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Asian Health Services Healthcare Workers Rally to Demand Management Confront Dangerous Staffing Crisis
Short staffing is undermining critical health services and endangering vulnerable patients
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contacts: Chelsea Fink, chelsea.fink@seiu1021.org, (510) 435-8282, Mike Richardson, mike.richardson@seiu1021.org, (510) 517-6636
SAN FRANCISCO STARBUCKS WORKERS WIN LANDSLIDE UNION ELECTION
The store on 9th & Irving is San Francisco’s second Starbucks to unionize in recent months
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2023
CONTACT
General: starbucksmedia@workers-united.org
Local: Chris Flink, chris.flink@seiu1021.org, 510.701.9637
SAN FRANCISCO STARBUCKS WORKERS WIN LANDSLIDE UNION ELECTION
The store on 9th & Irving is San Francisco’s second Starbucks to unionize in recent months
Federal judge issues decision ordering Starbucks to cease & desist interrogating and threatening workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2023
MEDIA CONTACT
General, starbucksmedia@workers-united.org
Local, Chris Flink, flink@seiu1021.org, 510-701-9637
Federal judge issues decision ordering Starbucks to cease & desist interrogating and threatening workers
SEIU 1021 Vice President Requests State Controller Audit of Mendocino County
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Ian Lee, ian.lee@seiu1021.org, (510) 384-7165
UKIAH, CA – On Friday, August 4, 2023, SEIU 1021 Vice President Mary Sandberg made an official request to California State Controller Malia Cohen’s Office to conduct an audit and review of Mendocino County’s financial condition. A copy of the official letter can be found here.
Mendocino County Employees Vote Yes in Strike Authorization Vote
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Ian Lee, ian.lee@seiu1021.org, (510) 384-7165
UKIAH, CA – On Friday July 28, 2023, Mendocino County workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 voted to authorize their bargaining team to call a strike, should a strike become necessary. The strike authorization vote passed overwhelmingly, with 92.4% voting yes.
Cal Academy of Sciences Workers Vote to Unionize in Landslide Election
After many months of organizing, workers voted by 77% to form their union, Cal Academy Workers United, with SEIU Local 1021
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
SAN FRANCISCO – Roughly 350 employees of the California Academy of Sciences will now have a union, Cal Academy Workers United, following a high turnout National Labor Relations Board election that saw 77% of eligible workers voting, of whom 77% voted yes. Votes were counted Friday, July 21.
SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford’s statement on the 6/30/23 Supreme Court decisions:
As you’ve probably heard by now, two devastating decisions were passed down by the United States Supreme Court today that further establish its regressive, harmful attitudes and policies toward the people of this country.
With another disastrous ruling, the Supreme Court undermines equity and opportunity for people of color
Statement on Supreme Court decision on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (UNC) and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College by SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford
One year after attacking women’s right to self-determination, today the activist conservative majority of the Supreme Court has once again proven its contempt for Black and brown people in its decision on the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (UNC) and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College case.
Mendocino County Workers to Flood Board of Supervisors Budget Hearings, Demanding They Prioritize Services & People
The Board of Supervisors has once again failed to appropriately prioritize cost-of-living adjustments and equity adjustments in their new budget, despite the ongoing staffing crisis that is harming county services
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUES. 6/6**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo,
jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201, or
Ian Lee, ian.lee@seiu1021.org, (510) 384-7165
Cal Academy of Sciences Workers File Petition for Union Election with National Labor Relations Board
A supermajority of eligible employees, from biologists to guest experience workers, have signed union authorization cards
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/25/23**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201