City of Oakland
City of Oakland
SEIU 1021 staff and member leaders are working hard to safeguard your health at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to find employer-specific information, details, and documents to learn more about what’s happening in your worksite during this outbreak.
Download the City of Oakland Memorandum of Understanding (2022 -2025)
Know Your Rights: Weingarten Rules
Chapter meetings are always the last Wednesday of the month.
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY
The Agreement Came Because of Our Work with Our Union Coalition, Our Community, and Our City Council
Today, your elected Bargaining Team voted to accept a proposal from the City of Oakland.
The proposal is a one-year extension to our existing contract, with no takeaways, no reductions to healthcare, or changes to premiums, and an across-the-board 3% raise for all members, effective the first full pay period of July, 2021.
SEIU 1021 City of Oakland Chapter
Update for April 22, 2021
On Friday, April 23, our elected Bargaining Team will meet with representatives from the City to discuss the City’s proposed contract extension.
Our team is united that any extension must include a fair cost of living adjustment, which the City has so far not offered.
Show your support for the team by wearing your purple this Friday, and join our chapter meeting Wednesday, April 28, from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. to find out more and get involved!
NEW COVID LEAVE Factsheet
Know Your Rights
Covered Workers Are Now Eligible For Up to 80 Hours of NEW COVID-19 Leave
State Bill 95 was recently signed into law by Governor Gavin
Newsom. Under this law, covered workers are entitled to up to 80
hours of COVID-19 sick leave from January 1, 2021 to September
30, 2021. This leave must be granted immediately upon request.
Retaliation and discrimination are strictly prohibited.
Leave can be taken if any of the following reasons prevent you
from working (in person, or teleworking):
SEIU 1021 takes the lead in reimagining public safety by spearheading Oakland’s MACRO program and creating good, union jobs to respond to mental health emergencies
Public safety has many faces. To protect our community and improve conditions for our friends, family, and neighbors who are experiencing mental health issues, Oakland has taken a bold step by creating a new emergency response unit called the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO). This unit will be made up of civilians with medical and mental health training, and these civilians will be SEIU 1021 members.
Contract Extension Update for March 18, 2021
On Thursday, March 18, our elected Bargaining Team met via Zoom to discuss the City of Oakland’s recent extension offer.
The City offered a two-year extension of our existing contract, with no changes and no additional money to keep up with the rising costs of living.
City of Oakland Bargaining Team Election Results
The Bargaining Team shall be made up of the following representatives:
Chapter Officers: (all seven serve on bargaining team)
Public Works (2)
- Timothy Glasper
- Gabriel Macias
Sewers (1)
- Hugo Velasquez
Department of Transportation (1)
- Loren Givens
Library (2 (1 permanent, 1 TPT))
- Susan Martinez
- Adelina Hernandez
Fire (1)
THE CITY CAN DO BETTER
Last week, the City approached us, and the other unions whose contracts are expiring on June 30 of this year, to discuss an extension offer. Today, in coalition with those other unions, we met with the City to hear what they had to say. After the meeting, they sent us a one-sentence proposal that we extend our existing contract as-is for the next two years, with no cost of living adjustment. The City can do better.
City of Oakland Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, February 24, 5 p.m.
https://seiu1021.zoom.us/j/85488430036
Or dial in by phone: 669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 854 8843 0036
Passcode: 362405
Meeting Agenda
- TPTs and Meeting Attendance
- Update regarding Essential Worker Status / Relief
- Updated FAQs
- Alternative Work Schedule
- Golden Handshake
Don’t Forget Our Bargaining Team Elections
Notice of 2021 Chapter Bargaining Team Elections
And Call for Nominations for Bargaining Team Members
Governed by SEIU Local 1021 Chapter Bylaws Template
Bargaining Team Nominations / Election
Per SEIU 1021 City of Oakland Bylaws, notice is hereby given of an election for the Bargaining Team for upcoming contract negotiations.
Elections shall be conducted electronically through personal email addresses and personal cell phone numbers. If you would like to confirm that SEIU 1021 has accurate contact information for you, please contact the Member Resource Center at 1-877-687-1021.
