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Berkeley Citywide Strike Looms
To Date, More than 900 City of Berkeley Workers Have Authorized A Strike
(Berkeley, CA)—More than 400 hundred Berkeley city workers voted to authorize a strike if city administrators fail to reach an agreement with clerical and maintenance workers over safer working conditions and cost-of-living allowances. More than 400 librarians, public nurses, mental health professionals, and city planners and attorneys represented by SEIU 1021 voted on June 14 to join clerical and maintenance workers in a strike if necessary.
Addressing Understaffing and Long Patient Wait Times
On April 18, more than a dozen radiology and ultrasound technicians testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. The technicians work at Zuckerberg SF General (ZSFGH) and Laguna Honda Hospitals, where patients are suffering long wait times because of understaffing in radiology and ultrasound departments.
City of Hayward Workers Speak Truth to Power
This evening City of Hayward workers spoke before City Council to demand that Hayward Administrators restore cuts made to workers’ pay and benefits. Hayward Administrators are refusing to restore the cuts that were made three years ago, even after a judge found their actions to be illegal.
“A 17% cut in take-home pay forced people to retire from jobs that they loved,’” said Gil Hesia, Senior Utility Leader and President of City of Hayward Maintenance Chapter. “Bargain with your workers fairly.”
Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector District Chapter Elects & Certifies First Convention Delegates
The Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector District Chapter is the first chapter to elect and certify their convention delegates.
Vector Control Inspector Joe Cleope was elected to be a delegate along with his co-worker Jason Descans. Danielle Wisniewski was elected to serve as an alternate delegate.
Keeping Dr. King’s Dream Alive
City Of Berkeley Workers Address Issues Facing Bay Area Communities In Contract Negotiations
On April 4 hundreds of Berkeley City Workers rallied on their first day of contract negotiations along with community allies commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s death. King was assassinated in Memphis, where he joined the public sanitation workers strike in the spring of 1968.
Addressing Understaffing and Long Patient Wait Times
On April 18, more than a dozen radiology and ultrasound technicians testified before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. The technicians work at Zuckerberg SF General (ZSFGH) and Laguna Honda Hospitals, where patients are suffering long wait times because of understaffing in radiology and ultrasound departments.