Organizing Update

St. Giles Election Results

By a vote of 16 to 5, teachers at St. Giles, an English language school in San Francisco, have voted for a voice in the workplace by joining the Pacific Media Workers Guild, CWA Local 39521. The local is preparing a bargaining survey for the new unit to prepare the teachers to go to the bargaining table. The 24-person unit started organizing in November 2014 around issues of low pay, not being paid for preparation time, scheduling and job security.

Carl Hall, Kat Anderson, and Gloria La Riva of the Pacific Media Workers Guild and John Dugan, CWA District 9 area organizing director, helped the teachers in their organizing campaign.

Rachel Turner, Jessica Mironov and Shane Baker (l to r) celebrate their NLRB union election victory.