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May 2: Rally and Protest at SFMTA
Rally and Protest
Thursday, May 2 12:30pm – 1:30 pm
1 South Van Ness, San Francisco
As pressures and demand increase on our public transportation system and our streets become more congested, as do threats to rider and workers’ safety. Yet City Administrators and Negotiators want to shut out workers from helping make SFMTA a safer system for all.
SEIU 1021 Statement on Sacramento City Unified School District Teachers’ Strike
(Sacramento, CA) – SEIU 1021, the union representing 2,000 Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) workers, released the following statement on the teachers’ strike scheduled for Thursday, April 11. SEIU 1021 represents bus drivers, instructional aides, custodians, teachers’ aides, clerks, child care attendants, food service workers, and special education aides across the district’s 81 schools.
Santa Clara University Faculty and Allies Rally Outside the Golden Circle Fundraiser to say “Let Us Unionize. Let us Vote!”
On January 19, 2019 at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts,more than 100 faculty, students and community supporters were outside the black-tie Golden Circle fundraiser in support of SCU adjuncts and lecturers voting on whether or not to join together in a union.
Mendocino College Workers Stand Up for Community Needs Over Administrators’ Greed
Top college district administrators keep wages down, while inflating their own salaries.
On January 24, Mendocino Lake Community College District (MLCCD)
Classified and Temporary workers picketed at the college campus
in Ukiah to protest unnecessary takeaways, including
workers’ ability to use earned time off in cases of extended
illness or injury.
Top administrators have inflated their own salaries while
trying to hold down wages for faculty and staff, and
replace good jobs with temporary positions
that lack benefits.
Highland Hospital Nurse at Tonight’s State of the Union Address
SEIU 1021 member and Highland oncology nurse Maria
Mendoza Sanchez will join Congress tonight at the State of the
Union address . In 2017 Maria was deported by the Trump
administration and torn away from her children. After a grueling
time in Mexico, she applied for a skilled worker visa, and was
recently accepted for return home to the United States.
Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee invited Maria to be her guest
at tonight’s address to bring to light the negative impact of the
Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies.
Workers Take to the Streets to Disrupt Inequality
Across the country, workers are rising up to hold leaders and corporations to account for starving and dismantling public services and public school districts. In Northern California, our members in San Francisco and Oakland have taken to the streets tofight for working families and our communities.
Workers Take Action to Stop Harassment and Discrimination
On March 7, more than 1,000 San Francisco workers and community
allies protested in front of the headquarters of the SF Municipal
Transportation Agency and the city’s Human Resources Department
to demand City Administrators take immediate action to stop
sexual harassment and end gender discrimination across city
departments.
The rally comes after city ombudsman Dolores Blanding
released a report detailing allegations of bullying, verbal
abuse, discrimination, and sexual harassment within city
departments.
Oakland Teachers Ratify a Contract and End Historic 7-Day Strike
On Sunday, March 3rd, members of Oakland Educators Association (OEA) voted to approve a contract that gets teachers on the path to better raises and smaller class sizes. The contract ratification ended a 7-day strike that united the community.
Teachers, classified workers, and students continue to speak out against the District’s cuts to programs and staff. Hundreds of students, joined by community allies, filled the Board meeting on March 4th.
Why We March on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
On Monday, January 21, all across the country, thousands are
expected to march in commemoration of civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr. In San Francisco, City and county workers will
join the march to honor Dr. King’s legacy and to continue his
fight for justice for all.
WHAT: Erase Racism March
TIME: Meet at 10 a.m.