Some San Francisco teachers and their union representatives are taking action to get educators who haven't been paid properly in recent weeks the money they are owed.
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Problems have plagued San Francisco Unified School District since it moved to a new payroll system at the beginning of the year. According to the teachers union, United Educators of San Francisco, the system change has resulted in hundreds, possibly thousands, of employees being underpaid or not paid at all this year.
A group of frustrated teachers and supporters organized a protest and an all-night sit-in at San Francisco Unified's headquarters at City Hall on Monday, calling for the issues to finally be addressed.
"We have hundreds, if not thousands, of teachers, peer educators counselors, social workers, nurses and other staff, who are owed thousands of dollars," Leslie Hu, district social worker and secretary of UESF, said.
San Francisco teachers, @UESF representatives, and their supporters protested inside and outside @SFUnified headquarters yesterday over payroll problems, prompting @SFUSD_Supe Vincent Matthews to meet with them and personally apologize. The story this morning on @KCBSRadio. pic.twitter.com/SjxYmJf9LA
— Melissa Culross (@MelissaCulross) March 15, 2022
She added that the teachers union has been working for weeks to get the district to resolve the problems, speaking with the mayor, the board of supervisors, the board of education and daily with district management.
While some teachers marched in front of district headquarters, others staged a sit-in at the door of SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews' office, pledging to stay all night.
UESF president Cassondra Curiel said the group wants paychecks cut immediately and accountability.
"We need to know that this problem isn't going to happen again at the end of the month," Curiel said. "Are we going to be back here again at the end of the month? It's unacceptable."
— Melissa Culross (@MelissaCulross) March 15, 2022
Matthews himself came out to speak with the protestors and apologized for the problems.
"There is no institution that should have made you or had you have to feel like you have to do this," he told them.
Matthews said the district has issued checks to hundreds of employees who weren't paid properly and hopes the issue is resolved within weeks.
"If there's one person who didn’t get 5 cents on their check, we then as a system have failed," he said.
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