Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

Kaiser Wellness Pilot Survey at Rancho Los Amigos – Give Your Feedback!

July 19, 2018

SEIU Local 721, together with the Department of Human Resources, Rancho Los Amigos, and Kaiser Permanente, are working together to develop exciting new workplace wellness initiatives, and we want to hear from you! & Read More...

Safety Forum at Twin Towers on July 23rd!

July 17, 2018

In late April, over 200 hundred frontline workers from Twin Towers and Men’s Central Jail filled out your union’s survey to aid the mass grievance investigation. There’s an alarming number of reports of workers being gassed and even physically assaulted, this cannot be the new normal Read More...

Urgent Safety Check at North County Correctional Facilities!

July 5, 2018

Make your safety concerns heard! In early April in conjunction with CIR-SEIU, UAPD, and numerous AFCSME Locals we filed an unprecedented grievance against LA County to demand an immediate fix to a situation that Read More...

L.A. Labor Strikes Back!

June 28, 2018

Los Angeles— Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ushered in the so-called “Right to Work” era for public sector workers, hundreds of union workers from a cross-section of L.A. unions united at City Hall Read More...

SEIU 721 to L.A. County: “7% Is Not Enough – We Will Fight for More!”

June 22, 2018

Yesterday, contract bargaining negotiations between SEIU 721 and L.A. County officially got underway. Your elected bargaining team delivered a strong rebuke to L.A. County negotiators: “Seven percent (over three years) is not enough!” The rising cost of living is Read More...

SEIU Local 721 Condemns Inhumane Family Separations at the United States Border

June 20, 2018

SEIU Local 721 Condemns Inhumane Family Separations at the United States Border; Vows to Elect Congressional Candidates Who Will Stand Up to the Trump Administration to Defend the Promise of the American Dream As Immigration Officials Tear Away Young Children from Families Read More...

Anti-Worker Attack Prepares to Hit California

June 19, 2018

The Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision, which is expected to establish nation-wide Right to Work (for less) in the public sector, will likely arrive sometime before the end of June, and anti- Read More...

Coaching and Mentorship Cuts DCFS Social Worker Attrition Rates to 6 Percent for New Hires

June 12, 2018

A couple years ago, our united voice led to an unprecedented strike for child safety, resulting in L.A. County hiring 2,765 additional social workers to alleviate our caseload and help us prioritize children’s needs. However, hiring those social workers wasn’t enough. Keeping those new Read More...

Final Leg of Travel Time Now Covered for DCFS Special Assignments

June 12, 2018

Your union strives to keep money in your pocket – and we did! As we all know, L.A. County is huge – 4,751 square miles in size to be exact, which is a larger land mass than the entire state Read More...

Union Power Is Instrumental in Clearing DCFS Backlog of 2,500 RFAs

June 12, 2018

SEIU 721 is proud to report incredible progress on a major issue affecting L.A. County social workers: Resource Family Approvals. It’s no secret that the RFA backlog was up to 2,500 cases. Read More...