News - SEIU Local 721

721 Health Professionals Reconvene with LA County’s DHS Chief to Solve the Bullying Crisis

May 5, 2016

As a testament to his commitment and genuine interest in making immediate strides in creating a bully free DHS, Dr. Katz sent out a department wide memo on May 2nd condemning bullying behavior and asking DHS Read More...

Nominate yourself or one of your coworkers for a 2016 Gala Award!

May 5, 2016

Click here to download a 2016 Nursing Appreciation Gala Nominations Form, so you can nominate yourself, and one or more of your coworkers, for an award. Please note that you must answer all of the questions on the nomination form for it to be considered. You must complete one form for each Read More...

SEIU 721 City of Ventura Members Vote to Approve Tentative Agreement

May 2, 2016

*Update: On Monday, Mary 16, the Ventura City Council voted unanimously to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)! All SEIU 721 bargaining units (A, G, S & Q) in the City of Ventura voted overwhelmingly to Read More...

May Day 2016

May 1, 2016

Our members are proud to join our Fight For $15 workers, and families from St John's Well Child and Clinica Romero at today's May Day march in Downtown Los Angeles at 12 noon on the corner of 11th and Figueroa Read More...

SEIU 721 Riverside County Bargaining Team – Results Are In!

April 29, 2016

Congratulations to the new 2016 SEIU Local 721 Riverside County Bargaining Team! The bargaining team election was held on April 22. >>Download and share the flyer Bargaining Unit First Seat Second Seat Alternate 1 SES-Supervisory Unit Murray Sussman Read More...

San Bernardino County Professionals Stand Up for Child Safety

April 29, 2016

Hundreds of San Bernardino County professionals and several community leaders gathered at lunchtime on April 28th to protest short-staffing in county departments and to show support for their bargaining team, which has been at the table since last August trying to win a fair Read More...

Fix LA Coalition Victorious in Pushing Key L.A. City Service Restoration; Applauds Mayor Garcetti for His Executive Directive Formalizing Creation of 5,000 New City Jobs

April 29, 2016

LOS ANGELES - Today's announcement by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Fix LA Coalition including L.A. city residents and L.A. city workers is a testament to the growing partnership between Read More...

One Step Closer to 5,000 New Jobs! Fix LA Press Event!

April 28, 2016

On Friday, April 29th we will be moving one step closer to bringing to fruition the 5,000 new jobs negotiated last year during our contract negotiations. Since we launched our Fix LA campaign efforts almost 3 years ago, we devoted ourselves to push LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and the LA City Council to Read More...

Court Support Services and Official Court Reporter Agreement Delivers for Court Employees andthe Community Seeking Justice

April 28, 2016

We did it! Together, we worked tirelessly to protect quality public services in San Bernardino County, and secured a strong future for ourselves and those we serve. Our new agreement is a major Read More...

Anti-Bullying Follow Up with DHS Chief Dr. Katz! Tomorrow!

April 26, 2016

This is the big week! For weeks we've been breaking the silence throughout LA County DHS facilities to build up even more momentum going into our Wednesday, April 27thmeeting with Dr. Mitch Read More...