After our landslide 99.5% strike authorization vote, the City was forced to get serious in negotiating and we were able to reach a tentative agreement on a new contract covering SEIU 1021 nurses employed by SFDPH!

Our solidarity, participation, and willingness to strike for what we and our patients need is what made this agreement possible during an especially challenging budget year. The City was forced to significantly step up wage increases to retain and recruit RNs and make some major movements on staffing, and offer more opportunities and incentives for P103s to become permanent, full-time SFDPH RNs.

Your bargaining team recommends a YES vote.

View the tentative agreement here.

Please note: Only current SEIU 1021 members covered by the San Francisco City & County RN contract are eligible to attend union meetings and vote. If you are not currently a union member and would like to attend informational meetings or vote on the tentative agreement, please join your union today at join1021.org. You may also join by signing a membership card in person at the ratification vote.

Here’s the ratification vote schedule:

Informational meetings

• Thurs., May 23, 5 & 8 p.m. via Zoom (meeting ID: 841 6140 1692)
• Thurs., May 30, 5 & 8 p.m. via Zoom 
• Thurs., June 6, 5 & 8 p.m. via Zoom (check back — or check email or text — for link)

SFGH

Tues., May 28:

• 6:30-8 a.m. building 5 lobby
• 2-4 p.m. building 5 lobby
• 6-8 p.m. outside between buildings 5 and 25

Wed., May 29; Thurs., May 30; Fri., May 31; Mon., June 3; Tues., June 4; Wed., June 5: 

• 6-9 a.m. outside between buildings 5 and 25
• 2-4 p.m. outside between buildings 5 and 25
• 6-8 p.m. outside between buildings 5 and 25

Laguna Honda Hospital

Location: Main Esplanade Atrium – by the Art Studio

• Thurs., May 30 – 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• Fri., May 31 – 6 a.m. – 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
• Tues., June 4  – 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Community RNs

• Tues., May 28:

  • 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.: 333 Valencia
  • 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Castro/Mission (3850 17th Street)
  • 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Silver Ave. Family Health Center (1525 Silver Ave.)
• Wed., May 29:
  • 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.: Bayview Family Children Services (3801 3rd Street, 2nd floor – entrance next to Starbucks)
  • 11:30 a.m. – 12 noon: Southeast (2401 Keith Street)
  • ​12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: County Jail #3 (1 Moreland Dr., San Bruno)
• May 30
  • 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.: Laguna Honda E3 (375 Laguna Honda Blvd.)
  • 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.: 101 Grove
  • 12 noon – 1 p.m.: Tom Waddell (230 Golden Gate)
  • 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. & 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.: County Jail #1&2 (425 7th Street)
  • 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.: City Clinic (356 7th Street)

Online voting (for those who cannot vote in person)

• June 7 at 8 a.m. – online voting opens (only for members who have not voted already)
• June 11 at 5 p.m. – online voting closes

The online portion of the ratification vote will be held electronically June 7-11 for members who were unable to vote in person using ElectionBuddy.

ElectionBuddy is a safe, secure, and easy-to-use tool for online voting that has been tested by the Department of Labor and used in multiple elections across SEIU 1021 already. Click here to watch a tutorial explaining how it works.

ElectionBuddy uses our list of eligible voters to issue ballots by email and text message so that members can vote from their computer or phone. It also uses encryption to keep all information completely confidential. 

In order to guarantee that you receive your electronic ballot for ratification in a timely fashion, it’s important to make sure that you are a member and that your contact information is up to date. To update your contact information, contact the Member Resource Center Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1-877-687-1021.