News - SEIU Local 721

We did it! David Green reelected to the LACERA Investments Board & Herman Santos elected to the Retirement Board!

August 10, 2017

SEIU 721 members are celebrating the victorious campaigns to re-elect David Green to the LACERA Board of Investments and elect Herman Santos to the LACERA Board of Retirement. With the impending "Right to Work" Read More...

E-Board Elections to Be Held for LA County and LA City Seats

August 9, 2017

SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover announced today that elections will be held to fill two vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board – one representing LA County and another for the City of Los Angeles. “These two open seats are great opportunities for members who want to take an Read More...

The High Cost of Freeloaders

August 9, 2017

There's one in every group. You know the one: Everyone goes out to eat. Everyone orders. Everyone eats. Everyone pulls out their method of payment, well, everyone except that friend who conveniently left their wallet Read More...

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Champion of Working People

August 4, 2017

"In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right to work.' It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and Read More...

Our Voice and Our Resistance at the Oxnard Citizenship Fair

August 2, 2017

Led by SEIU 721 members, CAUSE, and other community groups, over 100 participants and volunteers filled the Oxnard Performing Arts Center for our July 30th Citizenship Fair. Dozens of legal permanent residents are now on a path to U.S. citizenship after filling out their N Read More...

WE DID IT! Oxnard designated a Sanctuary City!

July 31, 2017

SEIU 721 members Rosa Valladares and Roberto Camacho after the Council votes to make Oxnard a Sanctuary City.

Together, SEIU 721 members have spent countless hours working alongside residents and community groups to make Oxnard a Sanctuary City. On July 25, the Oxnard City Council voted to make our demand a reality! Now more than ever before, it's critical that our elected leaders Read More...

Together We Rise on July 22nd

July 31, 2017

"If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it." -A. Phillip Randolph SEIU Local 721 members are gearing up for Read More...

When we fight for our health, we win!

July 28, 2017

When tens of millions were threatened with the loss of their healthcare coverage, hundreds of thousands were threatened with the loss of their jobs, and tens of thousands were threatened with the loss of their lives, we fought back! When we fight we win! Last night, after proposing three different Read More...

Riverside County Submits “Last Best” and Final Offer–it’s Sickening

July 27, 2017

After one-year of negotiations, Riverside County submitted their "last best" and final offer on July 19th--and it's sickening. It's sickening that the County has decided to take deliberate steps that Read More...

Hundreds take Rise & Resist Leader oath at Unity Summit

July 26, 2017

In a milestone moment for SEIU Local 721, hundreds of members took the oath to become Rise & Resist Leaders at an inaugural Unity Summit held at St. Sophia Cathedral in South Los Angeles this Read More...