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Moorpark’s SEIU Local 721 members will get two raises, with the first bump of 7% taking effect in July.

With SEIU Local 721’s contract set to expire in January, both sides are hoping for an easier path to a new deal.

Picket lines formed again this week outside all the major Burbank and Los Angeles-area studios — though the union employed a different tactic Friday with a “multi-union” rally downtown, where writers were joined by members of IATSE Local 11, AFSCME District Council 36, Teamsters Local 399, Teamsters Local 396, SEIU Local 99, SEIU Local 721, SEIU Local 1000, AFM Local 47 and UTLA.

Members of SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the Teamsters, along with hotel workers, teachers, SEIU 721, SEIU 1000 and AFSCME joined WGA members in the late afternoon rally at Figueroa and 12th streets near the Convention Center, where the state Democratic Party was holding its annual meeting.

The striking writers were joined by numerous unions for a 5 p.m. rally at South Figueroa and West 12th streets near the Convention Center, where the state Democratic Party is holding its annual meetings.

According to the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, in addition to the WGA, the rally will include members of SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the Teamsters, along with hotel workers, teachers, SEIU 721, SEIU 1000 and AFSCME.

They include SEIU Local 721, Writers Guild of America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Unite Here Local 11, among others.

Health care workers rallied in front of Men’s Central Jail Wednesday to call attention to what they say are inhumane conditions for incarcerated people.

Those who are incarcerated rely on SEIU 721 members, including nurse practitioners, dental hygienists, ultrasound technicians, radiologists, psychologists, social workers, housekeeping, medical case workers, and more.

The county jail healthcare union, SEIU 721, says the workforce is diverse and stretched thin with one in three positions vacant.