Uncategorized - SEIU Local 721

Speak Up and Take Charge of America’s Values!

August 27, 2018

The current administration is planning yet another attack on working people with a change to the "public charge" rule that will punish immigrant families who are seeking the American Dream. SEIU 721’s Latino Caucus Read More...

L.A. County offers 1% per year over next 3 years. We say: 3% is an insult!

August 27, 2018

On Aug. 16, L.A. County negotiators finally made a salary offer: 1% per year for the next 3 years, despite the fact that the cost of living in Los Angeles is currently rising at a rate of 4% a year! We say, "3% is an insult!" Coupled with their proposed freeze on Options healthcare benefits Read More...

A look back at….SEIU 721’s Juneteenth 2018!

August 27, 2018

By popular demand, here is the highlight reel from SEIU 721's Juneteenth Celebration 2018! The African-American Caucus presented this year's Juneteenth celebration titled, The Blackout Experience: Illuminating Black Read More...

Unity Breaks Dominate L.A. County

May 25, 2018

With contract bargaining around the corner, hundreds of SEIU 721 members from the L.A. County workforce showed incredible union pride and solidarity by holding powerful Unity Breaks at worksites in all five supervisorial Read More...

Community Prayer Circle Supports Watts Workers

May 17, 2018

Local clergy and other members of the community are showing their support for Watts workers! Watts Healthcare Corporation workers hosted a "WE Care for Watts" prayer circle on Thursday, which had been the last scheduled bargaining day in a series of contract negotiations that Read More...

Wellness Fair – Know You Numbers!

April 18, 2018

SEIU 721 is partnering with LA county for this year's Wellness Fair. There will be free health screenings - blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, BMI, vision. Massage therapy, flu vaccinations, ergonomics, and more. Sponsored by the Joint Labor-Management Advisory Committee Read More...

As Black History Month Starts, SEIU 721 Remembers Sacrifice of Sanitation Workers

February 1, 2018

The gruesome on-duty deaths of two Memphis sanitation workers on Feb 1, 1968 spurred a series of events that forever changed the struggle for worker safety and civil rights. Now, 50 years later, Read More...

The Work We Do: Alina Mendizabal

January 19, 2018

https://youtu.be/sU3yYeS0HqY Day in, day out, Alina Mendizabal’s boss was making her life a living hell. There was scapegoating and public scolding, unwarranted write-ups and constant scrutiny. Sometimes the bully boss would go out of the way to “randomly” pop into Alina’s office Read More...

LACounty Radiological workers show that Unity Pays Off!

January 11, 2018

LA County workers in various Radiological classes have proven once again: Together We Win! SEIU 721 members have been fighting for nearly two years to correct an unintended wage inequity issue Read More...

UNION 101: Timeline of Labor History

January 5, 2018

Building a New Nation 1600s New England and Middle colonies settled by mix of free farmers and craftsmen, many indentured servants, and some African slaves; Skilled workers form first guilds Read More...