旧金山湾区Oakland两千多名市政工人投票授权罢工 工会称全市五分之一职位空缺
位于加州阿拉米达县的Oakland市，服务雇员国际工会（SEIU）Local 1021 于10月16日宣布，其代表的2000多名 Oakland 市政雇员已以压倒性多数投票通过罢工授权，授权谈判团队在认为必要时号召罢工。工会在宣布投票结果时列出的理由包括：全市岗位普遍空缺，预算职位中有超过五分之一无人填补；合同谈判中存在不公平的谈判做法；以及市府提出的多项方案涉及削减实得工资、提高福利自付成本等内容。
Oakland 市政工会的合同已于2026年6月30日到期。除 SEIU Local 1021 外，参与谈判的还有专业技术雇员国际联合会 Local 21（IFPTE Local 21）、国际电工工会 Local 1245（IBEW Local 1245）和保密管理雇员协会，市政府与各工会已谈判数月。谈判由市府未被工会代表的行政与保密人员主持，最终合同须经 Oakland 市议会批准，市议会已多次就谈判举行闭门会议。市府尚未公开其谈判立场，目前公开的说法多来自工会公告。
财政背景是这场劳资僵局的另一面。据 Oakland Report 报道，Oakland 未来五年每年都面临超过1亿美元的预算缺口。上月，市府与 Oakland 警察协会（OPOA）达成协议，警员同意分担10%的 Kaiser 医保保费（此前由市府全额承担），并提高养老金缴款比例；相比之下，SEIU 最近一份合同中，雇员不缴纳 Kaiser 保费、由市府全额负担。OPOA 的合同还包含一项「me too」条款：如果其他市政工会谈出更优厚的条件，警员可获得相应差额。
在投票之前，市政工会已在市长 Barbara Lee 发表市情咨文时组织信息纠察，提出填补空缺职位、把部分宣誓警员的文职岗位转为平民岗位等诉求，并指出市政工人已有18个月没有生活成本调整。Barbara Lee 当时对纠察工人表示，市府正努力争取一份公平合同。截至10月16日宣布投票结果时，SEIU 尚未公布具体的罢工日期。（GSM 据 SEIU Local 1021 公告及 Oakland Report 报道）
More Than 2,000 Oakland City Workers Vote to Authorize Strike; Union Cites One-in-Five Vacant Jobs
Oakland is a city in Alameda County, California. SEIU Local 1021 announced on October 16 that the more than 2,000 City of Oakland workers it represents have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, empowering their bargaining team to call a walkout if it deems one necessary. In announcing the vote, the union cited pervasive understaffing across the city, with more than one in five budgeted positions unfilled; unfair bargaining practices during contract negotiations; and a number of city proposals it described as cuts to take-home pay, increased benefit costs and other takeaways.
Contracts for Oakland's city unions expired on June 30, 2026. Alongside SEIU Local 1021, the bargaining units include IFPTE Local 21, IBEW Local 1245 and the Confidential Management Employees Association, and the city has been in negotiations with the unions for months. Talks on the city side are led by unrepresented executive and confidential staff, and any final contract must be approved by the Oakland City Council, which has met in closed session multiple times to discuss the negotiations. The city has not publicly disclosed its bargaining positions, so most of what has been said publicly about them comes from union bulletins.
The city's finances form the backdrop to the standoff. According to Oakland Report, Oakland faces projected budget shortfalls of more than $100 million in each of the next five years. Last month, the city reached an agreement with the Oakland Police Officers' Association (OPOA) under which officers agreed to pay a 10% share of their Kaiser health premiums, previously paid in full by the city, and to pay a larger share into their pensions. SEIU's most recent contracts, by contrast, included no employee payments toward Kaiser premiums. The OPOA contract also contains a "me too" clause that would give officers the difference if other city unions win more favorable terms.
Before the vote, city unions held an informational picket outside Mayor Barbara Lee's State of the City speech, pressing demands that include filling vacant positions and converting some sworn police desk assignments to civilian jobs, and noting that city workers have gone 18 months without a cost-of-living adjustment. Lee told the picketing workers the city would keep working toward a fair contract. As of the October 16 announcement, SEIU had not announced a specific strike date. (GSM, based on the SEIU Local 1021 announcement and reporting by Oakland Report)
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