December 16, 2025
Human Resources
DATE: December 16, 2025
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Nickie Mastay, Deputy City Manager – Internal Services
Sharrone Taylor, Director of Human Resources
Subject:
Memorandum of Understanding between SEIU Local 1021
General Employees Unit and the City of Richmond
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The estimated fiscal impact of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 General
Employees for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is $2,298,180; Fiscal Year 2026-27 is $2,602,536; Fiscal Year 2027-28 is
$2,718,625 (Terms of agreement are July 1, 2025,
through June 30, 2028).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
None.
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The City’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local
1021 Bargaining Unit expired on June 30, 2025. SEIU
Local 1021 and the City have met and conferred in good
faith regarding a new MOU. On November 18, 2025, the
parties reached a Tentative Agreement which established a new MOU effective July 1, 2025, through June 30,
2028. The agreement has been ratified by the members
of SEIU Local 1021 General Employees. This agreement
is subject to final approval by the City Council.
AGENDA
REPORT
December 16, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to APPROVE a successor
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City
of Richmond and Service Employees International Union
(SEIU) Local 1021 General Employees for the term of
July 1, 2025, through June 30,2028, and DIRECT the city manager or their designee to update the publicly
available salary schedule with the adopted wage
increases during the term of the MOU – Human
Resources Department (Nickie Mastay/Sharrone Taylor
510-620-6602).
DISCUSSION:
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Richmond and SEIU Local 1021 General Employees Bargaining Unit (“SEIU Local 1021”) expired on June 30, 2025. In April of 2025, City representatives and SEIU Local 1021 representatives began bargaining for a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The City and SEIU Local 1021 met on multiple occasions in 2025 and reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) on November 18, 2025, to establish a new MOU, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. Members of SEIU Local 1021 ratified the TA on December 2, 2025. The major components are delineated below.
MOU Effective Dates: July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028 Salary Adjustments:
o 5% base wage increase effective the pay period including July 1, 2025 o 5% base wage increase effective the pay period including July 1, 2026 o 5% base wage increase effective the pay period including July 1, 2027 Longevity Pay (new): Effective the first full pay period after Council approves this MOU, employees shall receive longevity pay as follows:
o 1% of base pay upon completion of 10 years of permanent service at the City o An additional 2% (total of 3%) upon completion of 15 years of permanent service at the City
o An additional 2% (total of 5%) upon completion of 20 years of permanent service at the City
Professional Development: Increase of $500 to a total of $1,250 per fiscal year. Incorporates existing side letters granting Cesar Chavez and Juneteenth as holidays and increasing parental leave to four total weeks. Various language changes in areas such as holidays, grievances, discipline, etc.
SEIU Local 1021 and the City negotiated in good faith to establish new terms and conditions of employment that would be effective following the expiration of the SEIU Local 1021 prior MOU. Exhibit A – Memorandum of Understanding of Attachment 1 – Resolution details the new terms and conditions of employment that will be effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
December 16, 2025
RECOMMENDATION:
The Human Resources Department requests that the City Council adopt the resolution approving a successor MOU between the City of Richmond and SEIU Local 1021 General Employees with effective dates of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. City staff further recommend that the City Council direct the City Manager or designee to update the publicly available salary schedule with the adopted wage increases during the term of the MOU.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Resolution Exhibit A – Memorandum of Understanding