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SEIU Local 2: Solidarity Rally TODAY to Support Striking Pete’s Frootique Workers

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The rescheduled Solidarity Rally to support striking Pete’s Frootique workers is taking place today.

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  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The rescheduled Solidarity Rally to support striking Pete’s Frootique workers is taking place today.
  • To learn more visit: https://seiulocal2.ca/petes-frootique-workers-prepare-for-strike/
    Pete’s Frootique employees voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU Local 2 in May 2022.They are still without a contract.
  • For information about the workers’ efforts to win a fair contract from Sobey’s, owners of Pete’s Frootique, visit www.PetesOnStrike.ca .
  • SEIU Local 2 represents 20,000 workers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

SEIU Local 2: Solidarity Rally to Support Pete’s Frootique Workers moved to Sunday

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Given weather reports of significant rainfall (up to 70 mm) and strong winds (gusts of 70 km/h), expected on Saturday in Halifax, SEIU Local 2 is moving the scheduled Solidarity Rally for striking Pete’s Frootique workers to Sunday.

Key Points: 
  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Given weather reports of significant rainfall (up to 70 mm) and strong winds (gusts of 70 km/h), expected on Saturday in Halifax, SEIU Local 2 is moving the scheduled Solidarity Rally for striking Pete’s Frootique workers to Sunday.
  • To learn more visit: https://seiulocal2.ca/petes-frootique-workers-prepare-for-strike/
    Pete’s Frootique employees voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU Local 2 in May 2022.They are still without a contract.
  • For information about the workers’ efforts to win a fair contract from Sobey’s, owners of Pete’s Frootique, visit www.PetesOnStrike.ca .
  • SEIU Local 2 represents 20,000 workers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

SEIU Local 2: Pete’s Frootique Workers Prepare for Strike, Get Picket Line Training

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

This past Sunday, over 40 Union members gathered at a downtown Halifax hotel for a three-hour session on how to effectively run a picket line.

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  • This past Sunday, over 40 Union members gathered at a downtown Halifax hotel for a three-hour session on how to effectively run a picket line.
  • A second training took place last night where a similar number of employees attended.
  • There have been no new offers from the company since a Conciliator determined an impasse had been reached at negotiations on October 30th.
  • Pete’s Frootique employees voted overwhelmingly to join SEIU Local 2 in May 2022.

Workers at Third Cascadia Liquor Store in Greater Victoria file for Union Certification to Join SEIU Local 2

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The workers at the Colwood location applied for certification last Friday and asked to be treated as one bargaining unit along with the other recently unionized stores.

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  • The workers at the Colwood location applied for certification last Friday and asked to be treated as one bargaining unit along with the other recently unionized stores.
  • However, the employer has insisted that despite clear common management and ownership, each liquor store is a separate employer.
  • News of numerous private liquor store workers successfully winning unions across BC in recent months led Cascadia workers across Victoria to begin talking about the need for increases, safety, security and why now was the time to join SEIU.
  • Through the Beverage Workers Rising campaign liquor store workers across the Province are standing up and demanding better at work.

City Unions Applaud Board of Supervisors for Placing Police Full Staffing Act on March Ballot

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safer Smarter SF — a coalition of San Francisco unions representing emergency room nurses, 911 operators, human services workers and other city employees — applauds the decision of the Board of Supervisors today to place the Police Full Staffing Act on the March 2024 ballot.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safer Smarter SF — a coalition of San Francisco unions representing emergency room nurses, 911 operators, human services workers and other city employees — applauds the decision of the Board of Supervisors today to place the Police Full Staffing Act on the March 2024 ballot.
  • The proposed Charter Amendment would fund police minimum staffing and recruitment efforts with the use of corporate tax revenue so that nurses, dispatchers, and other city services aren't threatened by an even larger deficit.
  • "With this measure we can have a fully staffed police department and an effective public safety net," said Supervisor Ahsha Safaí.
  • It shows that voters identify many other city services and programs as more critical for the city fund than fully funding the police department.

