City of LA - SEIU Local 721

Watch out, LA City– We’re Mobilizing a ULP Strike

August 1, 2023

LA City better watch out. Our LA City member leaders are mobilizing to demand the respect LA City workers deserve! This past Saturday, July 29th, LA City member leaders united for a ULP Strike Captain training to Read More...

LA City ULP Strike (Operation BBB) Frequently Asked Questions

July 30, 2023

What is Operation Big Bang Battle (BBB)? Operation BBB is an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. The City committed multiple ULPs during our MOU Specials negotiations. In May, our LA City membership voted to authorize an escalation up to and including a ULP strike. What is Read More...

LA City Members, Check Your Pay Stub! We’re Receiving Our One-Time 5% Cash Bonus

July 25, 2023

Last year, we fought for and won a one-year contract that included, among other things, a 3% percent raise that went into effect on January 1st — and a 5% one-time cash bonus that we’ll see tomorrow July 26 in our Read More...

City of Los Angeles Member Bargaining Survey: 2023 Contract Campaign

July 18, 2023

Our union contract expires on December 30, 2023. We are making preparations to negotiate the best possible contract that will lift up our city, our families, and our communities. Please take a few moments to fill Read More...

LA City MOU Specials and our Next Steps

June 28, 2023

We have very important update on our MOU Specials. Earlier this week, our elected Bargaining Team Members met to discuss and plan the next steps in our ongoing MOU Specials negotiations. By a supermajority, our Bargaining Teams voted to roll over our MOU Specials items into Read More...

Our Show of Force at LA City Hall

June 16, 2023

What a show of SEIU 721 union power. This morning, we packed City Hall’s Council chambers beyond full capacity. From as far north as Lopez Canyon in the Northeast San Fernando Valley to the Harbor, we turned out in full force to give the LA City Council of piece of our Read More...

Our Members Have Authorized an Escalation Up to and including an LA City ULP Strike

May 26, 2023

The results are finally in. After 3 weeks of online and worksite voting, we’re sending an emphatic message to LA City Hall — YES, WE’RE READY AND WILLING TO ESCALATE UP TO AND INCLUDING A Read More...

LA City ULP Strike Authorization Voting Starts May 9th

May 8, 2023

In case you missed it, the City violated our trust and repudiated the terms of our recent 1-year contract. That’s why we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) against the City on May 3rd for their bad faith bargaining, and the Coalition of LA City Unions also filed a ULP. We’re beginning Read More...

LA City Members: Our Bargaining Team Members Green-lighted a ULP Strike Authorization Vote

May 4, 2023

Last week, we informed you that the City of LA did a 180 on the agreement that we voted on and ratified, and was approved by the City Council. We made it very clear that we would respond in Read More...

Important LA City Bargaining Message — We Won’t Let the City Pull a 180

April 26, 2023

During the past several months, every Coalition of LA City Unions partner presented every bargaining unit inequity to the City in good faith. That was the deal. That’s what we voted on last Read More...