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. 12 at 8:00 am

Thursday, Feb. 12

8:00 a.m.: On Wednesday, Feb. 11 the SFUSD bargaining team, including Superintendent Dr. Maria Su, engaged in 16 hours of bargaining with the UESF team. At 1:33 am on Feb. 12, SFUSD passed our latest counter offer to UESF outlining our latest proposal for wages, healthcare and special education. The UESF team has not yet responded. As of 8:00 am today, we are awaiting UESF’s counter offer. The SFUSD bargaining team, comprised of veteran and expert professionals, are ready to meet with the union’s bargaining team to continue negotiations. Fourth day of strike. All SFUSD schools were closed to students due to the strike.

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 12, 2026