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WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE CITY TO MAKE US AN OFFER?
Richmond Bargaining Update: June 24, 2020
Our contract expires on June 30, and our elected Bargaining Team has met with the City’s representatives twice, but they still have not made us an offer!
With less than a week before City Council must by law pass a balanced budget, we have yet to receive any written proposal from the City of Richmond’s negotiating team.
It’s not just us, either: the City has not even met with our labor allies in IFPTE Local 21!
When We Fight, We Win!
When We Stand with the Community, They Stand with Us
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Oakland administration has tried to attack our union. Before coming to the bargaining table, they cut the hours of our ‘temporary, part-time’ members and threatened mass layoffs of permanent workers. Only through a long campaign were we able to beat back the Mayor’s attack and force her to take her further concessions off the table.
Mayor Schaaf Has Withdrawn Her Proposed Cuts and Concessions!
No Layoffs. No Furloughs. No Postponed COLAs or Step Increases.
At a meeting including other unions in the city, including Local 21, IBEW Local 1245, IAFF Local 55, and CMEA, the Mayor confirmed today that the proposed further cuts to and concessions from our members have been withdrawn.
This means:
Emergency Chapter Meeting
Monday, June 22, 6 p.m. Zoom Call
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is wrecking the City’s budget. They said they had a deficit of $29 million, and they proposed to fix that problem the same way they always do: cutting services to the public and laying us off. According to the Mayor, “everything is on the table,” which means we’re on the chopping block.
Working in partnership with other unions, including Local 21, the police, and the firefighters, we closed their budget gap from $29 million to under $6 million, completely without service cuts, furloughs, or layoffs.
The Mayor Wants to Balance Her Budget On Our Backs, with TPT Layoffs, Up to 26 Days of Furloughs, Delayed COLAs, Postponed Step Increases, and More — We Say “No Way!”
As most of our members know, Mayor Libby Schaaf and her administration pre-emptively laid off our temporary, part-time workforce, and then came to us and proposed that we accept even MORE cuts.
We have not agreed to any such cuts. With one voice, we have told the Mayor and her staff, again and again, that we do not agree with their position that any cuts are necessary.
Honk for Safety!
On Thursday, June 11 4 p.m., Meet at 100 Oak St. and Caravan to Highland Hospital
Join your elected Bargaining Team members, your Contract Action Team members, and your co-workers for a rally and car caravan to demand fair bargaining, proper coronavirus testing, and public accountability across AHS.
RSVP to the MRC: 1-877-687-1021
Tell Council: WE REJECT THE MAYOR’S CUTS
June 1, 2020
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
The Mayor and her administration are predicting tough times ahead and major budget problems, and have called on City workers to accept deep cuts. Specifically, the Mayor has asked 1021 members to:
Show up to tell the city we reject their cuts: Lake Merritt Car Caravan Tuesday, May 26, at 5:30 p.m.
May 22, 2020
Dear co-worker:
I hope you are staying safe in this difficult time. The Mayor has
followed up her plan to lay off some 800 of our temporary,
part-time co-workers, many of whom have worked alongside us for
years, by asking us to sit down with her and her team to discuss
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stand together to tell the Mayor: “You trim a tree from the TOP”
May 15, 2020
We Have to Stand Together to Tell the Mayor:
Put People Before Profits!
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
Just this morning, Mayor Libby Schaaf said on KTVU Channel 2 that
she stood for “people before profits.” This is just not true, as
our temporary, part-time co-workers who were just issued layoff
notices can prove.