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Corruption and Mismanagement at SF Museums Spark Demands by City Workers for Independent Oversight Committee
City Workers and Museum Patrons Call for Action to Stop Abuse and Corruption
Security guards,and admission attendants who are SEIU 1021 members at the Asian Art Museum, de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, testified on Friday about the rampant abuse and corruption by board members and top executives at the Fine Arts Museum (FAM) and the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums (COFAM). Their testimonies detailed financial mismanagement, lack of transparency, and unsafe working conditions at FAM and COFAM at the Government Audit Oversight Committee.
We Rise Up and Unite for Immigrant and Worker Rights on International Workers’ Day
SEIU 1021 members from across Northern California joined May Day actions in Santa Rosa, San Francisco and Oakland in a defiant and joyous celebration of the power of working people and the resilience of immigrant communities.
House Votes to Cut Taxes the Super-Rich, Raise Premiums, and Kill Healthcare for Millions
First and foremost, nothing has happened. There are no changes to the Affordable Care Act. Yet. There is no new law yet. Not until the Senate passes their own bill, and the president signs something.
But SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. Just not yet. The House has adopted a new bill, by 2 votes – including a “yes” vote by every single California Republican– nd the Senate will adopt its own version. The only thing we know for sure is that the Senate version will be different from the House version because the Senate and the House always differ on any major legislation.
People’s Climate March Bay Area
SEIU 1021 members joined a crowd of a couple thousand people gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland on a beautiful sunny Saturday, April 29, 2017, to urge the Trump administration to take the threat of climate change seriously. It was a truly striking moment of unity, organized by the People’s Climate Movement for Justice, Jobs, Peace and the Planet and was endorsed by SEIU 1021, the Alameda Central Labor Council, and 75 organizations working on behalf of environmental, economic, and social justice.
SEIU Local 1021: On the Front Lines Against Homelessness, Not the Homeless
Driven by skyrocketing housing costs and cuts to public services, Oakland’s housing and homelessness crisis continues to worsen. City of Oakland SEIU Local 1021 members have been told to clean up homeless encampments, where they’ve encountered unsafe working conditions. These conditions include hypodermic needles and human waste and even threats of violence.