March 25, 2022
Contract Enforcement for our Represented Members is a Top Priority
Having a strong union means having the power to protect our rights and enforce our contract, and our online search tool allows our members easy-to-use access to the hundreds of contract articles that govern our wages, benefits and working conditions.
Are you looking for information about vacation accrual? Rules regarding sick leave? How to take advantage of upward mobility programs in your department? The answers are just a click away at contract.seiu1000.org
Women’s History
Katherine Johnson: Fly Me to The Moon (1918-2020)
Katherine made history as one of the first African American women to work as a NASA scientist. Over a 33-year career, her work in calculating orbital mechanics by hand were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights. From John Glenn’s Mercury launch, through the Gemini and Apollo programs, and all the way to early work on the Space Shuttle program, Johnson earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped to pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks.
Union Governance in Action: Highlights from the March 19 Board of Directors’ Meeting A message from Board Chair Bill Hall
A March 19 emergency/special Board of Directors (BOD) meeting was held to address time-sensitive business and to set the union on a clear path. The goal was, and is, to improve the day-to-day lives of our members.
Here are some highlights of what was accomplished by your Board of Directors at that meeting:
Your important questions answered
Since February 28, changes in leadership and governance of SEIU Local 1000 have been put in place to make our union stronger and more accountable to the 100,000 employees we represent.
Three times over the past several weeks, Board Chair Bill Hall and Vice Presidents David Jimenez, Anica Walls, and Irene Green have held leadership calls open to all comers, and received numerous thoughtful questions and comments.