Recently the City of Riverside sent you a correspondence of its decision to extend paid administrative leave compensation to employees required to stay home up until 5-14-20. While employees appreciate this gesture there are challenges identified in this correspondence that need to be addressed. The City of Riverside also communicated … Read More
COUNTY OF VENTURA The COVID-19 pandemic is causing shifts in our lives and in our workplaces on a daily basis. SEIU Local 721 is moving swiftly to keep up with all the changes in all our jurisdictions to help keep all workers and the clients we serve safe. Here are … Read More
On Thursday, April 23, LA County’s Chief Executive Officer sent a letter to all Department Heads and Department Human Resources Managers with further guidance on the implementation of the COVID-19 Paid Leave programs. The letter can be found here. Here are the highlights: All Departments are expected to begin to … Read More
Every one of us, regardless of where we live or what we look like, needs accessible healthcare, paid time to recover and resources to make ends meet. Black, brown and Indigenous communities have always been denied the resources needed to be healthy and so it is absolutely predictable that we are … Read More
SEIU 721 members are leading the charge at making our workplaces safe for LA County workers and for the clients we serve during this COVID-19 pandemic. In that same spirit, to meet the needs of the moment, the County just launched several new resources designed to support County workers. The … Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive rapid changes for all working people. Many workers have been forced to show up at work without proper protection. Many others either don’t have the ability to work from home or are being denied the option. Today more than ever workers across industries are … Read More
Even amidst the enormity of the COVID-19 pandemic, SEIU is committed to providing a valuable platform for member delegates to unite virtually and build the agenda for working families across the country. The NEW SEIU Convention date is set for August 8th, 2020. Now more than ever, we must come … Read More
County of Ventura Health Care Agency WSO Edwin Valdez and the member leaders continue to push for the safety and well-being of our members throughout the Health Care Agency. We are holding department managers responsible for providing necessary PPE so that our members can perform their duties with a sense … Read More
The Coronavirus pandemic is stretching everything in our Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura Counties’ healthcare networks to an unprecedented limit – impacting the safety of our registered nurses and all our healthcare workers unlike ever before. During this time, our union is advocating hard to protect healthcare workers on the job and … Read More
COVID-19 Emergency UPDATE SEIU 721 Members to LA County Board of Supervisors: Five Urgent Needs To Keep Employees Safe Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) and FMLA Emergency Leave On March 30, the CEO announced in a letter to all County employees that the new emergency leave programs established by the … Read More