News - SEIU Local 721

Kids Shouldn’t Pay For Wall Street Greed

August 5, 2014

As part of a string of summer actions to demonstrate that taxpayer dollars belong in our communities instead of banks' pockets, the Coalition of LA City Unions and their partners in the Fix LA coalition sponsored a "Kids Read More...

UPDATED: Judge’s Decision Rules Pension-Killing Measure Off County of Ventura Ballot

August 4, 2014

Updated: 8/6/2014, 5:15 p.m. VICTORY!Backers of the pension-killing ballot measure in Ventura County will NOT be seeking an appeal on the judge's ruling to take the measure off the ballot. The following statement was released today by Citizens for Retirement Security (CRS), a coalition of labor and Read More...

The Fight for Secure Retirement in Ventura County Continues

July 31, 2014

Updated 8/3/2014 9:10 p.m. The County of Ventura received and filed a report from Segal Corporation which details some of the ways that the ballot measure would cost the County money if things were to occur as they did Read More...

Fix LA Clean-up Kicks Off First Day of City Contract Bargaining

July 30, 2014

Elected members of SEIU Local 721 and five additional unions representing a wide range of city workers--from librarians to sanitation truck drivers to crossing guards--took a lunch break from bargaining a new contract Read More...

City of Ventura Members Win New Contract

July 30, 2014

The SEIU Local 721 City of Ventura bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with the City on July 9, and all four bargaining units, A, G, S, and Q have approved the tentative agreement. The City Council voted to approve the contract at its July 28 meeting. These are Read More...

City of Santa Paula Members Vote to Approve Last Best and Final

July 23, 2014

SEIU 721 City of Santa Paula members voted to approve the Last, Best and Final Offer by a large margin on July 8, 2014. The bargaining team first met with city negotiators starting in February of 2014 Read More...

Tapping into Compassion

July 21, 2014

(Photo Credit: Reuters) Protesters in Murrieta, California are intimidating and scaring children fleeing violence in Central America. That's why SEIU locals in California are launching a week of action. We want to bring attention to this humanitarian crisis. We must put the children ahead of Read More...

Palm Springs Workers Approve New 4-year Contract

July 16, 2014

The SEIU 721 City of Palm Springs bargaining team members are: Robert "Bobby" Klomhaus - Maintenance Worker I, Carolyn Notte - Senior Secretary, Bill Notte - Fleet Technician I, Caren Nelson - Read More...

Riverside County Retiree Health and Job Parity Survey Now Open

July 15, 2014

UPDATE: 31 July 2014The survey is now CLOSED. Thanks to all the Riverside County members who responded, we received a record number of surveys. Results are currently being analyzed and will be shared Read More...