This is a challenging time for city workers. The city is facing down a large budget deficit, and Mayor Lurie has shown himself all too eager to cut public services—and city jobs—rather than working with city workers to generate new revenue and ensure that the big corporations benefiting from San Francisco’s infrastructure and workforce pay their fair share to keep the city running and thriving.

Because city workers across departments and unions stood together and made our voices heard about what San Francisco would lose without the services we provide, together we succeeded in saving hundreds of permanent civil service jobs from Mayor Lurie’s proposed layoffs in both 2025 and 2026. 

Every chapter is represented on the bargaining team in proportion to the size of the chapter. 

Delegates will be elected by chapter; the highest vote recipient in a classification will be a delegate on the team.

The Election Committee will be responsible for resolving disputes related to the election. The Election Committee will be comprised of:

• Kristin Hardy, SEIU 1021 San Francisco Regional Vice President
• Katie Aschero, SEIU 1021 Member, SF General Hospital
• Aaron Cramer, SEIU 1021 Member, SF General Hospital

REQUIREMENTS OF AN 

SEIU 1021 BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER

Must be a member of SEIU 1021.

Must be willing and able to put in the time. Most meetings are during the day where you are released from work duties and paid by the City as a scheduled workday. Often the meetings go into the evening and are sometimes on weekends. You don’t lose pay, but you also do not get overtime and sometimes work more than 8 hours in a day. If you are sick or unable to attend more than 3 times in a row, an alternate will be called in to replace you.

• Must be willing to learn new things.
• Must represent all members, not just their chapter or classification.

Must be committed to sharing information with coworkers and work collaboratively with the Contract Action Team (CAT). This involves updates, meetings and listening as well as talking.

DESIRED QUALITIES OF AN SEIU 1021 BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER

• Organized
• Integrity
• Inspire confidence in judgment & ability
• Have a sense of humor, but not at others’ expense
• Be a good communicator
• Be willing to assess risks and outcomes
• Be able to tolerate tense situations and conflict
• Be able to work with others
• Be able to think strategically