Deadlines and Milestones
City of Oakland Chapter Meeting
Thursday, November 5, 5 p.m.
Thursday, November 5, 5 p.m.
https://seiu1021.zoom.us/j/4345967440
Or dial in by phone: 669-900-6833
Meeting ID: 434 596 7440
Passcode: 680050
What we expected to be a short pandemic has lasted more than six months, and it seems certain to last much longer. Many of our members have been able to telecommute during the Shelter in Place order, but many others have not.
Final Response to Election Challenge
This Election Committee was convened at the start of 2020 to engage and hold a Chapter Officer Election for the City of Oakland in a vote that would have concluded in March. On March 17, the State of California entered a statewide Shelter In Place order due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The nomination proceedings were due to conclude on the 19th with an in-person meeting to review all nomination forms and eligibility of the candidates.
Chapter Elections Results
Dear City of Oakland Co-Worker:
Our elections have concluded, and the results are
below.
420 votes were cast.
President
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
Felipe Ortega De Cuevas 250, 59.50%
Tim Glasper: 170, 40.50%
First Vice‐President
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
Michael Pandolfo: 318, 100.00%
Votes tallied: 318
Abstentions: 102
Secretary
Candidate: Votes, Percentage
City of Oakland Special Meeting of the General Membership: Called by the Election Committee
The Election Committee for the City of Oakland chapter of SEIU 1021 has called a special meeting of the general membership this coming Wednesday, September 23, starting at 5 p.m.
Click here to RSVP. For security reasons, all attendees must RSVP.
Chapter Officer Candidate List
The candidates for our upcoming chapter elections are as
follows:
President:
- Tim Glasper
- Felipe Ortega De Cuevas
1st VP:
- Michael Pandolfo
2nd VP:
- None
Secretary:
- Frankie Izzo
Treasurer:
- Angelica Lopez
Chief Steward:
City of Oakland Chapter Election Notice
August 27, 2020
Chapter Elections Will Be Held Online
Mon., Sep. 28, 7 a.m. to
Thur., Oct. 1, 5 p.m.
To Nominate Yourself or Someone Else
Email Karen.Williams@seiu1021.org
Before 5 p.m., Wed., Sep. 2
All Previously Submitted Valid Nominations Are Still Valid
To Vote, or to Run for Office,
Make Sure You Are a Member in Good Standing:
Know Your Rights
Stay Safe at Work
Your union has become aware of health and safety concerns in the City of Oakland, including concerns outside of those normally associated with the work performed in Police and Fire Emergency Communications and Public Works.
We have met with the City, and made it clear to them that the health and safety of our members and their families is a non-negotiable priority. It is the responsibility of every one of us to watch out for any unsafe or unhealthy work assignments, and to speak up when they happen. Here’s how to do that:
When We Fight, We Win!
When We Stand with the Community, They Stand with Us
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Oakland administration has tried to attack our union. Before coming to the bargaining table, they cut the hours of our ‘temporary, part-time’ members and threatened mass layoffs of permanent workers. Only through a long campaign were we able to beat back the Mayor’s attack and force her to take her further concessions off the table.
Mayor Schaaf Has Withdrawn Her Proposed Cuts and Concessions!
No Layoffs. No Furloughs. No Postponed COLAs or Step Increases.
At a meeting including other unions in the city, including Local 21, IBEW Local 1245, IAFF Local 55, and CMEA, the Mayor confirmed today that the proposed further cuts to and concessions from our members have been withdrawn.
This means:
The Mayor Wants to Balance Her Budget On Our Backs, with TPT Layoffs, Up to 26 Days of Furloughs, Delayed COLAs, Postponed Step Increases, and More — We Say “No Way!”
As most of our members know, Mayor Libby Schaaf and her administration pre-emptively laid off our temporary, part-time workforce, and then came to us and proposed that we accept even MORE cuts.
We have not agreed to any such cuts. With one voice, we have told the Mayor and her staff, again and again, that we do not agree with their position that any cuts are necessary.