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TODAY: Advocates Kick Off “Yes on Prop O” Campaign to Mobilize Support for Critical Investment in City College
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 21**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
After qualifying for the November 8 ballot with over 20,000 signatures – well over twice the requirement – San Francisco City College students, faculty, staff, and other supporters from the community and from a historic labor coalition will kick off the “Yes on O” voter education and mobilization campaign this Sunday.
Mendocino County Workers to Flood Board of Supervisors Meeting, Insist County Take Immediate Action to Prevent Further Collapse of Services
As the board of supervisors and county administrators point fingers over budget chaos, county workers continue to provide vital services against impossible odds every day. But how much longer can they wait for solutions to the staffing crisis?
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUES. 8/16**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201, or Patrick Hickey, patrick.hickey@seiu1021.org, (707) 386-8457
A statement from SEIU 1021 President Joseph Bryant on violence against protestors at Parker Elementary
Contact: Andrew Baker
Andrew.Baker@seiu1021.org
510-679-8420
The following statement can be attributed to Joseph Bryant, President of SEIU Local 1021. SEIU 1021 is the union representing hundreds of school support staff across Oakland Unified School District.
Statement from Theresa Rutherford on Laguna Honda Lawsuits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker, 510-679-8420, andrew.baker@seiu1021.org
The following statement can be attributed to Theresa Rutherford, the President-Elect of SEIU 1021 and a longtime certified nursing assistant at Laguna Honda Hospital, in response to today’s announcement of multiple lawsuits surrounding the federal government’s termination of federal funding and mandated transfer of patients from Laguna Honda Hospital.
SEIU 1021 Members Applaud the Suspension of Patient Transfers from Laguna Honda Hospital
Stopping these transfers will save lives and protect patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 29, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker, 510-679-8420
SEIU 1021 Members Applaud the Suspension of Patient Transfers from Laguna Honda Hospital
Stopping these transfers will save lives and protect patients
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
Mendocino County Workers’ Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge As County Management Breaks State Law by Continuing to Hide Vital Financial Information
The union has been requesting detailed budget information since November. County management has refused to share it as required by law.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/26/22**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Strike imminent as Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers host picket sign-making party at their union hall
After months of bargaining, workers are calling on management and the City and County of San Francisco to help frontline supportive housing workers stay afloat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 20, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker, 510-679-8420
TODAY AT 12PM: SF City College Faculty and Staff Rally at City Hall, Submit Signatures to Qualify Measure to Invest in Education and Workforce Training for Underserved Students
The revenue measure to fund critical services and programming has twice the number of signatures required to appear on the November ballot.
***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MON. 7/11***
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
“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.
The Leaked Roe v. Wade Opinion Must Be Our Call to Action
By Theresa Rutherford, SEIU 1021 Vice President for San Francisco and Certified Nursing Assistant
I wish I could say I was shocked by this week’s news of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. I am a lot of things: I am angry, I am upset, I am heartbroken, I am afraid, I am outraged—but I am not shocked.
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.
Sacramento City Unified Schools Staff Vote by 99.8% to Ratify New Contract
The new contract will help retain classified staff with $7-11k in one-time stipends in addition to ongoing raise, with incentives to recruit new workers.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org;
Karla Faucett, SEIU 1021 SCUSD Chapter President, (916) 812-3827, karla.faucett@seiu1021.org
Statement from Theresa Rutherford, SEIU 1021 VP of San Francisco, on recent developments at Laguna Honda Hospital
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 20222
Contact: Andrew Baker
The following statement can be attributed to Theresa Rutherford, a Certified Nursing Assistant at Laguna Honda Hospital who is the elected Vice President of San Francisco for SEIU 1021:
California College of the Arts Staff, Adjunct Faculty Ratify New Contract That Will Provide Big Improvements Following February’s Strike
The staff contract will boost the pay of CCA’s lowest-paid workers by 30-38% over the next 2.5 years; the adjunct contract includes raises, accelerated paths to promotion, retirement benefits, and increased job security.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Sac City Unified School Classified Staff Strike Ends with Tentative Agreement That Will Make Strides Toward Ending the Staffing Crisis
The SEIU 1021 bargaining team signed a tentative agreement Sunday afternoon that makes major improvements in pay and working conditions for the District’s low-wage workers.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org
As Strike Moves Into Day 8, Rent Is Due and Sac City Unified Classified Staff Seek Food Assistance as District Continues to Stall in Effort to Break Its Lowest-Paid Workers
District negotiator actually said at 9:30pm Thursday that they wouldn’t be able to reconvene later because “the people she needed to consult might be in bed” as SEIU 1021 bargaining team keeps working and making itself available around the clock
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRI., APRIL 1**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org
Strike Day 7: On César Chávez Day, SCUSD Classified Staff Implore Sup. Aguilar, Son of Farmworkers, to Stop Union-Busting and Reach an Agreement to Remedy the Staffing Crisis
Despite using his farmworker parents as part of his story, Aguilar has continuously disrespected his lowest-paid employees and currently seems to hope they will get desperate enough to give up the fight for dignified wages–even though it would cost the Di
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MARCH 31**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (710) 510-0201
Strike Update: SEIU 1021 and SCTA Negotiations Teams March into Serna Center, Demanding the District Bring Serious Proposals to End Strike Today
On the eve of Cesar Chavez Day, Superintendent Aguilar, son of farmworkers, persists in trying to break school bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers, and other low-wage employees as kids remain out of school and families scramble.
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, (510) 710-0201, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org
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