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 historic two-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against Riverside County over their relentless … Read More
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+USC STEMI Team with official scrolls of commendation for this achievement during the September 5, 2017 meeting of the … Read More
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 Culture … Read More
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, downgrading workers without documentation, overriding direct supervisor evaluations and even … Read More
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, SEIU Local 721 members stood up for our rights at the workplace! We filed a “Grievance – … Read More
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 important as we … Read More
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 City of Los Angeles. “These two open seats are great opportunities for members who want to take an … Read More
“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 the July 22nd Unity Summit to continue to stoke the union fire that brought … Read More
In a milestone moment for SEIU Local 721, hundreds of members took the oath to become Rise & Resist Leaders at an inaugural Unity Summit held at St. Sophia Cathedral in South Los Angeles this past Saturday, July 22. “Our union is facing a serious threat – the threat of … Read More
There’s an election coming up for LA County employees, and this one is really, really important. David Green is a social worker, an SEIU 721 member, our Union’s Treasurer, and our endorsed candidate for the LACERA Board of Investments. Herman Santos is an attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, an SEIU … Read More