Are you interested in being a steward and learning about what it takes to build a strong union?

Join us for our SFUSD Steward Training Series, where you will complete SEIU 1021’s training series over two days.

This training is designed for new stewards and focuses on the rights and roles of union leaders, legal protections for stewards, problem-solving 101, and Weingarten rights.

All SFUSD SEIU 1021 members are eligible. Lunch will be provided.

• WHAT: Basic Steward Training Series for SFUSD members. 
   
• WHEN: Saturday, May 31st, AND Saturday, June 14th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm (lunch provided)
   
• WHERE: SEIU Local 1021 San Francisco Office, Conference Room A, 350 Rhode Island, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA (enter on Kansas side)

Official SFUSD notices will go out to members on May 15th, 2025. Layoffs would not take effect until June 30th, 2025. If you are a school-term employee, your layoff would begin on your official last day of school. Many of our members will likely be reassigned to other positions in the district. 

Please click the link below to learn more about the layoff process and your individual rights. 

If you have received a notice, please call our Member Resource Center at 877-687-1021. This step is very important for us to keep track of those who are affected, so we can contact you and advocate properly.

Some of our coworkers are on Leaves of Absence due to unforeseen medical diagnoses or family health emergencies. These absences have depleted their accrued sick leave, leaving them [and their families] at risk of losing essential medical insurance and benefits. Today we are asking our active members to assist fellow members through your generosity during their critical time. We urgently need 600 donated hours of sick leave or vacation to cover these catastrophic situations.

If you are retiring or leaving SFUSD you cannot take SICK LEAVE hours with you, so please consider donating them to benefit a fellow member. 

It takes SFUSD 2-3 weeks to process your donation. Once you have separated from the District, you can no longer donate; your hours will disappear.

Your donation, no matter what the size, will make a significant difference in the lives of these fellow members. It will allow them to focus on their health or crisis situation without the added stress of financial hardship or the fear of losing access to medical care, so rest assured that every hour donated is invaluable. You can donate sick leave hours or vacation hours [a possible option, especially if you are near maxing out allowable hours carried]. 

Remember – your contributions are always confidential. 

If you are able to help our colleagues in need, please complete the attached Google Form.  You will also need to download and complete the official acknowledgement – SFUSD/SEIU Classified Sick Leave Bank Donor Declaration.

Your kindness and support will make a huge difference to our brothers and sisters going through tough times. Your ongoing compassion and solidarity are the backbone of our Chapter.

Articles 5.0 and 5.1 – Compensation and Longevity

Article 5 is where wages and benefits live in our contract, except for leaves (in articles 12 and 13).

5.0 details the negotiated raises for the current term of the contract: 5% on July 1, 2017; 4% on July 1, 2018; 3% on July 1, 2019. Together with the parcel tax salary adjustment (more on that at our chapter meeting next week), our members will see a 15.875% increase over the three years of the contract – over 16% when you consider compound interest!

5.0.1 details the lump sum payment our members received on ratification of the contract in 2017. We negotiated a fixed-dollar lump sum payment because it provides extra benefit to our lowest-paid members, where percentage salary adjustments benefit our highest-paid members the most. It’s important that we make sure everyone gets a fair shake at affording life in the Bay Area.

5.02 details some salary adjustments for classes that have no incumbents, or did not for many years – these classes had fallen behind everyone else’s schedule, so when we hired a new shade and drapery worker the starting pay was only $17/hr.

COMMITTEE ALERT! There’s a committee in 5.0.2.4 that will start meeting soon to work on wages and hours for SNS workers. If you’re interesting in being involved, please contact Jesse Tangk so we can include you. We want lots of member representation on this committee.

5.1 Longevity Premium
To thank our most experienced members for sticking around, we have longevity premiums for members that have worked at least 10 or 15 years. At 10 years, it’s a 30 cent per hour premium, and at 15 years it’s 60 cents (up from a previous 40 cent premium). That works out to $24 or $48 per paycheck if you work full time.

New in this contract cycle, you don’t have to work a minimum schedule to qualify and previous city service counts for the 15 year level (it used to only count for the 10 year level).

Check your pay stub! If you have worked at least 10 years and are not currently receiving longevity pay, please let us know right away. The computer doesn’t always automatically set it up, so we need you to keep an eye out and report if you have a problem.

Next week we’ll look at 5.2 retirement, 5.3 health, and 5.4 dental (we get a lot of questions about these, so send me your questions and I’ll cover them in the explainer!)

How to Donate
First, let us know you have leave available that you’re willing to donate.

If you already know whom you want to donate to, you can download the donation form here and turn it in to any steward.

Otherwise, we’ll keep you informed when members need donations, and ask you to fill out a donation form for each member in need.

One of our stewards will collect the forms for each member in need and deliver them to Labor Relations.

Donations will be used in a cycle, 2 hours at a time. Any unused leave will be returned after the member’s needs have been met.

How to Request a Donation
Just let any steward know you need help. Gesner Nazaire at Cesar Chavez is your steward in charge of catastrophic leave.

You must meet the eligibility requirements:

1. Unable to work because of your (or an immediate family member’s) illness or injury for at least 30 days
2. All of your sick leave will be used up
3. You have documentation of your medical need*
4. You are eligible for accrued sick leave

• We respect your privacy: you do not need to tell us, or HR, the specific nature of your medical condition. We only need “a statement signed by a doctor, dentist, podiatrist, licensed clinical psychologist or Christian Science practitioner with information sufficient to certify your illness”

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Join the CAT team to get inside info on bargaining and updates on workplace actions and other things you and your coworkers can do to make sure the district treats us with respect. Call Arlene Sharp at 415-370-0498 or click here!