Union representing school staff votes overwhelmingly to authorize strike a day before the next contract negotiating session.
Members of SEIU 1021, which represents some 900 custodial workers and other staff in San Francisco public schools, have voted 99.5 percent in favor of a strike against the school district, according to union representatives.and puts pressure on the San Francisco Unified School District to ink a deal. It does not guarantee a strike, but rather gives the union’s negotiating team the power to call a strike if the district’s proposals are insufficient.
SEIU declined to say how many workers participated in the vote, which took place over two days on Sep. 30 and Oct. 3,, but Chelsea Fink, a union spokesperson, said the vote was 99.5 percent in favor. SEIU’s members are among the lowest-paid workers in the school district and make less than their counterparts working for the San Francisco city government: A school custodian, for instance, makes a base salary of $23 an hour, while a city custodian starts at $30 an hour.
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