Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

LA County members prepare for contract bargaining at Agenda ’18

December 2, 2017

With the New Year comes a new contract for all our LA County members – which means another round of contract bargaining! To get everyone prepared, we held the “Agenda ’18: LA County Bargaining Conference” at Read More...

Wage theft at Harbor-UCLA puts patients at risk! Take action to stop it!

October 17, 2017

Withholding already-earned Critical Care (Step Down Unit) pay is wage theft. Our patients deserve better. Our workers deserve better. We all do. Take Action Read More...

SEIU 721 Welcomes Cagle as New LA County DCFS Director

October 5, 2017

We want to welcome Bobby Cagle to the department and look forward to working with him. Mr. Cagle certainly understands what’s at stake – he was in foster care as child and served as a caseworker. As director of Read More...

SEIU 721 Leads the Charge at Just Culture Town Hall

August 30, 2017

SEIU 721 members lead the charge at Just Culture Town Hall

SEIU 721 members are leading the charge towards our vision of a Just Culture at the LA County Health Agency. On August 30th, SEIU 721 members, a coalition of unions and LA County Health Agency managers who are Read More...

SEIU 721 Wins Fair Performance Evaluations at LAC+USC

August 23, 2017

Fresh off the heels of the sick time victory, SEIU 721, BU 729 members won another grievance last week, which will bring transparency and fairness to performance evaluations. After multiple members exposed that management had been conducting surprise performance evaluations, Read More...

‘The Union Difference’ makes all the difference at LAC+USC!

August 10, 2017

BU 729 members now can use vacation time for sick time … no permission necessary! When management at the LAC+USC Medical Center denied employees the right to use vacation time for sick time, SEIU Local 721 members stood up for our rights at the workplace! We filed a Read More...

We did it! David Green reelected to the LACERA Investments Board & Herman Santos elected to the Retirement Board!

August 10, 2017

SEIU 721 members are celebrating the victorious campaigns to re-elect David Green to the LACERA Board of Investments and elect Herman Santos to the LACERA Board of Retirement. With the impending " Read More...

E-Board Elections to Be Held for LA County and LA City Seats

August 9, 2017

SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover announced today that elections will be held to fill two vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board – one representing LA County and another for the City of Los Angeles. “These two open seats are great opportunities for members who want to take an Read More...

Together We Rise on July 22nd

July 31, 2017

"If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it." -A. Phillip Randolph SEIU Local 721 members are gearing up for Read More...

When we fight for our health, we win!

July 28, 2017

When tens of millions were threatened with the loss of their healthcare coverage, hundreds of thousands were threatened with the loss of their jobs, and tens of thousands were threatened with the loss Read More...