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SEIU joins forces with AFL-CIO for a more powerful partnership
Two major labor organizations are coming together to create unprecedented worker power in the face of fierce corporate opposition and likely setbacks for workers’ rights from the Trump administration. SEIU announced we are joining AFL-CIO to combine our two million service and care workers with the labor federation’s 13 million members.
The nationwide stronghold is a sign of the times, as workers are organizing to build more power that will be needed when confronting anti-labor initiatives.
San Francisco Superior Court members ratify contract with important improvements
The new agreement makes much-needed improvements to training, staffing, introduction of new technology, and more
On Thursday, January 9, SEIU 1021 members at the San Francisco Superior Courts voted by an 84% supermajority to ratify a tentative agreement reached with court management shortly before the December holidays.
The new contract includes much-needed improvements to staffing and training that the clerks have been vocally demanding over the past several months of negotiations — and during their one-day strike October 24, which caused the courts to grind to a halt and paused major trials, including the infamous Momeni murder trial.
New pro-labor law in effect and healthcare workers’ minimum wage rising in 2025
California is enacting a new law this year, thanks to major backing from SEIU 1021. By engaging in numerous large, worker-led actions at the Capitol and sharing our personal stories, our collective effort has helped the public better understand the plight of workers. This work is paying off in monumental ways, as we see the fruits of our labor in 2025.
Senator Aisha Wahab of the East Bay drafted new legislation going into effect this year that cracks down on union-busting tactics when employers force workers to attend anti-union meetings.
Northern CA Starbucks workers join nationwide strike for fair pay and practices
Baristas at Starbucks in San Jose, Fairfield, and elsewhere joined thousands of workers across the country in a historic holiday strike that started Friday, December 20, and ended Tuesday, December 25. Workers are demanding a fair contract and an end to unfair labor practices.
Chanting “No contract, no coffee!” workers picketed outside their store as part of “Strikemas,” a nationwide protest during the coffee chain’s busiest season.
SEIU 1021 members speak out against Oakland’s budget cuts
Budget cuts voted on by Oakland City Council members last week threaten jobs and city services.
These budget cuts will impact many of our fellow union members who work hard to keep the city as safe and clean as possible.
Not only will public safety be affected, layoffs and reassignment are expected for city workers including about 30 public works employees.
Sebastopol public works crew packs council chambers
A sea of bright yellow jackets swarmed the council chambers in Sebastopol last Tuesday, Dec. 17. Public works crews came to share their concerns over missed opportunities during contract bargaining for the City to make things right regarding promotional opportunities and filling vacant positions.
Kevin Mulligan, a maintenance worker with the public works department and member of SEIU Local 1021, took to the podium to deliver the important message.
Vacaville Unified School District classified professionals authorize strike, flood school board meeting
SEIU 1021 members speak out against harmful medical cuts and ongoing safety concerns
On December 19, over 60 SEIU 1021 members at Vacaville Unified School District attended the VUSD School Board meeting in a final effort to demand the board address the critical issues affecting workers and students. This fight has dragged on for months with little movement from the district. Last week, they voted by 90% to authorize a strike.
The 2024 SEIU Local 1021 Convention was a weekend of unity, inspiration, and action
Over 600 member leaders and staff attended the SEIU 1021 Convention– the most people ever in attendance.
Held Saturday, Sept. 28 & Sunday, Sept. 29
Hundreds pledge to Get- Out-The Vote Locally.
The triennial SEIU Local 1021 Convention, held Saturday, September 28, and Sunday, September 29, was a dynamic celebration of solidarity and collective action. It marked a pivotal moment for hundreds of enthusiastic members.
Spotlight
2025 SEIU 1021 Nominations & Elections
Please see the current list of offices and certified candidates
for SEIU 1021’s 2025 local-wide election here:
List of Offices and Certified Candidates 2025 (as of December 20, 2024)
Please note the following documents:
Official Clarification #1: PO Box (10-17-24)
Official Clarification #2: SCU (10-30-24)
Official Clarification #3: Candidate Forums (12-20-24)
Official Clarification #4: Winner By Acclamation Races (12-20-24)
Official Clarifications #'s 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13 (1-14-25)
For the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails, please see below:
2025 E-Board Candidate Forum Emails (12-20-24)
Please refer to the rules of use above – Clarification #3,
for the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails.
- 2025 Nomination Petition
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - English
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Chinese
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Tagalog
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Vietnamese
- SEIU 1021 Nomination and Election Notice 2025 Members - Español
- Candidate Forum (1-5-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-14-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-19-25)
- Read more
New contracts for over 16,000 City & County of San Francisco workers ratified, eliminating risk of strike
Members of SEIU 1021 working for the City & County in dozens of classifications, including registered nurses and SFMTA parking control officers, voted by large supermajorities to ratify tentative agreements reached over the past two months
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 18, 2024**
Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, (510) 710-0201
The threat of a widespread San Francisco city worker strike is officially over: Large supermajorities of members of SEIU 1021, the union representing over 16,000 city workers, have voted to ratify agreements reached with the City and County across three collective bargaining units.
SEIU 1021 Executive Board Statement Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Monday, November 6, the SEIU 1021 Executive Board held an urgent meeting after hearing concerns from dozens of members across Northern California about the need for the union to join labor unions and organizations around the world about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Executive Board members discussed the situation at length and decided to issue the following statement as a first step.
San Francisco 2024 Citywide Campaign Kickoff – Jan. 17
Join us at City Hall at noon on Jan. 17 to send a strong message that we are united for a great contract to address the City's biggest needs, including staffing & privatization
As we head into contract negotiations in 2024, we face pessimistic budget projections and corporations panhandling for more tax breaks that would further decimate funding for the vital public services we provide.
We need to join together in a show of force to tell City Hall we’ll fight for what the city and its workers need over corporate greed!
Please join us at noon on Jan. 17, 2024, at City Hall for a huge campaign kickoff rally with our City labor partners and allies.
Coffee tastes better when its unionized: Peet’s Coffee workers hold rally after winning first union vote in North America
After voting fourteen to one to become the first unionized Peet’s Coffee location in the United States, Peet’s Coffee workers, now members of the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, held a rally on Saturday, January 28, 2023, in front of the coffeehouse in North Davis. The vote comes after nearly nine months of workers organizing with SEIU Local 1021 and Workers United, an SEIU affiliate organizing workers on the “Starbucks Workers United” campaign.
Fast food workers secure $2.2 million in wage theft violations, vow to continue their fight back against corporate greed
While fast-food corporations like McDonald’s Corporation, Burger King Corporation, Jack in the Box, Inc., and others attempt to roll back the significant gains with the passage of 2022’s Assembly Bill 257 – the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, or the FAST Recovery Act for short, fast-food workers continue the fight for higher wages, safer workspaces, and a union.
The Starbucks organizing momentum reaches the Bay Area amid national strike
What began as one unionizing effort at a Starbucks coffeehouse in Buffalo, New York, has spread across the United States to over six thousand five hundred workers at over two-hundred-fifty corporate-owned Starbucks stores in under one year.
