GLIDE workers' burnout epidemic fuels unionization effort

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'The pressure on people — our frontline workers, our nurses — has dramatically increased over previous years.'

Nonprofit employees and healthcare workers in The City have some overlap as they can be caretakers who interface directly with the public and work on the frontlines in times of crises.

GLIDE employees submitted a letter of intent to organize to the nonprofit's leadership team Wednesday morning. They are backed by OPEIU Local 29, a union that represents office and professional employees internationally. The nonprofit's leadership team issued a response to their employees' unionization efforts Wednesday morning.

The contract earned workers raises ranging from seven to 35 percent depending on their classification. This move sought to alleviate employee financial hardship, but it also designated workers' right to take mental health days. Just last week, Kaiser Permanente failed to attend a hearing by the S.F. Board of Supervisors over the seven-week strike that was undertaken by the company’s mental health workers.

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