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Hundreds rally against Alameda Health System layoffs
On a rainy day, hundreds of SEIU 1021 members from across Alameda Health System (AHS) rallied outside Wilma Chan Highland Hospital to fight back against layoffs. The same day, February 11, AHS management posted a 59-page document detailing the layoffs they intend to make across the county’s safety-net healthcare system. The cuts include:
History in the making: SEIU 1021 SFUSD members join sympathy strike for educators
On Monday, February 9, more than 6,500 members of United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) launched an open-ended strike against SFUSD—the city’s first teachers’ strike since 1979.
But UESF members weren’t alone. They were joined by nearly 1,000 classified professionals in SEIU Local 1021, who are also currently in bargaining, as well as 250 members of IFPTE Local 21, which represents SFUSD’s administrators and principals.
SEIU 1021 members speak out against layoffs in Hayward
Last week, City of Hayward workers united in SEIU 1021 were out in force at the City Council meeting. Members spoke out against the cruel, unjust layoffs that are taking jobs away and hurting our community. Among the powerful speakers was Veronica Bartevian, who recently received a layoff notice while she was out of town on bereavement leave.
SEIU 1021 Black History Month 2026
Key Black Figures in the American Labor Movement: A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph was a pioneering trade unionist and civil-rights leader whose work reminds us that labor rights and racial justice have always been deeply intertwined. As the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Randolph proved that collective action could confront exploitation, racism, and political exclusion—even in the face of fierce opposition. His leadership helped force the federal government to ban discrimination in defense industries and laid the groundwork for the modern civil-rights movement.
SEIU 1021 members file Overpaid CEO Act for SF’s June ballot with 21k signatures
Eight members of the SF Board of Supervisors have now endorsed the measure
Friday, January 30, San Francisco healthcare workers turned in over 21,000 signatures from SF voters—over twice the number required—to the Department of Elections to qualify the Overpaid CEO Act for the June ballot.
SEIU 1021 membership power was on display at the East Bay Unity Event!
On Friday, January 30, SEIU 1021 members from across the East Bay gathered together to celebrate the hard-won victories we achieved together in 2025 and prepare for the battles to come. As SEIU 1021 Vice President for the East Bay Derrick Boutte said, “Tonight is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate what we have accomplished together in 2025.”
SEIU 1021 members at San Francisco Unified Schools attend strike school, prepare for solidarity strike
Hundreds of members gathered on Zoom and in person for strike school
On Saturday, January 31, hundreds of SEIU 1021 members from SF Unified School District gathered, both on Zoom and in person, to learn about their right to strike, including the right to participate in a solidarity strike with educators.
In addition to inspiring opening remarks from their chapter president, Antonaé Roberston, and chapter vice president, Jennifer Pon, union members were galvanized by special guest Frank Lara, executive vice president of United Educators of San Francisco (UESF).
“Cuts don’t heal. Care does.”
SEIU 1021 members take their fight against layoffs to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors
On Monday, January 26, Alameda Health System workers escalated their fight against layoffs. They packed an Alameda County Board of Supervisors Health Care Committee meeting, where dozens of members gave hours of passionate testimony alongside patients, doctors, and others.
SEIU 1021 members hold vigils across the Bay for Alex Pretti
On Monday, January 26, SEIU 1021 members at San Francisco General Hospital and Wilma Chan Highland Hospital in Oakland held vigils in honor of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse for a VA hospital who was murdered by ICE agents in Minneapolis after trying to assist a protester who was violently pushed to the ground by ICE agents.
SEIU 1021 members at California College of the Arts speak out against announced closure
Staff, faculty, and students face uncertain futures
On Tuesday, January 13, California College of the Arts President David Howse announced CCA will close its doors by the end of the ‘26-’27 school year.
For 119 years, CCA’s faculty and staff have shaped the Bay Area’s arts community. With the announcement of this closure, all 304 SEIU Local 1021 adjunct faculty and staff, as well as 110 tenure-track faculty represented by the California Federation of Teachers, face layoffs.
