SEIU 721 Fights On! Throughout the Riverside County contract “bargaining” process, the County has tried its best to impose an unacceptable (seriously, they’re trying to charge us for parking) “last, best and final” contract on us – piling up 34 unfair labor practice charges in the process. The County managed to impose on the Sheriffs … Read More
We Have A Tentative Agreement With Riverside County! After more than three years of worker actions, almost 40 ULPs, a 2-day strike, and numerous negotiation sessions your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Riverside County! The SEIU Local 721 bargaining committee persevered … Read More
A diverse collection of political and community leaders gathered in Riverside on Friday to deliver a “State of Riverside” address and demand a public accounting of Riverside County’s contract with foreign consulting giant KPMG. Hosted by Mi Familia Vota, the event was MCed by Riverside Board of Supervisors candidate Russ … Read More
How this election could be bad news for KPMG’s Riverside County contract by Jeff Horseman The biggest loser of this Riverside County election cycle could be an accounting and consulting company, KPMG. Candidates running for two seats on the county Board of Supervisors aren’t happy with the $40 million-plus the … Read More
Over the past months, SEIU members across the state have conducted a transparent, democratic process, interviewing dozens of candidates for statewide offices. SEIU 721 members have been a part of that process, and have also endorsed candidates for local offices who support working families and the communities we serve. Click … Read More
With the Riverside County Board of Supervisors faced with the choice of imposing an insulting last, best and final offer on hardworking public servants or agreeing to a reasonable MOU recommended by the neutral Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) fact finder, we took our case directly to them during their Tuesday meeting. County … Read More
From their actions, it seems that County of Riverside negotiators never had any legit intention to bargain in good-faith with frontline workers. It wasn’t even a year into “negotiations” when the County submitted their “last best” and final offer which was quickly followed up with a premature declaration of impasse. Here are the … Read More
In case you missed it, an independent Fact Finder appointed by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) asserted through fact finding what we’ve known all along — Riverside County’s frontline workers deserve more than the “regressive” last, best and final offer presented by the County. In a surprise to nobody, … Read More
Solidarity remained strong throughout the “Not On Our Watch!” Union Leader Summit on Saturday as SEIU 721 members from across Southern California gathered at the Our Lady of the Angeles Cathedral in Downtown LA to arm themselves with the organizing skills needed to win in the new Right-to-Work era. “Unions … Read More
The County’s Ship is Sinking After a months-long fact-finding process, an impartial fact finder appointed by the Public Employment Relations Board has found what we’ve known all along – the hardworking Riverside County public servants of SEIU 721 deserve more than the “regressive” last, best and final offer presented by … Read More