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STRIKE: 300 Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers who support 24 of San Francisco’s SRO hotels are set to hit the picket line at 8 am on July 27
After months of bargaining, and without an adequate investment in the workforce by city leaders, workers are forced to take this step

ADVISORY for Wednesday, July 27
Contact: Andrew Baker; 510-679-8420
andrew.baker@seiu1021.org
 
STRIKE: 300 Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers who support 24 of San Francisco’s SRO hotels are set to hit the picket line at 8 am on July 27
After months of bargaining, and without adequate investment in the workforce by city leaders, workers are forced to take this step
 

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“We’re going to fight like hell to keep these doors open”
Community, workers, and patients will rally to save San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital, a national leader in COVID response

Advisory for May 18, 2022

Contact: Andrew Baker

(San Francisco, Calif.) On Wednesday, May 18 frontline healthcare workers, patients, families, and community allies will stage a “Save Laguna Honda” rally outside the hospital. We will be joined by Mayor London Breed and members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, as well as faith and community leaders. 

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AFLOC members Dawn Hart, Natalie Linnell, and Stephanie Hughes tabling on campus on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers at Beloved Silicon Valley Institution Santa Clara University File for a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board

Media Contact: Chris Flink, chris.flink at seiu1021.org, 510.701.9637

The rising tide of unionization comes to higher education in Silicon Valley, hoping to help fix the “gig-ification” of being a college professor.

Santa Clara, California — On Friday, April 22, 2022, adjunct faculty members and lecturers at Santa Clara University (SCU) filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), requesting a formal election process to found a union at SCU. The adjuncts and lecturers have been organizing the union since 2017.

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Strike Update: Sac City Unified District Continues to Disrespect Lowest-Paid Workers as Their Hardships Mount and Schools Stay Closed
The only proposal the District offered classified staff today was the exact same one they presented Saturday, with a new date on it

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

March 28, 2022

Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org

Today, as the strike of Sacramento Unified School District classified staff and educators stretched into its second week, hopes of being able to reach a fair, equitable agreement with District management were dashed when SCUSD’s bargaining team showed up to negotiations with no new counterproposals.

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Strike Update: Strike Continues Monday; SEIU 1021 Waiting for Counterproposals from District
Dolores Huerta, famed civil rights and labor leader, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, scheduled to speak in support of educators at rally Monday 11 am, Rosemount High School

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

Monday, March 28

Contact: SEIU 1021 Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org

SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net