Spirits were high this past Saturday as our union held the much anticipated DPSS Spring Summit 2024. In attendance were SEIU 721 leaders along with scores of DPSS workers from across LA County – with some coming as far away as Lancaster, Palmdale and San Jacinto to attend this special … Read More
The fight for our contract starts now! We are now accepting nominations for our Bargaining Team. If you’re interested – or if you’d like to nominate any other SEIU 721 member – all you have to do is fill out a Nomination Form and submit it to us by 5 … Read More
Happy Earth Day from the SEIU 721 Environmental Justice Caucus! Sign the petition and tell congress to maintain pollution standards established by the Inflation Reduction Act. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/defend-our-climate-3 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making good on its promise to do everything it can to address both the climate crisis and … Read More
Contract bargaining may officially start in the Fall but we’re preparing now. That means the time has come to put together our 211 LA County Bargaining Team. Are you interested in being part of the Bargaining Team? If so, Bargaining Team Nominations are now being accepted. All you have to do … Read More
We have exciting news to share. It’s one with a very happy ending – and one which involves someone I know personally because I represented her in her very first investigatory meeting. Four years ago, one of our own fellow Social Workers – Elya Kazaryan – was unjustly terminated by … Read More
We marched on the boss back in June 2023. We met one-on-one with Dr. Laura Trejo – Director of LA County’s Aging & Disabilities Dept. – back in November 2023. We escalated our issues directly to the Board of Supervisors at their meeting on Feb. 6, 2024. And we repeated … Read More
ATTN: LA General RNs! Your Union, SEIU 721, has been working with the Department of Health Services on how to operationalize moving LA County’s nurses towards a 36 hour work week. Although there are many obstacles that need to be resolved, we’re pushing forward to make sure DHS knows this … Read More
Following the announcement that she will not seek reelection, SEIU 721 members honor SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry, who, over the course of nearly 14 years, led our union to new heights of ambition and success in the fight for workers’ rights – even in the face of deliberate … Read More
This is a friendly reminder that we will be meeting TODAY – on Mon., Feb. 5 at 6 PM via Zoom – for a Library Security Strategy Session and we’re hoping to see everyone there. Job safety is a huge issue for us. Yet it’s one that Management has failed to resolve. … Read More
In 2024, we’re building political power for members with a robust Member Political Organizer program. In every region of the union, we’re planning campaigns to help win priority races with a direct impact on our members. To power up our campaigns, we’re signing up 3,500 new COPE contributors in 2024. … Read More