Coalition of City Union Leaders and Supervisors Urge Placement of Police Minimum Staffing Act on March Ballot

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The proposed Charter Amendment would increase police minimum staffing levels and promote recruitment of new police officers using future dedicated revenues from corporate taxes to increase public safety.

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  • The proposed Charter Amendment would increase police minimum staffing levels and promote recruitment of new police officers using future dedicated revenues from corporate taxes to increase public safety.
  • "This is about making San Francisco safer," said Larry Mazzola, Jr., President of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council.
  • "San Francisco needs more police officers, but we also need more firefighters, nurses, 911 dispatchers, and other city workers who keep San Francisco safe.
  • "The Police Full Staffing Act will help us recruit the officers we need while preserving fire, emergency public health and 911 services."

Small Businesses and Unions Applaud Rules Committee Recommendation on Police Minimum Staffing

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Safer Smarter SF coalition applauds the decision of the SF BOS Rules Committee today to require that Sup.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Safer Smarter SF coalition applauds the decision of the SF BOS Rules Committee today to require that Sup.
  • Safer Smarter SF coalition members packed the chamber, urging members of the Rules Committee to ensure minimum police staffing doesn't come at the expense of other critical city services.
  • "Small businesses depend on a wide range of City services.
  • It shows that voters identify many other city services and programs as more critical for the city fund than fully funding the police department.

New Polling Reveals San Franciscans Have Concerns With Supervisor Dorsey's Police Staffing Measure As Written

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Monday, October 30, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In advance of today's Rules Committee meeting on the proposal, the Safer Smarter SF coalition has released new polling that shows most San Francisco residents have concerns with Supervisor Matt Dorsey's minimum police staffing measure as it is currently written. Safer Smarter SF is a growing coalition of small businesses and unions across San Francisco who are advocating for new revenue streams to fund life-saving City services: Small Business Forward, SEIU Local 1021, IFPTE Local 21, SF Building and Construction Trades Council.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In advance of today's Rules Committee meeting on the proposal, the Safer Smarter SF coalition has released new polling that shows most San Francisco residents have concerns with Supervisor Matt Dorsey's minimum police staffing measure as it is currently written.
  • "We need to focus on community safety that works along with progressive taxation that prevents this causing disproportionate economic burden on small businesses.
  • This new poll shows San Franciscans agree that it is time for the wealthiest corporations to pay their fair share."
  • "Public safety includes so much more than police," said Burt Wilson, 911 dispatcher for the City and County of San Francisco.

Findhelp Expands Work with NYC Providers and Health Systems Prior to Launch of the NY State 1115 Medicaid Waiver

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the nation's largest municipal healthcare system, has partnered with findhelp to connect community members with social care services.

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  • NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the nation's largest municipal healthcare system, has partnered with findhelp to connect community members with social care services.
  • The main goals of the waiver are to improve health equity in the Medicaid program, and approval is expected in late fall 2023.
  • Findhelp is also excited to announce our new partnership with Montefiore, one of New York's premier academic health systems.
  • At a United Hospital Fund conference this summer, Amir Bassiri, the Medicaid Director for New York DOH, said that the 1115 Medicaid waiver will integrate social care with health care to support population health, improve health outcomes, and reduce health disparities.

SEIU Local 2: Workers to picket Pete’s Frootique in Halifax as Sobey’s refuses to offer fair wages

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Outside the main entrance to Pete’s Frootique 1515 Dresden Row, Halifax

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  • Outside the main entrance to Pete’s Frootique 1515 Dresden Row, Halifax
    Workers voted overwhelmingly to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 in May 2022.
  • In March 2023 Sobey’s finally dropped their challenge recognizing the rights of those workers.
  • A year and a half after the vote to join SEIU and more than six months after the ballots were finally counted, workers continue to wait for a fair offer with decent wages.
  • SEIU Local 2 represents 20,000 workers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, , and Alberta.