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Healthcare Workers Across Alameda County Vote to Accept a New Contract with Alameda Health System
“This struggle wasn't just for our members: it was for the community, for them to have a safe place, to have a safety-net hospital they can go to, where they can have confidence they will receive the proper care that they deserve.”
On Friday, April 9, more than 3,000 workers at Alameda Health System who are united in SEIU Local 1021 voted to accept the tentative agreement their elected bargaining team made with AHS negotiators, which ratifies the agreement and approves the new contract.
SEIU 1021 classified members overwhelmingly vote to reject Sacramento City Unified School District’s health and safety proposal, request prompt return to the bargaining table
Results poured in on Saturday, April 10 as SEIU 1021 members overwhelmingly voted down the latest health and safety proposal from Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). 92% of voters rejected the deal, giving the bargaining team the authority to call a strike if the necessary provisions to safely re-open SCUSD schools aren’t offered.
Localwide Treasurer Amos Eaton elected to SCERA Board, adding a third SEIU 1021 member to the retirement association’s leadership
Congratulations to Sonoma County members, including our localwide Treasurer Amos Eaton who handily won his campaign for election to the Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association (SCERA) Board last week!
At Santa Clara University, adjuncts and lecturers join the increasing wave of working people seeking to join together in a union, in the face of administrative opposition
On Friday, April 9, at 2 p.m., adjuncts and lecturers at Santa Clara University, joined by their supporters, led a march and rally on campus to demand respect as well as a free and fair union election.
Since 2017, non-tenure track faculty at SCU have worked together to form their union with SEIU 1021. Workers are organizing to address the unstable working conditions, inadequate pay, and inequitable and non-transparent decision-making at the university. These efforts have met constant resistance from the university’s administration.
Missed our #StopAsianHate Zoom Town Hall? Watch the recording and access the toolkit.
Missed our #StopAsianHate town hall? Click here to watch a recording!
Many thanks to the panelists, organizers, moderators, and leaders who took their inspiration to create this space and lit the spark to help make this event happen behind the scenes.
Facing an unprecedented safety and staffing crisis, healthcare workers around Northern California fight back
Long before COVID-19, SEIU 1021 healthcare workers were there for vulnerable patients in our communities—often despite a lack of adequate staffing and other dangerous working conditions. Now that we’re a full year into the worst global health emergency in over a century, many of our healthcare members find themselves working through crisis-level conditions.
March 24th Was Equal Pay Day, the Day Women Catch Up with What Men Made in the Previous Year
This past Wednesday, March 24th, was Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day is a reminder of the work that remains to advance equity and ensure that all Americans can reach their full potential. Equal Pay Day was established in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity. This year marks the 25th year the occasion has been observed, but in 25 years, the pay gap Has shrunk by just eight cents. This day is symbolic of how far into this year women must work to catch up to what men made in the previous year.
Missed our #StopAsianHate Townhall on March 30? Watch the recording now.
Click the video above to watch a recording of our March 30 #StopAsianHate Town Hall meeting.
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It has been heartbreaking to see the recent uptick in anti-Asian racism happening across the nation—and make no mistake, hate and racism are at the root of the violence we’ve seen in recent weeks.
From the Bay Area to Atlanta and beyond, we must be prepared but speak out and take action against hate and violence—but we also need to create space to reflect, mourn, and support one another as we process this horrific violence.
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SEIU 1021 takes the lead in reimagining public safety by spearheading Oakland’s MACRO program and creating good, union jobs to respond to mental health emergencies
Public safety has many faces. To protect our community and improve conditions for our friends, family, and neighbors who are experiencing mental health issues, Oakland has taken a bold step by creating a new emergency response unit called the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO). This unit will be made up of civilians with medical and mental health training, and these civilians will be SEIU 1021 members.
Hundreds rally to #SaveMills in the wake of a shocking announcement that the doors of the historical women’s college will be shuttered
On March 17, 2021, the Mills College Board of Trustees announced its intention to dismantle the historic women’s college and replace it as an undefined “Institute” on a breakneck two-year timeline. As part of this shocking decision, the school said they would stop granting four-year degrees to students.