Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

Wage theft at Harbor-UCLA puts patients at risk! Take action to stop it!

October 17, 2017

Withholding already-earned Critical Care (Step Down Unit) pay is wage theft. Our patients deserve better. Our workers deserve better. We all do. Take Action Read More...

SEIU 721 Welcomes Cagle as New LA County DCFS Director

October 5, 2017

We want to welcome Bobby Cagle to the department and look forward to working with him. Mr. Cagle certainly understands what’s at stake – he was in foster care as child and served as a caseworker. As director of Georgia’s child welfare system, Cagle was recognized by child advocates for Read More...

Not in Our Backyard! Riverside County is Everyone’s Fight.

September 11, 2017

The fight against the forces that want to incapacitate and muzzle our labor movement is happening right here in our own backyard of Riverside County. Just last week our SEIU Local 721 sisters and brothers launched a Read More...

LAC+USC STEMI Team Win Recognition from the Board of Supervisors

September 5, 2017

Our SEIU 721 member-led, ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Team at LAC+USC, has been recognized for being in the top 3 of emergency response times! Supervisor Hilda Solis presented our SEIU 721 member-led LAC+ Read More...

SEIU 721 Leads the Charge at Just Culture Town Hall

August 30, 2017

SEIU 721 members lead the charge at Just Culture Town Hall

SEIU 721 members are leading the charge towards our vision of a Just Culture at the LA County Health Agency. On August 30th, SEIU 721 members, a coalition of unions and LA County Health Agency managers who are ready to make positive changes came together for the “A Just Read More...

SEIU 721 Wins Fair Performance Evaluations at LAC+USC

August 23, 2017

Fresh off the heels of the sick time victory, SEIU 721, BU 729 members won another grievance last week, which will bring transparency and fairness to performance evaluations. After multiple members exposed that management had been conducting surprise performance evaluations, Read More...

‘The Union Difference’ makes all the difference at LAC+USC!

August 10, 2017

BU 729 members now can use vacation time for sick time … no permission necessary! When management at the LAC+USC Medical Center denied employees the right to use vacation time for sick time, Read More...

We did it! David Green reelected to the LACERA Investments Board & Herman Santos elected to the Retirement Board!

August 10, 2017

SEIU 721 members are celebrating the victorious campaigns to re-elect David Green to the LACERA Board of Investments and elect Herman Santos to the LACERA Board of Retirement. With the impending "Right to Work" attack raising stakes higher than ever before, victories like these are even more Read More...

E-Board Elections to Be Held for LA County and LA City Seats

August 9, 2017

SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover announced today that elections will be held to fill two vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board – one representing LA County and another for the Read More...

Together We Rise on July 22nd

July 31, 2017

"If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it." -A. Phillip Randolph SEIU Local 721 members are gearing up for Read More...