Tri-Counties - SEIU Local 721

Landmark, Unanimous Emergency Ruling By California Standards Board Sets In Motion Unprecedented, Swift Process to Stop Covid-19 Illness in Workplaces

September 17, 2020

For Immediate Release September 17, 2020 CONTACT Stephen Knight 510.922.1444 Mike Roth, 916.813.1554 Maria Elena Jauregui, 818.355.5291 (Spanish-language) Cal/OSHA Responds to Workers’ Call for Workplace Read More...

This Labor Day, rest up for the big battle ahead

September 4, 2020

It’s been a momentous Summer on top of an extraordinarily challenging year that, much like the COVID-19 pandemic, is not over yet. For many of us, as SEIU 721 Members, it has been especially difficult. We make up much of the frontline workforce that has kept Southern California functioning during Read More...

Virtual Delegation to Senator McSally – August 5th — on Facebook Live

August 4, 2020

Over the past several weeks, hundreds of you recorded your powerful stories to share with Arizona Senator Martha McSally in support of the HEROES Act. Your stories are captivating and deserve to be shown in Arizona, Read More...

#ICYMI – Watch our union’s “State of the Union” now

July 6, 2020

It’s a critical year for working people. With COVID-19 still upon us and the economy collapsing around us, the stakes are higher than ever. That’s why we held a “State of the Union” – so we’re all on the Read More...

SEIU 721 County of Ventura Members Win Increase to Maximum Vacation Accrual

June 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in our workplaces and in our lives. SEIU Local 721 is moving swiftly to keep up with all the changes in all our jurisdictions to help keep all workers and the clients we serve safe. Our union was able to argue and push for raising 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...

City of Ventura – Overtime Extended for Some in Q and S Units

May 26, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic turns our world upside down, SEIU Local 721 is working swiftly to keep workers, their families and the residents we serve safe. During these extraordinary times City Read More...

City of Ventura – Time to Vote!

May 13, 2020

SEIU Local 721 City of Ventura bargaining team (left to right) Lynn Lopez, Burt Yanez, Maruja Clensay, Julie Santia, Cary Glenn, Jennie Buckingham, Roger Adams, Patrick Stock, Gabby Wimer. Don Taylor not in photo. Things are changing quickly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Read More...

Ventura Superior Courts: Holiday Pay for Exempt

May 8, 2020

Ventura Superior Courts Court management brought to our attention a request to allow represented exempt positions to be paid Holiday pay per Article 15 of our MOU, should they be part of a Read More...

Union Drive-Up Food Distribution On Mondays in Ventura

May 4, 2020

When working families are in trouble, our labor union brothers and sisters are ready to jump in and help. The California Labor Federation is teaming up with the Central Coast Labor Council and Food Read More...