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SF museum guards protest outside de Young Museum’s gala
On April 16, 2026, San Francisco Museum Civil Service members held a protest outside the de Young Museum during the gala event. The protest was in response to management’s decision to reduce night staffing and implement schedule changes they claim will improve coverage—without providing any supporting data or analysis.
San Francisco SEIU 1021 members turn up the heat on the mayor to fight cuts, layoffs, and closures
800 union members turned out April 15, and 150+ to the Health Commission meeting on April 20
Since Mayor Lurie’s administration announced 127 layoffs, the closure of three beloved community clinics, and program cuts the first week of April, SEIU 1021 members have been taking a hard stand. Last Wednesday, April 15, about 800 union members gathered at San Francisco General Hospital at lunchtime and marched, taking over Potrero Avenue, to send a strong message to the mayor: No cuts, no layoffs, no closures.
(Still) fighting for a fair contract: tensions escalate between union members and disdainful DUSD Board president
At the Thursday, April 16, Dixon Unified School District board meeting, tensions between DUSD classified professionals and district leadership were on full display. SEIU 1021 members showed up to speak about ongoing contract negotiations, which began last May. They were met with dismissive and, at times, mocking responses from union-endorsed Board President Julian Cuevas, who seems to have forgotten his once-solid union values.
On May 1, show up for working people wherever you are!
Put WORKERS over BILLIONAIRES
Friday, May 1 is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. This year, SEIU 1021 members need to turn out in record numbers to help get our country back on track. As a direct result of Trump’s control in Washington, D.C., our members are facing layoff threats and our country is at war in the Middle East once again.
Join us for the Annual API Heritage Month celebration
Our moment to shine. Together we’re golden!
Unionware ID: 35806. ***PLEASE RSVP BELOW***
Come celebrate AAPI Heritage Month! We’re done hiding. We’re shining–like we’re born to be! We’ve come so far and now we’re going up, up, up. This is our moment.
50 Uber & Lyft drivers gather at SEIU 1021 San Francisco office to learn how to build their labor unions
On Monday, April 13, 50 Uber and Lyft drivers from llinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and California gathered at SEIU 1021’s San Francisco office for a training on how to build a labor union of gig drivers.
SEIU 1021 President Theresa Rutherford opened the convening with a clear message: “You’re all here because, just like SEIU 1021 members at cities and counties, you know you deserve a union. You deserve a living wage. You deserve benefits. You deserve representation and dignity.”
SF city workers denounce Layoffs, call for “fair solutions that stand up to Trump”
Monday, April 6, Mayor Lurie’s administration issued layoff notices to San Francisco city workers, including 62 SEIU 1021 members across 12 departments.
And it’s not over: The mayor has announced that he is still committed to eliminating a total of 500 positions across the City, with a second phase of layoffs reportedly to come around the time he releases his proposed budget at the end of May or early June. City workers are deeply concerned that these cuts will further strain already understaffed departments that keep San Francisco clean, safe, and livable.
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.
