“[Eliminating] up to 2,000 vacant positions within the city isn’t a feasible long-term solution when we’re just years away from the Olympics — a once-in-a-generation event poised to put enormous strain on front-line services across Los Angeles and beyond,” said David Green, SEIU Local 721’s president and executive director.
About 200 Los Angeles County social workers demonstrated in front of county headquarters in downtown L.A. on Wednesday, demanding that their contract be reopened to improve working conditions by reducing their caseloads.
Cerca de 4,000 trabajadores sociales infantiles manejan actualmente mas de 30,000 casos y supervisan mas de 15,000 menores en casas de crianza.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation raising fast food workers minimum wage to $20 an hour at SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Newsom gave Anneisha Williams, who works at Jack in the Box and is a mother of six, a copy of the bill.
Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union International, said the law capped 10 years of work — including 450 strikes across the state in the past two years.
Victor Cuevas, a spokesperson for SEIU 721, said he couldn’t speak to the past, but in this situation, city workers had reached out to his union — not the other way around. “Workers saw the power after the strike. They want to be a part of that,” Cuevas said. “They came to us.”
The panel discussion will feature Simboa Wright, SEIU 721 vice president.
Coming just a week after a one-day strike in Los Angeles, these California actions may signal the start of a new era.
“It’s a new generation. We were not seeing this in the ’80s. We were not seeing this in the ’90s. But we are seeing it now, and it appears to be growing,” said Roxane Marquez, with SEIU Local 721, the union representing municipal workers.