If certified, the student-led union would be affiliated with Service Employees International Union Local 721. (SEIU Local 721 already represents non-tenure-track professors and clerical staff on campus.)
The spirited action at the end of March followed months of quiet behind-the-scenes union organizing by student workers that included collecting hundreds of their signatures on union cards.
David Green, SEIU 721’s president and executive director, offered praise for the package of raises this month, saying it will help the city bring on new employees.
Steve Koffroth, chair of the Coalition of City Unions and interim director of research and marketing at SEIU Local 721, called the agreements a “good deal for all parties.”
According to staff, organizers filed for a union election to join SEIU Local 721 with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday.
Soroya Rowley, a theatre department lecturer, is co-lead of a 13-member organizing committee — working for a collective bargaining unit under Service Employees International Union Local 721.
Representatives from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 721 collaborated with ROSE to run the event and news outlets including Telemundo/NBC4 were in attendance.
Under the SEIU terms, all union members, whether they’re receiving six- figure salaries or at the lowest rungs of the pay schedule, will receive automatic pay increases, the first one totaling 5% and retroactive to March 21.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
In a statement to The Occidental, the president and executive director of SEIU 721, David Green, acknowledged their support of ROSE.