We Locked in our Historic Agreement! Our SEIU 721 County of Ventura bargaining team delivered on a strong Tentative Agreement (TA) and members voted overwhelmingly YES to approve this historic agreement. The agreement provides gains that uplift members, our families and our communities. Our new TA includes: + A 10.5%
Our new Santa Barbara County Chapter Board for 2025-2027 is set! Please help us congratulate our new Chapter Board! Chair – Yuri Gomez Co-Chair – Ari Robledo Treasurer – Bernie Ruiz Secretary – Winona Mounts At large – Steve Hernandez At large – Beverly Garcia Their term of service is two years
Our bargaining team went to the bargaining table with County negotiators on November 12th, 13th, and 14th. The County also had a special closed session Board of Supervisors meeting on the 13th where they discussed union negotiations. After the Board meeting, County negotiators increased their general salary proposal to: Year
After weeks of voting, the results are finally in! SEIU 721 County of Ventura members voted in favor of an ULP strike, with a resounding 98% voting YES. We don’t want to go on strike; we want the County to follow the law and bargain in good faith to win a
Ventura County faces a worsening affordability crisis, as the majority of its workforce is not compensated at levels sufficient to meet rising living costs. For many of us, that translates to “we can’t afford to live where we work.” Our SEIU 721 research team did a deep dive into Ventura County
We went to the bargaining table on October 29th and 30th. The County countered on our salary proposal with: Year 1 – 3% Year 2 – 3% Year 3 – 3% >>Download this update as a flyer We continue to bargain over the County’s contracting out of good
The County of Ventura has been contracting out good County jobs for many years. Since 2019, contracting out tripled! Those are jobs that could have been filled by our County members and/or those resources could have gone to existing members to help them better serve our communities. How much is
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We went to the bargaining table on October 22nd and 23rd. We received an update that the County Board voted to allocate $10M to defray Ventura County Medical premium increases, bringing the increases down to 12.5% as opposed to 27.5% We put pressure on the County, and it worked! However,
Why are we having a ULP strike? To protest the County’s Unfair Labor Practices (“ULP”). The County has repeatedly broken state labor laws! We need to send a strong message to the County that employees are not willing to put up with it anymore. The County needs to stop its