UESF statement concerning possible SEIU job actions

The following information was originally posted to the SfSchools list.

Fresh from my inbox, here is an email I received from Dennis Kelly concerning the potential job action by Local 790.

Dear KC,

Thank you for asking.

UESF is circulating the following flyer for posting in the schools:

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ATTENTION UESF MEMBERS

The membership of SEIU Local 790 may engage in job actions at several sites or citywide. SEIU membership includes secretaries, clerks, custodians and cooks at school sites.

PLEASE RESPECT THEIR WORK

'UESF Supports SEIU--Don't ask me to do their work'

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The administrators' union has said that their members will not ask our members to do the work of SEIU members. We do not expect our members to volunteer to do the work of SEIU members who are either officially or unofficially engaged in any kind of protest or job action.

I just spoke to the district labor relations officer who will contact the Child Development Center administrators to tell them that they are not to give the work of SEIU members to our teachers, paras, and others.

The administrators have a meeting at 4 pm Thursday to make sure that they all understand the message. Central office administrators have been assigned to all the schools to answer the phones, clean up the messes, and cook and serve the food. (Although the wisdom and legality of this is questionable.) It is their assignment and responsibility to see that the schools and students are safe.

At present, there is the possibility of resolving all issues through negotiations.

Parents should not allow themselves to be enticed to work as volunteers and used as 'scabs' in a labor dispute.