Overpaid CEO Act qualifies for San Francisco’s June ballot
The Stand Up for San Francisco coalition, which SEIU 1021 is a founding partner of, announced last Wednesday, Jan. 21, that it has officially collected the required number of voter signatures to qualify the Overpaid CEO Act for the June 2026 San Francisco ballot. Healthcare workers, caregivers, small business owners, and elected officials gathered at San Francisco General Hospital to mark the milestone and call on voters to protect essential city services threatened by deep federal cuts under the Trump Administration’s budget bill, H.R. 1.
Alameda Health System workers are battling layoffs from Sacramento to Oakland
Last Wednesday, SEIU 1021 members from Alameda Health System spoke out across California against management’s cruel, short-sighted, and premature layoffs.
Dozens of SEIU 1021 members showed up to the “Fight For Our Health” rally, and AHS worker Jodi Huang, pictured above, spoke eloquently about the need for California to find a way to fund healthcare for our most vulnerable communities. Huang said, in part, “There is no backup plan for our patients,” highlighting the danger of AHS management’s reckless cuts to the safety net.
SEIU 1021 members stand united in Solano County for public services and a fair contract
Over two powerful days, SEIU Local 1021 members across Solano County stood shoulder to shoulder in a unified strike demanding what every community deserves: fully funded public services and a fair, equitable contract for the workers who provide them.
SEIU 1021 members celebrate 2025’s victories, kick off new year at unity party
Hundreds of SEIU 1021 members working for the city and county of San Francisco as well as courts, schools, community colleges, and nonprofits based in SF gathered at Public Works nightclub on Friday, January 16, to celebrate 2025’s victories and to kick off 2026 together.
Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers rally to demand management address critical safety concerns
Management’s failure to prevent or address violence & other safety hazards, combined with unlivable wages and poor benefits, have created a revolving door of staff
SEIU 1021 members at Tenderloin Housing Clinic work with some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents transitioning out of homelessness at city-funded SROs. Helping them get them back on their feet is rewarding. But the job also comes with unique challenges: verbal threats and intimidation; unsanitary and unsafe working conditions, including frequent sewage leaks contaminating hallways and common areas and syringes found in room cleanups; and even actual physical violence. They do the job because they care about their community.
Solano County members on strike
They launched their unfair labor practice strike Tuesday, January 13, with 3 other unions
Beginning Tuesday, January 13, SEIU 1021 members employed by Solano County, alongside a majority of public county employees represented by Solano County’s other labor unions, including IFPTE Local 21, IUOE Local 39, and UAPD, began a two-day strike in protest of the County’s unfair labor practices.
After four months of negotiations, administrators have failed to bargain in good faith to address their demands to improve staffing and working conditions.
SEIU 1021 members at Superior Court of Marin County rally against short staffing
Wednesday, January 7, SEIU 1021 members at Superior Court of Marin County rallied at lunchtime, calling out unjust short staffing. Chronic understaffing has caused families to be separated for far too long and people to be held in jail without the speedy trials they’re guaranteed.
California Gig Workers Union applauds California Public Utilities Commission’s call for public hearing on Waymo and autonomous vehicles
Local gig drivers and community members flooded a California Public Utilities Commission public hearing on Waymo and other autonomous vehicles (also known as “robotaxis”) operations, citing the need for transparency, public safety, and worker protections as driverless vehicles expand their presence on city streets.
“These cuts won’t heal!”
SEIU 1021 members fight against layoffs to protect public health
Alameda Health System is Alameda County’s safety-net healthcare system. It serves a low-income, mostly Black and brown population.
SEIU 1021 Members Take Action to Defend Workers’ Rights and Public Services in Solano County
SEIU Local 1021 members in Solano County are taking decisive action to demand fairness, accountability, and respect at the bargaining table.
On Tuesday, January 13 and Wednesday, January 14, SEIU 1021 members will join colleagues from IFPTE Local 21, Operating Engineers Local 39, and the Union of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD) in a two-day unfair labor practice strike in response to Solano County’s failure to bargain in good faith.
This action comes after months of negotiations in which County management has refused to meaningfully address core issues impacting workers’ rights and the public services our members provide.
Why SEIU 1021 Is Taking This Stand