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Berkeley Citywide Strike Looms
To Date, More than 900 City of Berkeley Workers Have Authorized A Strike
(Berkeley, CA)—More than 400 hundred Berkeley city workers voted to authorize a strike if city administrators fail to reach an agreement with clerical and maintenance workers over safer working conditions and cost-of-living allowances. More than 400 librarians, public nurses, mental health professionals, and city planners and attorneys represented by SEIU 1021 voted on June 14 to join clerical and maintenance workers in a strike if necessary.
Workers Rally to Proclaim: “No Corporate-Funded Case Can Hold Us Down. We’re Sticking with Our Union”
February 26, 2018, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the Janus vs. AFSCME case: this case was funded and brought before the court as yet another attempt by the 1% to rig the economy completely in their favor.
SEIU 1021 Members Join Thousands To Rally Against Hate In Berkeley
BERKELEY,CA — City of Berkeley employees and other city, county, schools, healthcare, and nonprofit workers from throughout Northern California joined thousands at the peaceful, non-violent Rally Against Hate on August 27. The rally stage was surrounded by thousands of students, teachers, seniors, and working families rallying to protest against far-right extremists, the white nationalist rally at Berkeley City Hall, and the wave of anti-immigrant federal policies.
More than 2,200 City of Oakland workers ratify contract with the City of Oakland
Bringing more than ten months of bargaining to a close, the Oakland City workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 ratified a two-year contract with the City of Oakland on Friday, February 23.
With provisions that increase worker safety, provide cost of living adjustments, and address the working conditions of police and fire communications dispatchers, the contract takes steps to improve public services to Oakland residents and businesses.
Stand Up for Strong Unions
The American Dream is based on the promise that if you work hard, you’ll be able to provide for yourself and your family. It’s the promise that we’d be able to provide opportunities for our children that weren’t available to us.
Become an SEIU 1021 Convention Delegate
The SEIU 1021 Convention will be held in Concord, CA September 22-23, 2018.
We are beginning the process of choosing convention delegates to represent chapters. Elections will take place through June 20th.
Investing in Early Childhood Educators is Good Practice – and Good Policy
For Head Start substitute teacher, Claudia Campbell, going back to school to get her degree seemed impossible:
“I’ve had my own children, and have taken care of others, but I’ve never had the education behind it,” Campbell said.
That is until the SEIU Early Educator Training Center, SEIU Local 1021, and the YMCA of the East Bay joined together to create an apprenticeship program that supports and uplifts Early Childhood Educators.
A Lesson from West Virginia
West Virginia teachers have shown that despite the failure of politicians to protect the rights of working people to organize, working people standing together are unstoppable. Striking teachers have shown that no court case or legislation can stop the power of solidarity and the willingness to stand up for justice.
West Virginia is among the handful of “right to work-for less” states, a fate that may soon be shared by California after the Supreme Court rules on Janus v AFSCME.
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