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Public Health Meltdown in SF - We Need Your Help!
SAN FRANCISCO - This supposedly "progressive" city's Health Commission has approved draconian cuts to public health. Public Health Nurses (below on right) have been exposing the drastic impact these cuts will have for San Francisco, and the SF Chronicle reported on this story in its March 3 and March 5 editions.  Please contact the Board of Supervisors  and let them know this is an unacceptable assault on the basic human necessities of their constituents.  » Read More

SMMUSD: 200 Classified Workers Fight for Fair Wages

SEIU Local 99 

On February 20th, Almost 200 SMMUSD classified workers went to the District Office after work, instead of going home. They sent a clear signal to the District: Classified workers are important members of the SMMUSD family, and they deserve fair treatment.

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Tulare County Contract Action Team Kicks Off Membership Drive

SEIU Local 521
Nearly a hundred workers from every corner of Tulare County poured in to the Visalia Veteran’s Hall this evening to attend the first Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting.

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Janitors Win $22.4 Million From Supermarkets

SEIU Local 1877
Janitors are Fighting Back Against Unfair Employers — and Winning with SEIU

Employers are more determined than ever to exploit their workers, especially hard-working immigrants in janitorial jobs. But janitors and SEIU are fighting back.

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SEIU Local 221 Economic Assistance Information

SEIU Local 221 is still recovering from the devastating fires that ravaged Southern California.
For more information or If you wish to help, please contact the Local directly at 858-560-0151 or you can visit their website at: http://www.seiu221.org

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SEIU Local 721 Pico Rivera Part-Time Parks & Recreation Employees Gain a Voice at Work

About 180 people who work part-time as lifeguards and recreation leaders at the city’s nine parks and playgrounds, gymnasiums, Olympic size pool, skate park and nine-hole golf course recently chose a voice at work with SEIU.
 About 180 part-time employees of the city of Pico Rivera’s Parks and Recreation Department recently gained a voice at work and became the newest members of SEIU Local 721.

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SEIU Local 521 Santa Cruz City Employees Win New Contract

 Over the past year, the 650 members at the City built their strongest CAT network in years. With such thorough preparations, they were able to reverse the backsliding from past contracts negotiated in poor economic times.

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SEIU Local 99 Victory for Students & Cafeteria Workers

The LAUSD school board passed a resolution to increase cafeteria workers’ minimum workday to four hours, allowing more children to be fed and qualifying workers for healthcare benefits.

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Workers Seek Ground Rules for Union Election

UHW Turns Out in Force

SEIU-UHW and Memorial Hospital Workers March for Fair ElectionHundreds of community leaders, elected officials and other healthcare activists joined hospital workers from the St. Joseph Health System in a march and rally outside Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Saturday, where they called for the
health system's leadership to reach a fair union election agreement with workers.

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