"Services for people with developmental disabilities have been taken political hostage in Sacramento," said Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU Local 1021, a Northern California chapter representing local government and healthcare workers.
After a marathon bargaining session that lasted nearly 30 hours, Roxanne Sanchez, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, walked out of the Oakland negotiations late Thursday afternoon and said the talks were over and that union workers would walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Fri
Hours later, as the evening commute was underway, union president Roxanne Sanchez held a news conference with their own offer: sign off on pay, health care and pension issues, and send the remaining sticking point work rules to arbitration.
culmination of six months of on-again, off-again talks that fell apart. BART and the unions came "extremely close" to agreement on economic, health care and pension issues, but the parties were far apart on work rule issues, said Roxanne Sanchez, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021.
Date: Oct 18, 2013
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San Francisco Bay Area transit unions threaten midnight strike
Roxanne Sanchez, president of Service Employees International Union Local 1021, said the transit agency and its two largest unions have "come extremely close" to agreement on economic, health care and pension issues. However, she said the parties remained apart on work rule issues.
Date: Oct 17, 2013
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BART strike set for Friday after talks break down, emotion boils over
"It's now in the hands of the BART board and the general manager to avoid a strike," said Roxanne Sanchez, president of the other union, the local Service Employees International Union. "I'm sorry, I'm regretful, I don't know what to say to the public who has put such faith in the leadership of thos
Date: Oct 17, 2013
Category: U.S.
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BART, buses running after another epic labor showdown
"We truly understand the riders' frustration, because we share the same frustration that we've not yet reached an agreement," said Roxanne Sanchez, president of SEIU 1021, in a statement released shortly after midnight. "We are encouraged by the progress we've achieved, and at the request of the fed
The possibility of a strike appeared to dim earlier in the day when Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez said she was hopeful that her union and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 will come up with a deal by late Wednesday.