News - SEIU Local 721

Ebola: Healthcare Workers Spring Into Action

October 16, 2014

In light of the recent contraction of Ebola by a second healthcare worker in the United States, LA County healthcare providers, SEIU Local 721 and LA County Health officials held a press conference to provide an update Read More...

COPE Endorsed Candidates (and Ballot Measures) for November Election

October 16, 2014

(Updated October 16) Many of the COPE endorsed candidates from the June Primary have qualified for the General Election on November 4th. In addition, a few new candidates have recently been recommended by the COPE committee and endorsed by the SEIU 721 Executive Board. Listed below is the final Read More...

City of Port Hueneme Members Vote To Approve New Contract

October 16, 2014

The SEIU 721 City of Port Hueneme Bargaining Team (above) met with city negotiators on Thursday, October 9, and reached a tentative agreement. Members voted to approve the new agreement by a wide margin on Monday, Read More...

Make a Call for SEIU 721 Member/Candidate: Gregg Fritchle

October 15, 2014

Gregg Fritchle, SEIU 721 member and endorsed candidate for 55th Assembly District is looking for some volunteers for his campaign. The Los Angeles County Democratic Party has set up an online phone bank for his Read More...

LA County Health and Ebola

October 13, 2014

[photo credit: Center for Disease Control] Though there are no suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola in Los Angeles County, Ebola is a crisis that the entire world is concerned about. We just had the first death from Ebola in U.S., President Obama's administration put Read More...

We Gathered As A Family to Lift Up All Families

October 11, 2014

This year's annual member assembly and picnic served to celebrate the successful efforts of all our hard working families across southern California. From pushing Los Angeles City leaders to hold Wall Street accountable for gouging the City with excessive fees to organizing Read More...

Santa Barbara County SEIU 721 Social Workers and Career Employment Specialists Win a Raise

October 8, 2014

On Sept. 17, 2014, SEIU Local 721 and the County of Santa Barbara reached an agreement that will increase the pay by 5% for all social workers and career employment specialists in the county. The Read More...

What’s At Stake When You Don’t Vote?

October 6, 2014

Some people say that when there's low voter turnout that people must be happy with how current city/county/state/federal leaders are doing things. Other people say that low voter turnout is because people think their vote doesn't matter. But in reality, people don't vote because they think their Read More...

Riverside Customer Service Reps Stay Cool in the Heat

September 30, 2014

Gloria Melendez, City of Riverside Customer Service Representative and SEIU 721 steward, displays her union pride and smile while answering calls at the Public Utilities Call Center. Having gone Read More...