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From: 1021 NewsWire <seiu1021@me.com> Subject: Look forward to 2012 with the 1021 NewsWire - Dec. 30, 2011 Date: December 30, 2011 8:07:11 AM PST To: Randy Lyman <randy.lyman@seiu1021.

1 From: 1021 NewsWire Subject: Look forward to 2012 with the 1021 NewsWire - Dec. 30, 2011 Date: December 30, :07:11 AM PST To: Randy Lyman <randy.lyman@seiu1021.org> Reply-To: <seiu1021@me.com> Vol. IV, Issue December 30, 2011 In This Issue: The year behind us, Part 2 on the FRONT PAGE. Look ahead, leave the past behind in CALENDAR. Aren't you in the 1021 Network yet? 1021 NewsWire The Live Wire Facebook Twitter YouTube Front Page SEIU 1021 Year in Review, Part 2 As we look to the future of Local 1021, we conclude our roundup of headlines and news stories from the past year. JULY In Memoriam: Sister Yvette Jordan-Albert SEIU 1021 organizes local-wide Fight for a Fair Economy workshops. July 22 - Fight for a Fair Economy Rally in Oakland SEIU 1021 members join fight to save Sonoma County public libraries. City of Oakland workers ratify new contract that protects front-line jobs. San Joaquin County members expose pension spiking by top county officials, causing State Treasurer Bill Lockyer to denounce the practice in a letter to state legislators.

2 SEIU 1021 members join fight to save Sonoma County public libraries. Superior Court workers show up in force at Administrative Office of the Courts meeting, attempting to block $350 million in cuts and save hundreds of jobs in San Francisco Superior Court and other court systems. AUGUST San Francisco Dept. of Human Services workers fill commission meeting and demand reinstatement of their Alternative Work Schedule. Aug "Jobs Not Cuts" rally in Santa Rosa Aug Peace & Solidarity Committee hosts "Unions in the Middle East" report-back on the state of unions in Israel and Palestine. SEIU 1021 launches local-wide 'Fight for a Fair Economy' campaign with a week of actions. San Francisco shop steward succeeds in defending right of shop stewards to do their union work without retaliation. Mendocino Superior Court workers rally to demand more openness and accountability in the court system. SEPTEMBER 11th-Hour Victory in Superior Courts After pressure by SEIU 1021 Superior Court members and the community, the Administrative Office of the Courts reverses itself and seeks additional funding to save nearly 200 jobs and keep courtrooms open in San Francisco. AFL-CIO Now: CEOs Rake in More than Their Corporations Pay in Taxes "Of last year's 100 highest-paid U.S. corporate chief executives, 25 took home more in CEO pay than their company paid in 2010 federal corporate income taxes, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)." Trickle-Down Poverty: Mendocino workers walk off the job to protest BOS bad faith bargaining "SEIU 1021's entire Mendocino County bargaining unit -- more than 700 county workers -- walked off the job Monday afternoon to protest and call the public's attention to bad faith bargaining and retaliatory actions by the Board of Supervisors. As the supervisors' forced deadline for a deal passed on Monday, we filed new Unfair Labor Practice charges with the NLRB.

3 "It was the first time in county history that SEIU workers have walked out in protest. Hundreds of workers lined the streets in downtown Ukiah, Willits and Fort Bragg, waving signs and chanting as they circulated around major intersections while cars honked loud and long in support. On Tuesday morning, members carried their protest into the 9am Board of Supervisors meeting." Sept SEIU 1021 Workers with Disabilities Conference Sept "Make Banks Pay!" week of action Sept To spotlight the role of banks in the foreclosure crisis and consequent blighting of working class neighborhoods, SEIU 1021 members and community groups visit a foreclosed home in east Oakland to clean up the garbage left on the sidewalk, then "deposit" a dozen bags of the garbage in the lobby of a local Citi branch. OCTOBER Good contract news from the cities of Albany, Corte Madera, Fairfield, Fairfax, Ione and Tiburon; Amador County, Ashen Dental, Asian Health Services, the Sonoma County Office of Education and the Solano County Mosquito Abatement District. Within the previous few months, all had managed in some way to stop takeaways and/or layoffs and even win some new benefits. SEIU 1021 members join Occupy Wall Street events in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and elsewhere. SEIU 1021 announces endorsements for Nov. 8 statewide elections. Oct NewsWire marks four years of publication. SEIU 1021 debuts a new and improved, in-house Member Resource Center. NOVEMBER Nov. 2 - Oakland General Strike & Peaceful Day of Action "Hundreds of SEIU 1021 members took to the streets of Oakland on Wednesday, joining thousands more in a city-wide general strike that caught the entire world's attention after a peaceful Occupy Oakland encampment was brutally smashed by police in the dark hours before dawn a week earlier. Indeed, signs in support of Oakland could be seen on TV throughout the Middle East." Pam Bertani elected to Fairfield City Council and many other candidates and ballot measures supported by SEIU DECEMBER California Autism Foundation workers vote to join SEIU 1021 "In a big victory for SEIU 1021's organizing efforts, workers at the California Autism Foundation in Richmond have voted to become members of Local The vote brings 119 new members into the union." "Take Back the Capitol" week of actions in Washington DC

SEIU 1021 holds back epidemic of contract impositions as San Joaquin members ratify 18-month contract "The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved an 18-month contract with SEIU 1021 members

