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Statement from SEIU 1021 SFUSD Classified Chapter President on Superintendent Matt Wayne School Closure Announcement

Contact: Chelsea Fink, Chelsea.Fink@seiu1021.org, (510) 435-8282

SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne announced today that the Board of Education will consider closing and merging thirteen schools at its meeting on November 12. This list of schools raises serious concerns about the fate of San Francisco students and families and the dedicated staff who support these schools. Dr. Wayne claims these closures meet their 2023-24 school year criteria, but what does that mean for our community? 

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San Francisco Region 2024 Convention Delegate Election Information

It’s that time again! SEIU 1021 members are invited to attend our 2024 member convention. The two-day event will feature inspiring workshops, delegate discussions, visionary keynote speakers, fun, and networking. The SEIU 1021 Member Convention will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, through Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. 

What: SEIU Local 1021 Member Convention 2024

When: Saturday, September 28 & Sunday, September 29

Where: Sacramento, CA 

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WAITLIST: San Francisco Unity Event – Jan. 26, 2024
Join us to celebrate our hard work together in 2023

It’s that time of year! Join your fellow San Francisco region SEIU 1021 members for food, drinks, music and dancing, raffles, awards, and gift bags with the coolest SEIU 1021 swag (supplies are limited–first come, first served). 

When: Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, 6-10 p.m.
Where: Hilton Union Square, 333 O’Farrell St.

Members may bring one guest — please indicate below if you plan to bring a guest, as attendance is capped at 400.

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San Francisco Unified and Sacramento Unified School District SEIU 1021 members ratify historic contracts, keep momentum going

As we move into the holiday season, there is much to celebrate and rejoice over. Unions are winning their strongest contracts yet in school districts across Northern California. And, while several districts remain in bargaining, there is good reason to think that the positive trend of historic contracts will continue through to the new year!

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San Francisco Unified School District Classified Workers Ratify Strongest Contract Ever with District
SEIU 1021 SFUSD members move closer to pay parity with City and County employees doing similar work

Contact: Chelsea Fink, Chelsea.Fink@seiu1021.org, (510) 435-8282

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -  On Thursday, November 16, SEIU 1021 San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) members voted to ratify a new three-year contract with a 96% ‘yes’ vote. This contract is the strongest agreement SFUSD custodians, student nutrition service workers, and clerical workers have ever had with the District.

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SFUSD Ratification Vote Dates and Locations
It's time to vote!

The next and final phase of the contract bargaining process is called the ratification vote. This will begin on Monday, November 13 at 9:00 a.m. and last until Wednesday, November 15 at 5 p.m. Your Bargaining Team and Contract Action Team members will be visiting all school sites to gather your vote.
 
Please see the schedule below for when we will be visiting your site.

SFUSD Voting Ratification Schedule

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SFUSD Strike Captain Sign-Up

Strike captains are critical to ensuring an effective strike. You will keep the SEIU 1021 members at your worksite updated with the information they need and help make sure everyone is on the picket lines and at the rallies when they need to be.

Thank you for answering the call and signing up!

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SEIU 1021 members at San Francisco Unified Schools move closer to a strike as district violates labor law, fails to meet basic demands
Saturday morning found about 200 members gathered for strike school, the strike vote kickoff, and solidarity

On Saturday, September 30, about 200 SEIU 1021 members from San Francisco Unified School District showed up to cast their votes to authorize a potential strike as the district continues to fall short in negotiations.

Union members wore purple in solidarity, chanted, voted, participated in an informative strike school to better understand their rights as workers, asked questions, and enjoyed lunch together.

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SFUSD Strike Vote

Thank you to everyone who attended our strike vote kickoff on Saturday, Sept. 30!

Strike authorization voting will continue on Tuesday, October 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations:

  • Galileo High School
  • 135 Van Ness
  • Everett Middle School
  • McAteer Campus
  • Denman Middle School
  • Washington High School
  • Giannini Middle School
  • Toland Street
  • SEIU 1021 office (350 Rhode Island St.)
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Seventh largest school district in California fails to pay its lowest-paid workers
SFUSD shortchanges staff. Again.

July 12 was supposed to be payday for San Francisco Unified School District staff. Yet, nearly 1,000 of its lowest-paid, hardworking employees, including lunch servers, nutrition workers, janitors, and clerks who help keep San Francisco schools running every day, did not receive their much-needed checks, instead receiving a last-minute email from the district stating that it was “unable to implement that timeline successfully.” Workers were informed their checks wouldn’t be available until two weeks later, on July 26.

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San Francisco Unified Schools classified staff bring heat to negotiations
Recent bargaining sessions have been packed with members eager to share their stories--and make demands

Last Thursday, May 18, when San Francisco Unified School District’s management contract negotiations team came to the table, they got a little more than they’d bargained for. Over 85 rank and file SEIU 1021 SFUSD members, including custodians, nutrition service workers, and clerical staff, showed up and gave them an earful about how the poverty wages the district pays its classified employees, combined with ongoing payroll problems and staffing shortages that make workloads unsustainable, are damaging the district’s schools and students.

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SFUSD classified staff protest short-staffing & low wages at school board in rally with educators
Severe short-staffing has SFUSD classified workers like custodians, nutrition service workers, and clerical staff carrying unsustainable workloads. Low wages, poor working conditions, and ongoing payroll problems underlie the crisis.

Over a hundred San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) classified employees, fed up with deteriorating working conditions for paychecks that have not kept pace with inflation, braved frigid winds to march and rally with hundreds of educators ahead of the school board meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 21.

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SFUSD T-shirt Time

As we prepare to take more actions to secure the contract we need and deserve and to force the district to end the payroll nightmare, we want to show our solidarity by wearing our union T-shirts. 

Please fill out this quick form so we can make sure to have enough T-shirts in the right sizes for all of our members.

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SFUSD classified staff rally at school board, demand urgent action to address ongoing payroll debacle and staffing crisis
Over 150 SEIU 1021 SFUSD members turned out to last Tuesday's school board meeting demanding urgent action

There is a term to describe when an employer does not pay its employees what it owes them for work performed: wage theft. For over a year now, since rolling out its boondoggle of a new payroll system, San Francisco Unified School District has been committing wage theft. Despite claims from its new superintendent that a new “command center” would make sure shortchanged employees are made whole, that has not materialized, as help tickets continue to go unanswered, calls go unreturned, and desperate employees who go in person are turned away.