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- Lois Curtis: A Voice for the Voiceless in the Disability Rights Movement
... lawsuit against Georgia, alleging that the state’s institutionalization of people with intellectual and developmental ... impacted the disability rights movement. Curtis’s legacy lives on today as advocates continue to fight for the rights of ...
Article - 01/30/2023 - 11:38am - 0 comments
- RSVP for 2/21 San Lorenzo Unified School District Mobilization
... SEIU 1021. We will never charge you, but your carrier’s data rates may apply. You may opt out at any time by replying STOP. ...
Webform - 01/30/2023 - 11:04am - 0 comments
- RSVP for Our Lake Merritt Rally
... Amphitheater PROTECT WHAT’S OURS! Rally to Staff Up & Keep Our Holiday Alameda County ... now they want to take away our holiday on Lincoln’s Birthday. It’s time to PROTECT WHAT’S OURS! Rally at ...
Article - 01/26/2023 - 10:22am - 0 comments
- Peet’s Coffee workers in north Davis vote to become the first unionized store in the United States
In a first for Peet’s Coffee, workers at the North Davis location voted fourteen to one to ... and be happy,” said Trinity Salazar , a Peet’s Coffee barista who has been working at the North Davis location since July ... One of the significant factors that led to the Peet’s Coffee workers eventually organizing with SEIU Local 1021 was the chronic ...
Article - 01/23/2023 - 11:01am - 0 comments
- SFUSD Classified Staff Rally at School Board, Demand Urgent Action to Address Ongoing Payroll Debacle and Staffing Crisis
... A year in, the district’s broken payroll system is still shortchanging its lowest-paid workers, who are ... marching, chanting, holding signs “SFUSD’s classified staff go above and beyond every single day. Our custodians work ...
Article - 01/23/2023 - 12:39pm - 0 comments
- Sonoma County Workers Rally at Board of Supervisors to Demand Action to Address Severe Staffing Crisis
... is leaving residents in a lurch, particularly the county’s most vulnerable. After the strain of multiple fires, floods, and the ... “Besides that, staffing shortages in the assessor’s and tax collector’s office mean that some residents are having property ...
Article - 01/23/2023 - 10:55am - 0 comments
- SEIU 1021 members celebrate Oakland’s historic new mayor, Sheng Thao
Sheng Thao was inaugurated as Oakland’s mayor last week, and SEIU 1021 was on the scene. The former City Council ... President Theresa Rutherford said, ”Sheng Thao’s inauguration was an important and inspiring day for working people in ... become the mayor of a major American city, showed what’s possible when working people get a fair shake. It also shows the power we ...
Article - 01/16/2023 - 6:08pm - 0 comments
- Fast food workers secure $2.2 million in wage theft violations, vow to continue their fight back against corporate greed
While fast-food corporations like McDonald’s Corporation, Burger King Corporation, Jack in the Box, Inc., and others ... roll back the significant gains with the passage of 2022’s Assembly Bill 257 – the Fast Food Accountability and Standards ...
Article - 01/17/2023 - 12:46pm - 0 comments
- The Starbucks organizing momentum reaches the Bay Area amid national strike
... Francisco for the past five years. “I think there’s a stigma surrounding jobs like this, and you know it’s like an entry-level job,” Trainer went on. “I think just ...
Article - 12/27/2022 - 11:27am - 0 comments
- SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford reflects on a significant year for our union
... workers. We fought for—and won—the nation’s first-of-its-kind sectoral bargaining bill for the fast-food industry by ... of flexing our collective muscle at the ballot box. It’s how we elect the people who will have significant sway over future ...
Article - 12/27/2022 - 11:57am - 0 comments