Our Voice -November 2025

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  Bay Area Janitors Recover Over $45,000 for Members

  A team of Bay Area janitors, spent the last three months making sure that all Bay Area janitorial members received the scheduled raise that we won in our contract, and fought for back pay for everyone who didn’t receive their increase on time. In the end they recovered over $45k in back wages and ensured that everyone was being paid the correct ammount.

  “For me this was a labor of love.” said Ana Meza, a janitor at Tesla and a USWW Executive Board Member. “In the past three months we have called thousands of members and interviewed members in person at over 30 different worksites. we are the first line of contact for these members, so often we are offering help with worksite issues as well as emotional support. I consider it an honor and a privilege to fight for my brothers and sisters.”

  If you feel that you aren’t being paid correctly or that you are still owed back pay, please fill out this form.

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  Proposition 50 Wins Big Thanks to USWW!

  Last week, Proposition 50, to temporarily redraw congressional districts in California, passed with 64% of Californians voting “Yes”. The results in this election and in elections across the country prove what SEIU members know: people power will be the way to stop fascism and save democracy. As Trump and MAGA Republicans aim to rig the midterm election to amass more power, escalate their attacks on our communities, and march us down the path to unchecked authoritarianism, SEIU USWW’s thousands of volunteer hours helped Californians send a resounding message back to Washington, DC: not on our watch.

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• USWW Members at SFO take on Unifi Airport Services and Win

  USWW members work for Unifi Airport Services at SFO as cabin cleaners. On October 16th, 14 union workers were suspended after months of demanding that Unifi address serious issues, including:

  • Over $1 million in unpaid back wages;
  • Unsanitary working conditions, including reports of cockroach infestations in transport vehicles; and
  • Failure to bargain in good faith or treat workers with the respect they deserve.

  SFO members immediately took action. “First, we went to San Francisco City Hall and met with the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the San Francisco Airport Commission to tell them about Unifi’s illegal activity and ask for their support in reaching a solution,” Explains Yutaka, one of the suspended workers and a union shop steward at USWW. “We needed to raise the alarm that there was an employer breaking labor laws at SFO.”

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