Labor Relations
SFUSD has 16 bargaining units representing approximately 96% of all district employees. The Labor Relations Department supports and facilitates all District schools and departments in their partnership with our labor unions and union leadership. Navigate below for more information on our union partners, contracts, salary schedules, and more.
Labor Relations Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Assistant Superintendent of Labor Relations:
Conrad Tanasychuk - Director:
Christine Coleman
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United Educators of San Francisco
- UESF was founded in 1989 when the San Francisco Federation of Teachers merged with the San Francisco Classroom Teachers to become the United Educators of San Francisco.
- Classifications represented: Teachers, Paraeducators, Counselors, Social Workers, Nurses, and more.
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 7540
- For more information, visit UESF’s website at https://uesf.org
United Administrators of San Francisco
- In May of 1970, the organizing group of San Francisco School Administrators and Supervisors gained recognition from the new national Union, the American Federation of School Administrators, a part of the AFL-CIO family of Unions. Today there are over 151 active locals of the American Federation of School Administrators, serving both large urban and small suburban administrators groups.
- Classifications represented: Assistant Principals, Principals, Program Administrators, and more.
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 297
- For more information, visit UASF’s website at https://www.uasf.net/
Service Employees International Union
- The Building Service Employees Union (BSEIU) first formed in Chicago in 1921 - today, SEIU has over 2 million members and celebrated 100 years of service on April 23, 2021.
- Classifications represented: Clerks, Custodians, School Lunchroom Helpers, and more.
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 1060
- For more information, visit SEIU’s website at https://www.seiu.org/
Common Crafts
- For 121 years, Organized Labor has been the official publication of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council.
- Classifications represented: Carpenters, Sheet Metal Workers, Glaziers, Roofers, and more.
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 59
- For more information, visit the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council website at https://www.sfbuildingtradescouncil.org/
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Founded in 1891, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 775,000 workers and retirees in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
- Classifications represented: Electricians
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 10
- For more information, visit IBEW’s website at https://ibew6.org/
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
- Though officially chartered as Local 21 in April 1977, this union has represented technical professionals employed by local government since the early 1900s. Local 21 is an innovative, growing union of over 11,000 professional, supervisory, and managerial government employees in major jurisdictions throughout the Bay Area.
- Classifications represented: Accountants, Business Analysts, Statisticians, and more.
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 74
- For more information, visit Local 21’s website at https://ifpte21.org/
International Union of Operating Engineers
- The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) was organized and established on December 7, 1896 as a craft labor Union with two divisions - Hoisting and Portable Engineers and Stationary Engineers.
- Classifications represented: Engineers
- Number of SFUSD unit members: 11
- For more information, visit Local 39’s website at https://www.local39.org/
This page was last updated on December 3, 2024