Oakland, Calif. -- As contract negotiations for 4,000 Bay Area security officers break down, the Oakland City Council is expected tonight to pass a resolution in support of the thousands of men and women that keep the tallest buildings and industrial sites safe and secure. Security officers across Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties have been working under an expired contract since June 30.
Private security officers are the only group of service workers in commercial real estate properties that are not compensated with decent wages and family healthcare. The security officers' union SEIU Local 24/7 and the contractors have agreed to basic principles around
achieving family healthcare over the course of the five year contract
-- that they be affordable and portable. Yet, just last night in contract negotiations, the Bay Area's largest security contractors -- led by Securitas -- pulled back their own proposal for family healthcare.
"When corporate building owners are enjoying an economic boom, we
security officers shouldn't have to struggle through another holiday
season without a good contract with decent wages and family healthcare," said Lucille Landoner, an Oakland resident and private
security officer working with ABM in downtown Oakland.
Oakland City Councilmember Jean Quan authored the resolution in
support of Bay Area security officers. Visit www.seiu247.org to view
the resolution.