Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

Breaking News! LASD Top Brass Wants to Meet on Our Wage Theft Demands

August 6, 2018

The LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) thought we would go out with a whimper and not challenge their wage theft. They were wrong. We rose up and sent a whole slew of emails to LASD and Department of Health Read More...

L.A. County CAT Team members get ready for a dogfight!

August 4, 2018

L.A. County CAT Team members got fired up for what is bound to be a hot contract bargaining fight! It was standing room only at their fiery Saturday gathering, which took place at Holman United Methodist Church in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. Members hailed from across L.A. Read More...

Lead the Charge on Just Culture!

August 2, 2018

SEIU 721 members stood shoulder-to-shoulder with other county labor groups in the Labor Management Transformation Council and led the charge to shift the way issues are addressed in our workplace. The result: Just Read More...

Action Alert! Let’s End the Wage Theft at LASD!

July 23, 2018

When pay discrepancies have arisen at LA County facilities, administrators at those locations have worked to promptly resolve them. That’s not the case with the LA Sheriff’s Department (LASD) on a bonus weekend Read More...

Kaiser Wellness Pilot Survey at Rancho Los Amigos – Give Your Feedback!

July 19, 2018

SEIU Local 721, together with the Department of Human Resources, Rancho Los Amigos, and Kaiser Permanente, are working together to develop exciting new workplace wellness initiatives, and we want to hear from you! >> Please take a few moments to complete our online Read More...

Safety Forum at Twin Towers on July 23rd!

July 17, 2018

In late April, over 200 hundred frontline workers from Twin Towers and Men’s Central Jail filled out your union’s survey to aid the mass grievance investigation. There’s an alarming number of reports of workers being gassed and even physically assaulted, this cannot Read More...

Urgent Safety Check at North County Correctional Facilities!

July 5, 2018

Make your safety concerns heard! In early April in conjunction with CIR-SEIU, UAPD, and numerous AFCSME Locals we filed an unprecedented grievance against LA County to demand an immediate fix Read More...

L.A. Labor Strikes Back!

June 28, 2018

Los Angeles— Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ushered in the so-called “Right to Work” era for public sector workers, hundreds of union workers from a cross-section of L.A. unions united at City Hall to denounce the court decision and show their solidarity. The colorful Read More...

No Court Ruling on Janus v. AFSCME will Rule Us Out

June 27, 2018

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its anti-worker decision in the long-awaited Janus v. AFSCME. To the surprise of no one, the Court ruled 5-4 in favor of establishing a national so- Read More...

SEIU 721 to L.A. County: “7% Is Not Enough – We Will Fight for More!”

June 22, 2018

Yesterday, contract bargaining negotiations between SEIU 721 and L.A. County officially got underway. Your elected bargaining team delivered a strong rebuke to L.A. County negotiators: “Seven Read More...