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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.
Fast-food workers and community allies rally in support of the FAST Recovery Act
Last week hundreds of fast-food workers refused to show up to work for a day, went on strike, and instead took to the streets to demand public officials stand with the labor movement and vote “yes” on Assembly Bill 257.
SEIU Local 1021 President Joseph Bryant’s Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
November 19, 2021: Oakland, California — Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 President Joseph Bryant issued the following statement after jurors acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of the murder of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Rittenhouse shot and killed Rosenbaum and Huber, who were protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by the Kenosha Police Department in Kenosha, Wisconsin:
Two for two: Miller and Pacheco win 2021 CalPERS Board of Administration race
Victory! SEIU Local 1021, along with firefighters, teachers, health care workers, and the rest of the California labor movement, successfully led the effort to re-elect David Miller and elect Jose Luis Pacheco to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board. At stake during the race for the Board of Administration were the hard-earned retirement savings and the health care benefits of its over two million members.
Activision employees stage walk-off
Why the UNION DIFFERENCE matters!
NBC News: Activision Blizzard workers walk out after sexual harassment lawsuit
Activision/Blizzard employees staged a walk-out action on Wednesday, ending a week of increased & mounting tensions over how executives handled accusations of discrimination and sexual harassment at the company.
OUSD Chapter OSEA/OCDPA Chapter Elections
Dear SEIU Local 1021 Member,
This letter serves the purpose to inform you that the Oakland
Unified School District Chapter will be conducting Chapter
Officer Elections.
Here is the timeline for nominations and election of Chapter
Officers:
Regional Center of the East Bay members win a new four year contract
On Friday, December 13 SEIU 1021 members at the Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) ratified a new four-year agreement.
City of Berkeley Legislative Aides win a voice at work by joining SEIU 1021
Last night, Berkeley Legislative Aides employed by the City Council submitted a petition to the Berkeley Personnel Board calling for the same collective voice that other city workers enjoy. After successfully making their case to the Personnel Board, these 17 workers became the newest members of the Berkeley Community Service Chapter of SEIU 1021.
La Clínica workers hit the sidewalk in a show of solidarity with their bargaining team
On the heels of a successful strike authorization vote, SEIU 1021 members at La Clínica de la Raza turned up the heat in their fight for a contract by holding a powerful unity break outside their offices on Wednesday, November 27.
“For tens of thousands of families across Northern California, we are one of the only options people have for the health care they desperately need,” said Angel Valdez, Layout Graphic Designer and La Clínica SEIU 1021 Chapter President.