Just before midnight on Monday, April 19, a marathon mediation session between Sacramento City Unified School District and classified workers represented by SEIU 1021 produced a tentative agreement (TA) that both sides believe will allow SCUSD to safely welcome all students back to in-person learning. As a result of this TA, the Unfair Labor Practice strike that had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday is now canceled.

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SEIU 1021 PRESS STATEMENT

STRIKE AVERTED: SCUSD and Classified Workers Reach a Tentative Agreement on Health & Safety Standards

Days before school workers were set to strike, a marathon mediation session produces agreement that will keep students and workers safe

(Sacramento, CA) Just before midnight on Monday, April 19, a marathon mediation session between Sacramento City Unified School District and classified workers represented by SEIU 1021 produced a tentative agreement (TA) that both sides believe will allow SCUSD to safely welcome all students back to in-person learning. As a result of this TA, the Unfair Labor Practice strike that had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday is now canceled.

“The absolute last thing any school worker wants to do is go on strike. Workers don’t want to be walking a picket line over unfair labor practices, we want to be at work supporting the growth and development of Sacramento’s next generation of leaders and residents. It was imperative to us that we be able to do that safely, though. We are so grateful to have secured an agreement over health and safety standards that will allow us to focus on what’s most important: serving the families and children of Sacramento City USD and protecting the wellbeing of our entire campus community.

The new tentative agreement contains key provisions that were extremely important to SCUSD workers: fitted N95 masks for workers in close physical proximity to students, access to a catastrophic leave bank for workers who are ill due to side effects from the COVID vaccine, some allowances for school-based workers to bring their school-age children to work, special ventilation and filtration systems, and a robust testing schedule.

This tentative agreement with the District must now go before our full membership for a ratification vote in before it can go into effect. Our SEIU 1021 bargaining team is enthusiastically recommending a YES vote in support of ratification.”

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IMPORTANT DATES

4/20 - SCUSD Virtual Vigil for COVID-19 Loses 

Tuesday, April 20, 5:30 pm – Live Stream via Facebook

BARGAINING UPDATES

Just before midnight on Monday, April 19, a marathon mediation session between Sacramento City Unified School District and classified workers represented by SEIU 1021 produced a tentative agreement (TA) that both sides believe will allow SCUSD to safely welcome all students back to in-person learning. As a result of this TA, the Unfair Labor Practice strike that had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday is now canceled.

COVID 19 ALERTS

Since school sites re-opened last week, at least five (5) positive cases of COVID-19 have been disclosed to parents of SCUSD students at Phoebe Hearst Elementary, Abraham Lincoln Elementary, Harkness Learning Hub, Isador Cohen Elementary, Washington Elementary, and  Rosemont High School. The recent cases have further magnified the need for health and safety agreement with the District for workers and students and confirms the need to keep fighting for protections like PPE, social distancing, and protective barriers.