Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

Take the Union Pride LGBTQ+ Survey

June 29, 2020

In case you missed it, the United States Supreme Court affirmed on Pride Month that an employer cannot fire a person because of their sexual orientation or gender identity! The 6-3 decision in the Bostock v. Clay Read More...

Farewell to Cherri Newman – a dedicated Nurse, a giving soul and fierce fighter for workers in the High Desert

June 29, 2020

Most everyone working in our union’s Health Division knew Cherri Newman, who tragically passed away on June 16, 2020. Cherri was a Licensed Vocational Nurse at the High Desert Regional Health Center in Lancaster, working in the Ambulatory Care Clinic, where she was like a mother to everyone Read More...

Remind your network – call the Child Protection Hotline if you suspect abuse or neglect

June 26, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, calls to the LA County Child Protection Hotline have dropped by as much as 50 percent. This is very concerning. An astonishingly massive decrease in calls by half, virtually overnight, Read More...

LA County – Together, We Will Stop the Layoffs!

June 16, 2020

Together, We Will Stop the Layoffs! Yesterday, CEO Sachi Hamai reported that “the budget that will go before the Board of Supervisors on June 29 will include not only cuts in programs, but also potential layoffs of Read More...

Sign the petition to “Bring our workloads and caseloads down!”

June 15, 2020

Social workers at LA County’s Department of Children and Family Services bargained hard for an MOU that clearly specified what our caseloads should be and our timeline for achieving them. But the department has not met these goals. On average, social workers in the Read More...

Relief for workers, not blank checks for CEOs

June 11, 2020

For many SEIU 721 workers, in the course of their work they are required to confront and clean - whether it is germs, viruses, and diseases at a hospital or to clean up city parks to keep them safe. A virus as deadly as COVID-19 is different though and every day members worry Read More...

SEIU 721 Joins Black Lives Matter, Clergy in Funeral Procession Honoring George Floyd

June 9, 2020

SEIU 721 members and their families joined Black Lives Matter, interfaith leaders, and labor and community groups for a funeral procession and memorial service Downtown Los Angeles honoring George Read More...

Agreement Reached with LA County to Avert Layoffs

June 5, 2020

The County of Los Angeles and SEIU 721 reached an agreement Friday morning on a proposal aimed at averting layoffs and demotions. The Union rejected the County’s demands for postponement of negotiated raises as premature and unnecessary at this time. In order to avert thousands of proposed Read More...

Demand Justice for George Floyd – “We Can’t Breathe Until Justice Is Served!”

May 29, 2020

These are troubled times for America, made all the more troubling by tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota recently – where two city police officers outrageously and senselessly took the life Read More...

LA County Proposes Hard Pay Concessions as an Alternative to Lay-Offs

May 29, 2020

To close a projected $943 million shortfall in the 2020-21 budget, the County of Los Angeles has asked SEIU 721 and other LA County unions to agree to several pay concessions: Suspend for one Read More...