City of Oakland
City of Oakland
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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.
Stand Up for a Good Contract
Organize to Win
Your Contract Action Team Needs YOU!
Strong contracts are won by workers sticking together at every job site, not just at the bargaining table. Step up and get involved: email Julio.Corral@seiu1021.org.
Make a Statement: Show that SEIU 1021 members stand united and that we won’t sit down until we get a good contract.
Purple Up Every Friday
When we stand together, we win!
SEIU 1021 City of Oakland Members: Meet Your Elected Bargaining Team
Your elected Bargaining Team met with the City for the first time on Wednesday, February 6. At the City’s suggestion, the parties discussed a possible two-year extension of the existing contract, which is set to expire on June 30, 2019. Discussions are continuing and no agreements have been reached.
Be on the lookout for future updates by email, our City of Oakland Chapter Member Facebook group, here on the SEIU 1021 website, and at your work site.
City of Oakland 2019 Bargaining Team Election Results
Congratulations to the winners of the elections to serve on the Bargaining Team from the Finance and Public Works departments. They join the Bargaining Team alongside the chapter officers and the candidates who ran unopposed.
The Chapter’s Executive Board will appoint representatives for the departments that had no candidates. The full Bargaining Team will be announced at the next General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, January 30, at 100 Oak St.
Bargaining Team Members
Chapter Officers:
City of Oakland Bargaining Team Nominations and Elections
Bargaining Team Nominees
In divisions and departments where there are more candidates running than slots available, we will hold elections. In divisions and departments where candidates are running unopposed or where there are not more candidates running than slots available, the candidates will automatically serve on the Bargaining Team. Vacancies will be filled by appointments by the Chapter’s Executive Board.
There’s Still Time!
To Run for Chapter Secretary or a Position on the Bargaining Team, Turn In Your Nomination Form by Friday, January 11, 2019 at 5 p.m.
Our contract with the City of Oakland expires June 30, 2019. It’s time to elect a new Bargaining Team to represent us as we negotiate our next contract.
To be nominated, a worker must be a member of SEIU 1021 in good standing, and must give a signed petition with at least 10 signatures from the department or division they work in to Julio Corral, at Julio.Corral@seiu1021.org, by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 11.
City of Oakland Chapter Secretary Nominations Are Open
Our Previous Chapter Secretary Has Retired, and We Need to Elect a New Secretary
Our Chapter Secretary, Alice McCain, has retired. We need to elect a new secretary.
The duties of the Chapter Secretary are as follows:
The Secretary shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of all Chapter Board and General Membership meetings and shall provide a copy thereof to the Secretary of the Local Union upon request. The Secretary shall receive all correspondence and communications on behalf of the Chapter.
City of Oakland Bargaining Team Nominations Are Open
Our contract with the City of Oakland expires June 30, 2019. It's time to elect a new Bargaining Team.
To be nominated to serve on the Bargaining Team to negotiate our next contract, a worker must be a member of SEIU 1021 in good standing, and must give a signed petition with at least 10 signatures from the department or division they work in to Julio Corral, at Julio.Corral@seiu1021.org, by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 11.
We Won’t Be Divided by Billionaire Bullies
Bay Area Elected Leaders Pledge Support for Working Families Against Billionaire-Backed Assault
More than 2,200 City of Oakland Workers Represented by SEIU 1021 Ratify Contract with the City of Oakland
Bringing more than ten months of bargaining to a close, the Oakland City workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 ratified a two-year contract with the City of Oakland on Friday, February 23.
With provisions that increase worker safety, provide cost of living adjustments, and address the working conditions of police and fire communications dispatchers, the contract takes steps to improve public services to Oakland residents and businesses.