SEIU 1021 members at Housing Authority of San Joaquin voted to ratify their new three-year contract. After months of negotiations, the bargaining team was able to secure higher cost-of-living (COLA) increases each year, as well as an increase in healthcare contributions by the employer, and NO takeaways!

• 3-Year contract
• Base wage increases of 10% over 3 years:
  • 3% – Year 1 retroactive to Oct. 1, 2026
  • 3% – Year 2
  • 4% – Year 3
• Expanded bilingual pay - A significant win for maintenance employees who now qualify for $50 per paycheck! Members were told it was only available to office staff.
• Healthcare - An increase in 2027 of $62.60 in employer contribution per month. For 2028, that increases to $83.33 per month until the end of the contract.
• Boot allowance - Increased to $250 per year.

“My big reason for voting yes is that we were able to negotiate the three main demands our members wanted met. Not only did we secure higher medical coverage and COLAs, we improved them. Plus NO takeaways! The important things our members wanted us to handle, we got it for them,” said San Joaquin Housing Authority Chapter President Ivan Chavez.

“I am really happy about the medical benefits and the increase to last year’s COLA. This is more of a boost in benefits than I’ve ever seen in my entire twenty years of working here,” said Mary Lang, Leasing Specialist and SEIU 1021 member,” added Mary Yang, Leasing Specialist and SEIU 1021 member.