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Coffee tastes better when its unionized: Peet’s Coffee workers hold rally after winning first union vote in North America
After voting fourteen to one to become the first unionized Peet’s Coffee location in the United States, Peet’s Coffee workers, now members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, held a rally on Saturday, January 28, 2023, in front of the coffeehouse in North Davis. The vote comes after nearly nine months of workers organizing with SEIU Local 1021 and Workers United, an SEIU affiliate organizing workers on the “Starbucks Workers United” campaign.
SFUSD classified staff rally at school board, demand urgent action to address ongoing payroll debacle and staffing crisis
Over 150 SEIU 1021 SFUSD members turned out to last Tuesday's school board meeting demanding urgent action
There is a term to describe when an employer does not pay its employees what it owes them for work performed: wage theft. For over a year now, since rolling out its boondoggle of a new payroll system, San Francisco Unified School District has been committing wage theft. Despite claims from its new superintendent that a new “command center” would make sure shortchanged employees are made whole, that has not materialized, as help tickets continue to go unanswered, calls go unreturned, and desperate employees who go in person are turned away.
Statement from SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford on the killing of Tyre Nichols by the Memphis Police
The members of SEIU 1021 are outraged by yet another killing of an unarmed person of color at the hands of police.
Our most heartfelt condolences go out to the family of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who succumbed to his injuries three days after a brutal beating by five Memphis police officers at a traffic stop.
Sonoma County Workers Rally at Board of Supervisors to Demand Action to Address Severe Staffing Crisis
Short staffing is jeopardizing critical public services and endangering residents – and frustrated county workers are speaking up.
Sonoma County is experiencing an unprecedented staffing crisis that is leaving residents in a lurch, particularly the county’s most vulnerable. After the strain of multiple fires, floods, and the pandemic, on top of pay that has not kept pace with inflation, employees are leaving the County at alarming rates to find more sustainable employment elsewhere. Those who remain are struggling under an ever-increasing workload – and county residents are paying the price.
RSVP for the SEIU 1021/AEOTE Rally Feb. 15, 2023
Come out to support your bargaining team as they fight for the health benefits we need and deserve!
Calling ALL members of SEIU 1021 HUSD and AEOTE! Come show your support for your bargaining team’s demands for the health benefits we desperately need to improve classified staff retention and recruitment in HUSD at the next school board meeting.
We will gather at 4 PM on the lawn in front of HUSD administration building (24411 Amador St.) for a rally before filling the school board meeting to tell the board why health benefits are so critical to solving HUSD’s chronic staffing shortage. Please RSVP here or by calling the Member Resource Center at 877-687-1021.
Lois Curtis: A Voice for the Voiceless in the Disability Rights Movement
By the SEIU Local 1021 Workers with Disabilities Committee
Lois Jeanette Curtis was a Black activist, artist, and advocate for people with disabilities. Born on July 14, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia, Curtis was diagnosed with intellectual disabilities as a child and spent much of her life in institutions. However, she refused to be defined by her disabilities and instead became a vocal advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.
RSVP for 2/21 San Lorenzo Unified School District Mobilization
Please join your SEIU 1021 coworkers as well as San Lorenzo USD classified staff represented by CSEA and SLZUSD educators as we go to the school board to demand action to settle a fair contract that will address our staffing crisis.
RSVP for Our Lake Merritt Rally
Mon., Feb. 13, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ the Lake Merritt Amphitheater
PROTECT WHAT’S OURS!
Rally to Staff Up & Keep Our Holiday
Alameda County management has refused to address our longterm staffing crisis and now they want to take away our holiday on Lincoln’s Birthday. It’s time to PROTECT WHAT’S OURS!
Rally at Lake Merritt Amphitheater
- Monday, February 13
- 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
RSVP here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5WWGL5Q
Peet’s Coffee workers in north Davis vote to become the first unionized store in the United States
In a first for Peet’s Coffee, workers at the North Davis location voted fourteen to one to unionize the coffeehouse with the Service Employees International Union Local 1021. The vote comes after nearly nine months of workers organizing with SEIU Local 1021 and Workers United, an SEIU affiliate organizing workers on the “Starbucks Workers United” campaign.