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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Mayor Schaaf Has Withdrawn Her Proposed Cuts and Concessions!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55, and CMEA, the Mayor confirmed today that the proposed further cuts to and concessions from our members have been withdrawn.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:
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.
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.
An Update and a Call to Action
May 8, 2020
Dear City of Oakland co-worker:
This week has mostly been more of the same from the City of
Oakland. They have implemented plans that hurt workers without
planning or meeting with the workers in advance, they have
engaged in dishonest budgeting that seems more interested in
hiding money than using it, and they abruptly cancelled a City
Council meeting where important votes were scheduled to deal with
the pandemic and appoint the new City Administrator.
This update covers three items:
A MESSAGE FROM CITY OF OAKLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENT FELIPE CUEVAS
May 1, 2020
Good afternoon, SEIU 1021 City of Oakland members,
I want to provide an update on various items about the City’s
response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Union’s involvement.
So far, the city has been doing close to the minimum and the
union has advocated for more family-friendly and worker-friendly
policies as well as addressing PPE and safety concerns. We have
won quite a lot from the City so far, but there are more battles
ahead.