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Gold Coast Transit Members Vote to Ratify Agreement

SEIU 721 Gold Coast Transit members voted to approve the Tentative Agreement with Gold Coast Transit by a strong majority. The bargaining team had been meeting with GCT negotiators since January of 2014. Over the course of bargaining, members participated in several actions to advocate for a Read More...

Prop 30: SEIU Members Turned the Tide on Cuts

In early 2012, SEIU 721 members decided to take action and help get a revenue option on the November ballot that would help stop the cuts and that effort became Proposition 30.  From 2008-2011, SEIU 721 members lived up to the challenge of providing communities with quality Read More...

Despite Member Protest, Hemet City Calls for Layoffs and Cuts

Morgan Newlin, Public Works Inspector II and SEIU 721 bargaining team member, addressed the Council on June 24.  Newlin's job is one of those proposed for elimination.Following several weeks of City of Hemet worker testimonies on how proposed layoffs and cuts will affect working Read More...

We Marched to Fix LA

On July 1, an estimated 1,000 SEIU Local 721 members, community leaders, taxpayers, city workers and clergy marched from Bunker Hill's Financial District to City Hall to demand that City leaders Read More...

Join us July 1 to Demand City Leaders Fix LA

On July 1, SEIU Local 721 members will march alongside community leaders, taxpayers, city workers, and clergy to tell Mayor Garcetti and the LA City Council to stand up to Wall Street and recover the resources we need to save middle-class public sector jobs and restore vital neighborhood services. Read More...

Vote For David Green for LACERA Board

David Green has been an L.A. County Children's Social Worker for more than 13 years.  He needs your vote for his re-election to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) Board Read More...