Negotiations Timeline Since Fact Finding

See what has happened in negotiations between San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) after the fact-finding report was released. 

Current as of Feb. 11 at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

11:00 a.m.: The SFUSD team presented a counter offer and received UESF’s counter offer at 2:30 pm. Negotiations are ongoing. Third day of strike. All SFUSD schools were closed to students due to the strike.

Tuesday, Feb. 10

9:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m.: Bargaining between UESF and SFUSD started at 9:00 a.m. SFUSD presented a packaged counter proposal to UESF at 12:00 p.m. The district team was invited back at 8:30 p.m. to receive the UESF counterproposal. The district asked to return to provide a counter at 10:30 p.m., and UESF rejected that request. 

Second day of strike. All SFUSD schools were closed to students due to the strike.

Monday, Feb. 9

3:15-9:30 p.m.: UESF met at 11:00 a.m. to prepare, and negotiations resumed at 3:15 p.m. SFUSD was available and waiting for the invitation to meet from 7:00 a.m. on. 

First day of strike. All SFUSD schools were closed to students due to the strike.

Sunday, Feb. 8

Mayor Lurie and Speaker Emerita Pelosi, supported by many others, requested both sides to commit a three-day cooling off period in which the strike would be delayed for continued negotiations. SFUSD agreed. UESF did not. SFUSD offered to meet Sunday. UESF refused. 

Saturday, Feb. 7

2:00-9:45 p.m.: Negotiations resumed. UESF provided a counter-proposal at the session, and SFUSD offered a comprehensive package as a response. SFUSD and UESF came to a tentative agreement on sanctuary policy. UESF ended negotiations Saturday at 9:45 p.m. UESF agreed to return to the bargaining table at noon on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. 

Thursday, Feb. 5

5:00-9:30 p.m.: Negotiations resumed. SFUSD brought a written proposal, as requested by the union. UESF rejected SFUSD’s offer and declined to provide a counter proposal. SFUSD proposed meeting Friday, Feb. 6 at 9:00 a.m. UESF declined. They offered to meet with SFUSD’s bargaining team next at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7 but stated that they would not be bringing a counter proposal.

7:01 a.m.: SFUSD received notice from UESF about their intent to strike on Monday, Feb. 9.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

12:51 p.m.: Fact-finding report released. SFUSD invited the union back to the table as soon as possible. UESF agreed to meet on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 5:00 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 23

9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: During the fact-finding meeting with a neutral third party, SFUSD offered to present its latest proposal to UESF. The union refused to consider it. 

This page was last updated on February 11, 2026