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SEIU 1021 SCUSD Strike Update 3/26/22
Friday, March 26, the SEIU 1021 Sacramento City Unified School District bargaining team once again requested that the District join us at the bargaining table. We asked them to join us Saturday morning at 10am. We shared our request for them to join us with media, in hopes of pushing them to respond to our request rather than ignoring it as they have ignored all of our requests to bargain since March 17.
Here is a brief strike update as of 9:30am on Saturday, March 26.
Sac City Educators & School Workers Strike DAY THREE: Striking Educators & Staff Hit the Street
Today, Friday, March 25, beginning at 11am, Caesar Chavez Park, across from City Hall, teachers, school staff, parents, and community supporters to rally and march in downtown Sacramento
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
Friday, March 25, 2022
Contact: SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net
SEIU 1021: Jennie Smith-Camejo 510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
DAY TWO Sacramento City Schools Staff & Educators Strike: Strike Continues. No New Talks Scheduled.
Teachers, school staff, parents and community supporters to rally Thurs., 11 am, at the Sacramento County Office of Education (near Mather Field)
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Contact: SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net
SEIU Jennie Smith-Camejo 510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
SACRAMENTO –A strike by 4,600 Sacramento teachers and other school workers, members of the Sacramento City Teachers Association and SEIU Local 1021, enters its second day Thursday. No contract talks were held on Wednesday and no talks have been scheduled.
Sac City Schools Educators & Staff Go on Strike
Negotiators for SCUSD refuse to address key issues on the bargaining table related to staffing and student needs. Members of both the Sacramento City Teachers Association and SEIU Local 1021 will be on the picket lines and not in school today.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wed., March 23, 2022
Contact: SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net
SEIU 1021 Jennie Smith-Camejo 510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
Hundreds of SF City Workers plan to March Down Market St in Protest of Mayor’s Refusal to Safely Staff City Services
As tens of thousands of city workers bargain for a new contract, workers will flood the streets to call on the Mayor to #StaffUpSF and invest in the vital services our City depends on
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker
Hundreds of City Workers plan to March Down Market St in Protest of Mayor’s Refusal to Safely Staff City Services
As tens of thousands of city workers bargain for a new contract, workers will flood the streets to call on the Mayor to #StaffUpSF and invest in the vital services our City depends on
Advice to educators, staff, and parents: Prepare for a strike.
“The district’s actions make it look inevitable.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Contact:
SCTA: Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net; SEIU 1021: Jennie Smith-Camejo 510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
TOMORROW: Hundreds of SCUSD Educators and School Staff Joined by Parents and Community Supporters to Rally for Adequate Staffing, Support for Students and Fair Contracts
Every day 3,000 SCUSD students go without a substitute teacher and nearly 600 students go without any instruction due to a lack of independent study instructors.
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURS. 3/17**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, SEIU 1021, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
Jamie Horwitz, jhdcpr@starpower.net, (202) 549-4921
Sacramento City Unified Schools Staff and Educators Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize an Unfair Labor Practice Strike
District employees are frustrated over inadequate staffing and a lack of support for students, despite unprecedented levels of state and federal funding and the district running record surpluses.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 11
Contact: SEIU 1021 Jennie Smith-Camejo
510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell),
jhdcpr@starpower.net
Sacramento City Educators and Staff to Announce Result of Strike Authorization Vote TODAY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Contact: SCTA Jamie Horwitz, 202-549-4921 (cell), jhdcpr@starpower.net
SEIU 1021 Jennie Smith-Camejo 510-710-0201, Jennie.Smith-Camejo@seiu1021.org
Mills College Staff, Adjunct Faculty, and Students Rally and March for a Just Transition as Northeastern University Acquisition Looms
Despite Mills’ administration’s claims that the acquisition will preserve the college’s character and prevent layoffs, they have been unwilling to put their promises in writing, and early signs from Northeastern are not promising—and staff and adjuncts ar
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 1**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
Hundreds of SF City & County Workers Rally to Call on the Mayor to “Staff Up SF” and Solve City’s Staffing Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Contact: Andrew Baker
Hundreds of SF City & County Workers Rally to Call on the Mayor to “Staff Up SF” and Solve City’s Staffing Crisis
With over 3,800 vacant yet budgeted positions spread across City departments, workers demand solutions to the vacancy crisis impacting essential public services
TODAY at 3pm: California College of the Arts Workers Close Out 4-Day Unfair Labor Practice Strike with Lively Rally and March with Students
Students are showing up in force to support striking staff and adjunct faculty even as administration continues to dodge questions about their own excessive salaries, college priorities
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRI., FEB. 11**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
Today: Students to Speak Out About California College of the Arts Administration’s Exploitation as CCA Workers Move into Day 3 of Their 4-Day Unfair Labor Practice Strike
High turnout, energy, positive media attention, and public support from students, faculty, and community from the first 2 days of the strike have CCA staff more determined than ever to keep pushing for a fair contract.
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURS., FEB. 10**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
California College of the Arts Workers’ 4-Day Unfair Labor Practice Strike Continues in Front of Oakland Campus Slated to be Developed as Luxury Housing
After a successful first day on the picket lines, CCA staff, with the support of faculty and students, are ready to hold the lines at the campus being closed as part of a risky real estate deal that jeopardizes the college’s future and legacy
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WED., FEB. 9**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
Today, California College of the Arts Workers Hit the Picket Lines in First Strike at a California Private College Since 1976
Despite administration’s assertions that an agreement is imminent, they have made no real effort to find common ground on their staff’s priorities—and their staff are done waiting patiently after over 2 years of negotiations and violations of labor law
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUES., FEB. 8**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
California College of the Arts Staff to Go on Strike Starting Feb. 8 as Administration Doubles Down on Misplaced Priorities
Despite administration’s assertions that an agreement is imminent, they have made no real effort to find common ground on their staff’s priorities—and their staff are done waiting patiently after over 2 years of negotiations.
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUES., FEB. 8**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201
City College of San Francisco Left in Disarray After Administration Lays Off Over 40 Classified Staff, Reneging on Agreed-Upon Framework
Incredibly poor communication around the layoffs has added to the damage
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/7/22**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510.710.0201
SEIU Local 1021 President Joseph Bryant’s Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
November 19, 2021: Oakland, California — Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 President Joseph Bryant issued the following statement after jurors acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of the murder of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Rittenhouse shot and killed Rosenbaum and Huber, who were protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by the Kenosha Police Department in Kenosha, Wisconsin:
SEIU Local 1021 Endorses Public Bank East Bay
The Friends of the Public Bank East Bay and SEIU 1021 Collaborate to Promote Equity and Economic Justice for a Better Future for the East Bay
Oakland, California — SEIU Local 1021’s Alameda and Contra Costa
Counties’ respective Committees On Political Education (COPE)
have voted to support the Public Bank East Bay.
SEIU Local 1021 represents nearly 60,000 working people across
Northern California, from San Jose to the Oregon border, and is
proud to announce their support of and collaboration with Friends
of the Public Bank East Bay.
SEIU 1021 Statement on Sacramento City Unified School District Teachers’ Strike
(Sacramento, CA) – SEIU 1021, the union representing 2,000 Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) workers, released the following statement on the teachers’ strike scheduled for Thursday, April 11. SEIU 1021 represents bus drivers, instructional aides, custodians, teachers’ aides, clerks, child care attendants, food service workers, and special education aides across the district’s 81 schools.
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