“This agreement rightfully staves off the worst cuts but only in the short-term. We need our leaders to have the courage to keep fighting.” – Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU Local 721 and SEIU California
Some want police to play “a very distant role when homeless encampments are being cleaned up so that police presence doesn’t result in elevated tensions with the unhoused population,” SEIU 721 president Bob Schoonover, whose union represents LAHSA workers, said in a written statement, “while other LAHSA members have expressed the need to have police nearby to help them deal with those specific situations where weapons may pose a danger.”
“Vice President Biden sent a clear message that no corporation is above the law — not even Uber, Lyft or DoorDash,” said Bob Schoonover, president of the Service Employees International Union in California.
“Our members strongly believe there are other alternatives and less harmful solutions to consider before adding further strain on L.A.’s working families,” said Bob Schoonover, president of Service Employees International Union Local 721, one of the unions whose members are facing furloughs.
Ismael Perez, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, applied for PUA benefits in California before hearing from a local group, the Mobile Workers Alliance, of the potential risk.
“Sending every California voter a ballot is only one part of the solution for a safe and fair election,” Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU California and SEIU Local 721, added.
″[It] definitely presents additional hurdles for drivers,” said Mike Long, a spokesman for SEIU Local 721, a labor union representing more than 95,000 public-sector workers in southern California.
La doctora Érica Barrios, médico residente de obstetricia de cuarto año en Harbor UCLA, dijo que ella ha visto de primera mano la devastación que el COVID-19 causa en el ser humano y el impacto que tiene en los hospitales.
Y precisamente en este día de estos empleados tan esenciales el condado de Los Ángeles le exige al presidente Trump que los apoye, aseguran que el presidente no solo debe rescatar a grandes corporaciones, sino también a los trabajadores de la salud.
“People call us heroes, but to be honest, without adequate support we feel like sacrificial lambs,” said Theresa Monroe, a registered Nurse at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.