Almost 400 SEIU Local 721 represented County of Ventura employees will received new ADDITIONAL market based wage increases in the near future. Your SEIU 721 Bargaining Committee met with County representatives and agreed to additional MBA increases for 60 classifications, bringing worker salaries much closer to market value.
Join Southern California’s elected, community and labor leaders in honoring the legacy of four extraordinary individuals who have left their indelible mark in the lives of working families, the communities we live in and our labor movement. The First Annual Labor Legacy Awards hosted by SEIU Local 721 will be held Friday, March 27 starting at 6 p.m., at 1545 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles.
The Santa Paula City Council voted to approve a contract extension and vacation buybacks.
What Happened?
After months of negotiating last year and after multiple trips to City Council meetings to present a case for why members should have the option to do vacation buybacks the Council finally voted to institute the buybacks.
SEIU 721 filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) suit against Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District because it wanted you to pay more into your retirement than is legally mandated. You fought back and this suit is moving forward.
The SEIU Local 721 Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC) bargaining team met with Center negotiators on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, and reached a tentative agreement. Meetings were set up in all TCRC office cities to share the details of the tentative agreement and for members to vote on the agreement. Members voted overwhelmingly, by 95%, to ratify the tentative agreement.
The TCRC board met and approved the contract.
SEIU Local 721 members unanimously voted to approve a tentative agreement with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.
The Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA) board voted 6-2 on Nov. 18, 2014 to allow pensionable compensation to be calculated based on a worker’s monthly pay. Having pension pay based on monthly pay seems like an obvious path but the County of Ventura has a differing position, arguing for base pay only in seeking a super narrow view of what should count towards a pension.
The SEIU Local 721 Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC) bargaining team met with Center negotiators for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
SEIU Local 721 Latino Caucus leaders from Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties met in Ventura on Nov. 15, 2014 to celebrate recent victories and review upcoming plans to help fight for changes in our communities.