Our voices are powerful and when we work together, we make great things happen for our city, our community and for our families. It was our hard work and unity that urged the City of Los Angeles to create the Targeted Local Hire Program, another key victory in our figh … Read More
The County thought they could threaten workers for showing their union pride—wrong! Since contract negotiations began with the County of Riverside, management has pulled every stunt in the book to break down workers and silence our united voices. Despite the County’s ruthless attacks on County employees — we’re still standing! … Read More
California’s Public Employment Relations Board issues complaint against Riverside County for prematurely declaring an impasse at the bargaining table. Against all odds, Riverside Public workers just got another reason to celebrate this season! The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has issued another complaint against the County of Riverside for … Read More
Statement from SEIU Local 721 President, Bob Schoonover on the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Issuing a Complaint against the County of Riverside over Unfair Practices Charges “We are emboldened by the Public Employment Relations Board’s decision to side with County workers and issue a complaint against the County … Read More
Judge Throws Out Injunction and Labor Board Moves to Set Hearing for an Unfair Practice Charge! Right on the heels of a State Superior Court Judge throwing out a strike injunction on the grounds that no strike was imminent, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has issued a complaint against Riverside … Read More
Since we first announced our ULP strike back in August, Riverside County, and its outside attorneys, The Zappia Law Firm, have done everything they can to prevent us from exercising our legally protected right to strike. The day before the strike began, the County lobbied the court to enjoin more … Read More
On the heels of a relentless phone banking effort by Riverside County SEIU Local 721 members pressuring County supervisors to drop The Zappia Law Firm, our legal counsel is scheduled to appear in court on November 14th to protect members’ right to strike in the future and to make it … Read More
Attention LA City members: Our next General Membership meeting will focus on 2018 Contract Negotiations! So if you care about wages, benefits and working conditions – you won’t want to miss it! We’ll also go over bargaining LA City survey results, make bargaining team announcements and host a general Q&A. … Read More
For more than a year we’ve negotiated in good-faith with the County of Riverside but they have consistently stayed on their low-road, breaking labor law after labor law! The County’s refusal to bargain in good faith and misinformation campaign in the media have left both county workers and the community … Read More
It’s time for Riverside County’s anti-worker attorneys at Zappia Law Firm to go! Keeping Zappia on the county payroll hurts our county workers, which hurts our entire community, so we’re rallying the community to our cause! Over the past few weeks, members of the Riverside CAT team have been going … Read More