Los Angeles County

Contract Settlement* Raises Up ALL of LA County!

SEIU Local 721 and the County of Los Angeles have reached a Tentative Agreement on a new three-year contract. Detailed tentative agreement summaries, including significant gains on bargaining unit specific issues, will be available soon. At as many worksites as possible, membership meetings will be held to review the tentative agreements prior to the ratification vote. More information on ratification coming very soon, stay tuned. For now, here are some of the highlights and breakthroughs.

LA County: Fair Contract Now!

On Tuesday hundreds of LA County members descended on the Hall of Administration to demand a fair contract that respects our work.

In Our “VIEW”

In support of our fellow nurse, Miss Colorado, we nurses wear more than a stethoscope. We wear the concerns, welfare and well-being of our patients, community and profession. As LA county nurses, we are patients’ advocates; we take care of our vulnerable populations, uninsured and underinsured, underserved and private sector patients.

In our “VIEW” we provide vital services to our clients and to the community and are certainly not “just a nurse.”

-#notjustanurse

Labor Day 2015: Marching for All Families

On Labor Day hundreds of SEIU 721 members, families and community allies, marched in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara to celebrate all that is good and strong about being in a union. Other groups held picnics and rallies in celebration of the work we have achieved, and the challenges we have before us.

Standing Firm for Investments in Quality Care at LA County!

The delegation made it very clear that if the County strives to provide quality health care, it must invest in the workers on the frontline delivering health services. An investment in Nurses is an investment in patients and the communities they live in!

LA County Social Workers Respond to Attack of DCFS Employee

Our hearts go out to our fellow Social Worker and her family, this attack on one of our sisters is both heartbreaking and infuriating; the issue of safety at our workplace is not new and has been escalating in the last year. A Social worker’s job is to protect children and families by confronting an array of dangerous situations including domestic violence, individuals with severe mental illness and drug use.

Bringing August Heat!

Starting August, all L.A. County members were strongly encouraged to wear their official “Raise up ALL of LA County” sweatbands everyday while on the job to show their Local 721 unity.