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Rent Control for All. Repeal Costa Hawkins!
The movement for tenants’ rights and housing justice is growing every day in California. A few weeks ago renters met in Alameda for a historic assembly, California Renter Power where over 400 renters, organizers, and advocates met and strategized how to build an unstoppable statewide movement for Housing Justice and against gentrification.
Last Chance to Stop the Tax Scam!
The House of Representatives must vote again on the tax bill after several provisions were found to violate Senate rules. Congress is scheduled to bring the tax bill to a vote again tomorrow. It’s not too late to place a call and help put a stop to this tax scam.
Don’t let them rig the system in favor of the wealthiest Americans.
Call 866-426-2631 and you will be patched through to a member of Congress.
Become an SEIU 1021 Convention Delegate
The SEIU 1021 Convention will be held in Concord, CA September 22-23, 2018.
We are beginning the process of choosing convention delegates to represent chapters. Elections will take place through June 20th.
Investing in Early Childhood Educators is Good Practice – and Good Policy
For Head Start substitute teacher, Claudia Campbell, going back to school to get her degree seemed impossible:
“I’ve had my own children, and have taken care of others, but I’ve never had the education behind it,” Campbell said.
That is until the SEIU Early Educator Training Center, SEIU Local 1021, and the YMCA of the East Bay joined together to create an apprenticeship program that supports and uplifts Early Childhood Educators.
A Lesson from West Virginia
West Virginia teachers have shown that despite the failure of politicians to protect the rights of working people to organize, working people standing together are unstoppable. Striking teachers have shown that no court case or legislation can stop the power of solidarity and the willingness to stand up for justice.
West Virginia is among the handful of “right to work-for less” states, a fate that may soon be shared by California after the Supreme Court rules on Janus v AFSCME.