Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU Local 721 and the SEIU California State Council, called Proposition 22 “an unconstitutional attack on Californians’ rights that if left unchecked will grant permission to companies like Uber and Lyft to dismantle workers’ rights across the country.”
Hahn’s request was part of a broader request to the state supporting SEIU 721’s request for more healthcare workers in Los Angeles County hospitals.
Workers, who are members of the Service Employees International Union, Local 721, have not had a cost of living adjustment since 2006.
Read a “Letter to the Editor” by SEIU member Rosa Castro of Port Hueneme as she stands up for our union’s participation in the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District election.
“We look forward to working with city leaders to continue aggressively identifying any and all cost-saving options that will above all guard the vital services LA City residents count on and protect the workers on the frontlines of those vital services,” SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover said.
Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU 721, said that with the number of COVID-19 cases changing on a weekly basis, “it is still too soon in this fiscal year to make any drastic decisions.”
Read two “Letters to the Editor” by SEIU 721 members Araceli Contreras and Wilson Munoz — both of Camarillo — defending our union members’ participation in the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District election.
The investigation follows an Oct. 6 letter sent to the Board of Supervisors by Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU Local 721, that alleges the McDonald’s located at 1716 Marengo Street was not in compliance with “even the most basic COVID-19 safety precautions and [retaliating] against employees who raised safety concerns.”
Mike Long, a spokesman for Service Employees International Union Local 721, drew a distinction between furloughs demanded by management and unpaid days off volunteered by workers. Furloughs imposed by management are not permitted under the SEIU Local 721’s contract with the city