4 SEIU 1021 holds back epidemic of contract impositions as San Joaquin members ratify 18-month contract "The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved an 18-month contract with SEIU 1021 members this week, following a supermajority ratification vote among members the week before. The votes happened only after long and contentious negotiations. Our bargaining team made significant movement at the table, but county negotiators stalled and instead marched towards imposition -- an anti-union tactic that SEIU 1021 members have been confronting with increasing frequency all over the local." Solano County members block imposition and ratify contract that prevents furloughs in current fiscal year. SF nurse "Jane Doe" reveals her identity "A San Francisco nurse and SEIU 1021 member -- Mary McGee-- revealed last week that she is the mysterious Jane Doe whose story helped launch a nationwide crusade for safe needles in hospitals" nearly 25 years ago. Gov. Brown announces $1 billion in "trigger cuts" to public services after revenues fall short of projections. Links of the Week California Watch: "With weak state economy, business lobby wields strong influence" Sacramento Bee: "Interactive graphic: Lobbying in 2011" The County Voice: "CSAC Listed as One of the Top Ten Advocates in Sacramento" Calif. Progress Report: "The Great California Mess: It's 80 Initiatives Deep" Calif. Progress Report: "Break Up Bank of America Before it Breaks Us" Calendar 1021 Calendar Find an SEIU 1021 Office Moon Phases - 1st Q, Jan. 1 - Full, Jan. 9-3rd Q, Jan New, Jan. 23 Special Events Sa 1/28 - Health & Wellness Fair - 10a-4p - SEIU 1021, 2300 Boynton Ave., Fairfield - RSVP: Member Resource Center, OUR-1021 or 1021MRC@seiu1021.org SEIU 1021 Member Convention

5 February 11-12, 2012 Airport Hilton Hotel, One Hegenberger Road, Oakland CONVENTION LINKS: 1021 Convention Home Take the 1021 Convention Survey (and be entered to win valuable prizes; see above) Register for the 1021 Convention Convention Events Calendar SEIU 1021 Leadership Bodies Sa 1/21 - Phase 2 Bylaws Revision Committee - 9a-1p - SEIU 1021, 2300 Boynton Ave., Fairfield Sa 1/ Executive Board - TBA Committee On Political Education (COPE) Tu 1/3 - Alameda County - 5:30-8p - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak St., Oakland Tu 1/3 - Sonoma County - 6-8p - SEIU 1021, 600 B Street, Santa Rosa We 1/4 - Solano County - 6p - SEIU 1021, 2300 Boynton Ave., Fairfield Tu 1/ COPE - 6p Rhode Island, #100 South Building, San Francisco - Live via videoconference at SEIU 1021 offices in Fairfield, Oakland (Myrtle), San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Stockton and Sacramento; phone conferencing available - RSVP for a location at Education & Training View the complete catalog and register at We 1/11, 1/18, 1/25 - Basic Shop Steward Training - 5:30-8p - SEIU 1021, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Bldg., San Francisco Th 1/19 - Getting Results from Meetings - 5:30-8p - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak Street, Oakland San Francisco All events take place at the SEIU 1021 San Francisco office, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Building, unless noted otherwise. Mo 1/2-5:30p - SF COPE We 1/4-5:30p - Stewards Council We 1/11-5:30p - SF Industry Council

6 Social & Economic Justice Th 1/5 - Latino Caucus - 5:30-7:30p - SEIU 1021, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Building, San Francisco Th 1/12 - Lavender Solidarity Committee - 6-8p - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak St., Oakland - Meeting subject to change; please contact Eileen at (510) to confirm. Mo 1/16 - AFRAM Solidarity Committee - 6p - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak St., Oakland Mo 1/16 - Disability Caucus - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak St., Oakland Tu 1/17 - Peace & Solidarity Committee - 5:30p - SEIU 1021, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Building, San Francisco Th 1/19 - Social & Economic Justice Committee - 6-8p - SEIU 1021, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Building, San Francisco Regions & Industries Sa 1/14 - Counties Industry Council 10a-2p - SEIU 1021, 2300 Boynton Ave., Fairfield Sa 1/14 - Schools Industry Council - 10a-2p - SEIU 1021, 2300 Boynton Ave., Fairfield Tu 1/17 - East Bay (Region 4) Area Meeting - 5:30-8p - SEIU 1021, 100 Oak St., Oakland; RSVP for dinner to the Member Resource Center, OUR-1021 Tu 1/24 - Sonoma/Lake County Area (Region 6) - 5:45p - SEIU 1021, 600 B Street, Santa Rosa - RSVP to Area Rep Nancy Atwell for materials and food count: Nancy.Atwell@seiu1021.org or Mo 1/30 - Sonoma/Lake (Region 6) quarterly Stewards Council - 5:45p - SEIU 1021, 600 B Street, Santa Rosa - All industries invited; program includes time for questions with SEIU attorney - RSVP to Area Rep Nancy Atwell for materials and food count: Nancy.Atwell@seiu1021.org or Retiree Councils Mo 1/2 - Alameda Co. Retired Employees (ACRE) - 10a-Noon - SEIU 1021, 155 Myrtle St., Oakland Tu 1/ Retiree Council - 10a-1p - SEIU 1021, 155 Myrtle St., Oakland Th 1/5 - Sacramento Valley Retirees Chapter - 10a-12p - SEIU 1021, th Street, 8th floor, Sacramento Th 1/12 - East Bay Retirees Chapter p - Hs. Lordship's Restaurant, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley Mo 1/16 - West Bay Retirees p - SEIU 1021, 350 Rhode Island, #100 South Building, San Francisco * * * * ADMINISTRIVIA DO NOT REPLY to this ; it is being sent from an account that is not monitored.

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Front Page. Feb , 2012: Announcing the first SEIU 1021 Member Convention

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