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300 Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers stage a powerful 24-hour strike
Read about our strike in the San Francisco Chronicle and KQED.
Last Wednesday, nearly 300 workers at the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) went out on a 24-hour strike as efforts to secure a new contract with management continue to drag on.
We fought and we won a temporary suspension of patient transfers at Laguna Honda
The situation regarding Laguna Honda Hospital’s certification status with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been stressful for us all—patients, staff, and community members alike. After notice had been given that CMS was going to be terminating their Medicare and Medicaid funding, the hospital was required to begin transferring patients. If the hospital failed to begin those transfers right away, they were told their funding would be cut off immediately.
SEIU bargaining update: Please update your email by August 8th
Update your personal email in preparation to vote on your contract. We will be conducting an electronic ratification vote and need an accurate personal email so your ballot can be emailed to you. Please update your personal email by Monday, August 8th by 5pm to prepare for a possible expedited ratification vote. Email update.info at seiu1021.org or scan the QR Code with your smartphone camera.
Not a member? Sign up as a member here: join1021.org. Only union members can vote on the contract.
Exploratorium workers showcase their collective power in their fight for a new contract
Congratulations to Exploratorium members who recently ratified a new contract! Management opened negotiations by giving a presentation projecting a five to seven million dollar deficit, but members made it clear that they won’t let the boss balance the budget on their backs.
They instead got organized and brought the fight from the bargaining table to the shop floor to showcase their unity — and it paid off.
City of Oakland members ratify strong tentative agreement with 14% COLA over 3 years
Congratulations to SEIU 1021 members at City of Oakland, who voted by almost 97 percent last week to ratify their tentative agreement, which will provide substantial improvements at a time when city workers need them most.
Support Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers heading out on strike
Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers are crucial to keeping San Francisco’s homelessness and supportive housing system functioning. Around 300 people there work as desk clerks, janitors, case workers, maintenance staff, and more at 24 of the city’s single-room occupancy hotels (SROs).
Mendocino County Workers’ Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge As County Management Breaks State Law by Continuing to Hide Vital Financial Information
The union has been requesting detailed budget information since November. County management has refused to share it as required by law.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/26/22**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Tentative Agreement Highlights
TA ratification meetings and vote will take place first week of August
Dear SEIU SCOE classified professionals:
After months of challenging work and effort from your bargaining
team and many of your fellow union co-workers, we are proud to
announce that we have finalized the text of our tentative
agreement (TA) for members to consider. We strongly encourage
a YES vote from the membership.
Our Members Have Voted YES
To Ratify Our Tentative Agreement with the City!
The votes were 96.7% yes. City Council will now vote to accept the contract at two sessions, as is required by law. Chapter president Felipe Cuevas said, “This contract is a big win for our members, who have showed up and sacrificed for their community throughout the pandemic. To win this contract this early in the process is a testament to the hard work our members have done at the bargaining table, in their worksites, and in the community, helping elect pro-worker candidates to City Council.”
Mendocino County workers rally at board of supervisors, demand action to address staffing crisis
With vacancy rates as high as 67% in critical positions, the County cannot afford to lose another worker and needs desperately to recruit – but it is doing nothing to plug the drain.
About 80 Mendocino County workers flooded the board of supervisors meeting in a sea of purple this morning, protesting the county’s inaction in the face of a major staffing crisis.
Family and Children’s Services social workers: 40 percent vacancy rate. Mental health clinicians: 67 percent vacancy rate. Public health nurses: 29.6 percent vacancy rate. Department of Transportation road crews: 32 percent vacancy rate. Employment and family services eligibility workers: 20 percent vacancy rate.