Archives: Updates
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A Righteous Fight: Berkeley Workers Force Council to Pass Strongest ‘Fair Workweek’ Law in Nation
Last night, SEIU 1021 members and their allies in labor and community forced the Council to pass a law protecting thousands of workers citywide from last-minute reduction or addition of unwanted shifts. The law also bans unwanted clopening shifts, and critically, requires employers to offer additional hours to part-time workers before hiring new part-time employees.
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Join Berkeley UC/Lab Workers on STRIKE – beginning Monday 11/14!
Our Berkeley labor siblings, members of the UAW academic student employees—teaching assistants, graduate student instructors, tutors, readers, and postdocs—across the University of California system and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, are asking for your solidarity in the biggest fight of their union lives! I hope you will join us in solidarity with workers: – Join a…
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City execs enjoy windfall raises 🤑, workers & community suffer under vacancy + inflation crises
OCTOBER UPDATE City executives enjoy windfall raises while workers & community services suffer under vacancy & inflation crises 🤑 WHERE ARE MY COWORKERS? Member fight for transparency reveals stunning 14% citywide vacancy rate 📈 City administrative incompetence threatens our members in the library and public works departments who face double digit vacancy rates. Vacancies mean…