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Choosing Trump tax cuts over LGBTQ kids & seniors? Healthcare & nonprofit workers, clients rally to save community clinics
Among the most drastic of Mayor Lurie’s cuts to city services is the planned closure of three specialized community clinics serving some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable: Michael Baxter Larkin Street Youth Clinic, Cole Street Youth Clinic, and South East Mission Geriatric Services Clinic.
SEIU 1021 celebrates API Heritage Month
The SEIU 1021 API Caucus invited union siblings to the Just Dance Ballroom in Oakland last Friday, May 29, for a beautiful celebration filled with food, photos, guest speeches, and dances. The colorful festivities included performances that have roots from China, the Philippines, and even a drag show celebrating the queer Asian community.
A ‘bat signal’ calls on SF to vote yes on Prop D
The Vote Yes on Prop D campaign took their message to the San
Francisco skyline on Thursday, May 28. Supporters gathered
at night in front of the PG&E building on Folsom
St. and projected a light display calling on voters to
protect vital city services by voting yes on Prop D.
The display called out the corporations and CEOs who are spending
millions of dollars trying to stop the proposition from
passing – including PG&E.
A ‘bat signal’ calls on SF to vote yes on Prop D
The Vote Yes on Prop D campaign took our message to the San
Francisco skyline on Thursday, May 28. Supporters gathered
at night in front of the PG&E substation on Folsom
Street and projected a light display calling on voters
to protect vital city services by voting yes on Prop D.
The display called out the corporations and CEOs who are spending
millions of dollars trying to stop the proposition from
passing—including PG&E.
Vacaville Unified classified staff ratify strong new contract after months of community action
On Thursday, May 28, Vacaville Unified School District classified workers overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year contract with a near-unanimous yes vote.
Cal Academy Workers United enlist support of Valkyries fans in fight against layoffs
They brought out a giant Claude puppet, handed out hundreds of flyers, and gathered petition signatures at the game
Monday, May 25, was the Memorial Day holiday, but members of the Cal Academy Workers United chapter of SEIU 1021 were busy organizing nonetheless. They gathered outside the Chase Center to leaflet fans on their way into the Valkyries game to share what’s happening at the Academy and ask them to sign their petition against layoffs.
Alameda Health System workers fight for healthcare
From Eastmont Town Center to Sacramento and beyond
Last Thursday, May 21, was a big day for public health as SEIU 1021 members from Alameda Health System and Alameda County joined community members across the state to call for funding for healthcare.
In Sacramento, members from Alameda Health System called on the state assembly to prioritize healthcare and workers. Our state budget needs to put things like healthcare, food assistance, and behavioral health services first over giveaways for profitable corporations that are not paying their fair share.
Resources
for Immigrants
Get info, download materials, find trainings & ways to take action here
With the Trump administration escalating threats against immigrants—from increased ICE raids to an attempt, for now blocked indefinitely by a federal judge, to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented mothers and those on temporary tourist, student, or work visas (unless the father is a citizen or legal permanent resident)—immigrant communities are understandably worried.
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
Take action to STOP LAYOFFS & cuts to public services in San Francisco!
Our rally Wednesday, June 4, was POWERFUL. Over 2,000 City union
members and community members showed up at City Hall at noon to
protest Mayor Lurie’s budget, which would lay off over 100 union
members and eliminate well over 1,000 vacant positions.
We need every single one of those positions to provide
the services San Francisco residents depend on.
2025 SEIU 1021 Executive Board Election Results
We have concluded the ballot count for the SEIU 1021 Executive
Board election. You can find the results of the election
here:
SEIU 1021 2025 Official Election Results
SEIU 1021 Election Results Ballots Cast
Please see the current list of offices and certified candidates
for SEIU 1021’s 2025 local-wide election:
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)
Official Clarification #14: Ballot Count Summary Access for 2016 and 2019 (1-22-25)
For the list of E-Board Candidate Forum emails, please see below:
- 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
- 2025 E-Board Candidate Forum Emails (12-20-24)
- Candidate Forum (1-5-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-14-25)
- Candidate Forum (1-19-25)
- Candidate Forum (2-4-25)
- Candidate Forum (2-6-25)
- 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.
