednesday, June 28, to educate themselves about their rights and responsibilities should a strike be necessary.
Mendocino County BBQ & Strike Vote
After months of bargaining, the County is suggesting we pay more for our healthcare and retirement — an overall pay cut that will further prevent the County’s ability to apply a tourniquet to its staffing hemorrhage.
Make no mistake: we love the work we do. This is precisely why we need to come together to save the services that our County’s families, children, and elders depend on.
The BBQ will take place on Thursday, July 20th, from 4:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M., at 310 South State St, Ukiah.
Please RSVP below before July 17th (to ensure enough food).
Cal Academy of Sciences workers need your support
They are organizing their union with SEIU 1021 -- and Academy management is engaging in classic union-busting tactics
On May 25, 2023, workers at the California Academy of Sciences filed for an NLRB union election to join SEIU 1021 as CalAcademy Workers United. Their election petition demonstrated overwhelming support across the Academy for the formal recognition of our union.
Since then, management has been attempting to defeat their organizing campaign by using typical union-busting tactics including:
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