"Concession Bargaining" At SF SEIU1021: Report By Bargaining Committee Member

Cheryl Thornton, a SF SEIU 1021 San Francisco City and County steward and 2019 bargaining committee member in the negotiations talks about what what happened in the negotiations and why the union has not won a larger pay increase and clauses against contininuing outsourcing and privatization of public services.

Thornton talks about the refusal to fight outsourcing while recruiting workers from “non-profits” who are making substandard wages and doing public work done by SF City workers The City and County of San Francisco has outsourced hundreds of millions of dollars to non-profits and other organizations that hire workers for public work who are paid from 30% to 50% less.

This continuing privatization of public work threatens all public workers.
This interview was done on May 23, 2019.
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