SEIU 721 Regional Director Danny Carrillo and SEIU 721’s counsel participated in the last VCERA meeting on October 12 to discuss the Alameda Decision and the impact to SEIU legacy VCERA participants. SEIU continues to work with our County of Ventura Labor allies including the Sheriff and Fire Associations and … Read More
SBCERS members voted to elect our SEIU 721 member-endorsed candidate, Xiaoli Zhang-King, as the General Member of the Board of Retirement. Xiaoli is a Senior Financial Systems Analyst with the Auditor Controller’s Office and she is committed to protecting our retirement. She is currently serving on the SBCERS board … Read More
This year the annual International Latino Caucus Latino Heritage Celebration will very different. With a worldwide pandemic raging on in the middle of the biggest election season in modern history — the number one priority has to be winning at the polls. We simply cannot have it any other way. … Read More
City of Oxnard As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the health of our community and on city finances, SEIU 721 members are doing their best to help the city and to avoid layoffs. In our latest negotiations, our bargaining team agreed to the following changes. >>Download the flyer * … Read More
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing is a devastating loss for her family and a crushing loss for our nation. She was a little lady with a big voice on the highest court in our land, one that stood up for equality by standing against discrimination. During the decades when the … Read More
VENTURA COUNTY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (VCERA) UPDATE SEIU 721 Tri-Counties Regional Director Danny Carrillo spoke at the September 14 VCERA Zoom meeting on an agenda item of great importance to Classic employees/members. VCERA had its first public board response to the recent Alameda Supreme Court case. The Alameda case ruling states … Read More
It’s been a momentous Summer on top of an extraordinarily challenging year that, much like the COVID-19 pandemic, is not over yet. For many of us, as SEIU 721 Members, it has been especially difficult. We make up much of the frontline workforce that has kept Southern California functioning during … Read More
SEIU Local 721 members at Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District have been in a battle for 2 years after filing Unfair Labor Practice charges with Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) over the District’s bad faith bargaining. In a sweeping victory, PERB found the District failed to meet and confer … Read More
“In the aftermath of Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, many will call for calm. But I support those taking action. The people must demand that elected officials at every level across America root out racism from the ranks of law enforcement, not just with heartfelt words but with significant … Read More
Steward Jordan Roberts, steward Brandon Miller, Marnie Morgan, and Michael Orozco. The Coronavirus public health crisis is wreaking havoc on our Ventura County resources. Our frontline workers in the hospitals, Sheriffs and Fire District are working countless hours to keep our communities safe. However, until recently, our members in Fire … Read More