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STRIKE: 300 Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers who support 24 of San Francisco’s SRO hotels are set to hit the picket line at 8 am on July 27
After months of bargaining, and without an adequate investment in the workforce by city leaders, workers are forced to take this step

ADVISORY for Wednesday, July 27
Contact: Andrew Baker; 510-679-8420
andrew.baker@seiu1021.org
 
STRIKE: 300 Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers who support 24 of San Francisco’s SRO hotels are set to hit the picket line at 8 am on July 27
After months of bargaining, and without adequate investment in the workforce by city leaders, workers are forced to take this step
 

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Statement from Theresa Rutherford on Laguna Honda Lawsuits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker, 510-679-8420, andrew.baker@seiu1021.org

The following statement can be attributed to Theresa Rutherford, the President-Elect of SEIU 1021 and a longtime certified nursing assistant at Laguna Honda Hospital, in response to today’s announcement of multiple lawsuits surrounding the federal government’s termination of federal funding and mandated transfer of patients from Laguna Honda Hospital.

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SEIU 1021 joins Sen. Alex Padilla at a press conference calling for a robust response to the growing monkeypox outbreak

On Thursday, August 25, SEIU 1021 joined US Senator Alex Padilla and San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, along with officials from the California Department of Public Health and San Francisco Department of Public Health, at a press conference to discuss the growing monkeypox outbreak.

Padilla toured San Francisco’s main monkeypox vaccine site at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital as California surpasses 3,000 cases statewide. After the tour, local and state leaders advocated for additional vaccines and equitable distribution throughout California.

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Theresa Rutherford officially assumes her duties as president of SEIU 1021

This weekend, Theresa Rutherford formally assumed her duties as the new president of SEIU Local 1021. Theresa was appointed to this role by a supermajority vote by the SEIU 1021 Executive Board at their July meeting upon news that previous President Joseph Bryant would be moving on to become executive vice president of SEIU at the international union level.

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President Biden’s student loan cancellation is “groundbreaking” for some SEIU 1021 members

Emily Flores works at Oakland’s Highland Hospital as a community health outreach worker in the Care Transitions Program. She helps identify the patients who are most at risk and most in need of help navigating our healthcare system and helps them find resources, programs, and tools to assist them in taking better care of their health. Last week, she got the news that President Joe Biden had taken bold action to address our nation’s student debt crisis.

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Workers in Contra Costa County form a Coalition and Win Big Together!

Workers in nine Contra Costa County unions recently formed a coalition to bargain a new contract with the County. The goal was a fair contract and a solution to the understaffing crisis that left workers burnt out and overworked and left the County unable to deliver valuable services to its residents.

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Fast-food workers bring the heat to Sacramento, fighting for a FAST Recovery
California is on the verge of transforming how fast-food workers are treated

On a scoring hot day that hit nearly one-hundred ten degrees in Sacramento, fast-food workers, SEIU 1021 members, and community supporters and allies converged upon the state capital. That heat that enveloped Northern California on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, is what fast-food workers face in the kitchens of thirty thousand restauranteurs across California.