It’s in our hands to champion a contract that guarantees living wages for all, prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of all residents and frontline workers, and restores public services to the highest levels.
On October 20, the Cal/OSHA Standard Board unanimously voted to adopt the first workplace violence prevention standard for healthcare workers in California! Our hope is that this Standard will be used as a template at the national level. All of us are passionate about the work we do and the care we provide to patients, clients, and their families — but workplace safety is crucial, especially given our field of work.
The 2016 Regional Council election results are in! Thank you to everyone who ran – and congratulations to all winners:
Inland Area
Sandra Bosler – City of Palms Springs
Barbara Hunter – City of Riverside
Paula Searle – County of Riverside
Joan Valle – County of Riverside
Melita Charles-Singh – County of Riverside
James Geller – Lake Hemet MWD
LA/OC Cities
Joseph Watson – City of Inglewood
Kenneth White – City of Los Angeles MOU 4
Daren McDaniel – City of Los Angeles MOU 18
Kesavan Korand – City of Los Angeles MOU 8
Robert Potter – City of Los Angeles MOU 36
Guillermo Martinez – City of Los Angeles MOU 17
Jesus Hernandez – City of Monterey Park
Jaime Lopez – City of Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
David Davidson – Los Angeles County Superior Court
James Buford – Los Angeles County Superior Court
Carol Maxey Ware – Los Angeles County BU 111
Karen Nealy – Los Angeles County BU 111
Lillian Cabral – Los Angeles County BU 112
Kelley Dixon – Los Angeles County BU 121
Morris Griffin – Los Angeles County BU 201
Melvin Orphey, Jr – Los Angeles County BU 221
Theresa Monroe – Los Angeles County BU 311
Maribel Castillon – Los Angeles County BU 311
Sandra Wooten – Los Angeles County BU 341
John Poole – Los Angeles County BU 431
Silva Kechichian – Los Angeles County BU 711
Linda Jackson – Los Angeles County BU 723
Lydia Cabral – Los Angeles County BU 729
Tracey Boykins – Los Angeles County BU 731
Adolfo Granados – Los Angeles County BU 731
Ruby Dye – Los Angeles County BU 732
Jorge Ortiz – Los Angeles County BU 777
Tri-Counties
Rosa Castro – County of Ventura
Robert May – County of Ventura
Maria Amaro – County of Ventura
Rosa Vallardes-Renteria – County of Ventura
Tanya Rivero – County of Ventura
Prelina McGee – County of Ventura
Charles Harrington – City of Simi Valley
Vidal Chiprez – County of Santa Barbara
At the table, the biggest issue is ensuring that we have accessible and affordable quality healthcare. We’re taking this fight for affordable healthcare head on for our families and for our community.
#ICYMI – L.A. County CSWs Take Child Safety Roadmap to Board of Supervisors
We stood together in unity with the bargaining team and our work paid off. The bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement on a strong contract that will help Lift Up Ventura Superior Courts!
On August 31st, SEIU 721 partnered with L.A. County to host the second countywide Los Angeles Health Agency Town Hall with the newly created Los Angeles Health Partnership.
Starting on Wednesday, October 19th through Thursday October 27th you can make your voice count by casting your ratification vote at scheduled worksites throughout the City and every day at the SEIU Local 721 Office from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Before you cast your vote for the contract, come and hear for yourself about all the gains we made to continue Raising Up Riverside City.
On Thursday, October 6, 2016, we made history by conducting the first Continuing Education Units Conference put on by SEIU Local 721. It was an absolutely amazing event! On that over 90 members attended!
This conference was imagined, designed, organized, and carried out by our own SEIU 721 Nurse Alliance Steering Committee, along with a conference planning committee comprised of PHNs, all working in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
In addition, we held a benefits fair during which we were able to discuss all of the measures and candidates on the ballot, offer workers an opportunity to sign membership cards, join the Committee on Political Education, and enroll folks as volunteers in our efforts to reach every worker and retiree by phone, and door to door. We were able to connect the dots for everyone on how this conference, and the upcoming election connect with the work they do every day.
In our evaluation of the event we asked members, if this conference, the benefits fair and the political program helped them get a better understanding of our Union- 100% of participants answered YES!