SEIU Local 721 members at the Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) voted to approve the Tentative Agreement on February 26, 2014. The VRSD board voted to approve the Memorandum of Understanding on March 6.
The SEIU 721 City of Ventura Bargaining Committee met in caucus on Wednesday, Feb.12, and met across the table with Ventura city management on Thursday, Feb. 13.
The SEIU 721 City of Santa Paula Bargaining Committee met with City negotiators on Tuesday, February 18. The Committee presented the majority of its proposals. Critical proposals on wages and health are now on the table for negotiations.
Late last year, the SEIU 721 Executive Board authorized a $2,500 donation to Haiyan Relief Funds on behalf of the union’s membership. The money went into a fund collected from SEIU Locals across the country. It will be dispersed to the organizations listed on this page.
SEIU Local 721 members marched alongside elected officials, local residents, community leaders and high school marching bands in MLK Parades in Los Angeles and Oxnard.