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Working Towards Workplace Violence Prevention

State authorities responded to demands from healthcare workers for new rules that will protect them from violent attacks on the job, with the Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopting a worker petition that will make California' Read More...

We Are Ensuring Child Safety Through Transparency

  After lots of hard work by our coalition of children's social workers, Governor Brown signed a bill that will hold our counties accountable for hiring children's social workers.  Remember during the LA County contract we pushed hard for this commitment from the county. Now we have Read More...

Upcoming COPE Town Halls: Who Will We Support?

With the primary over, COPE will be hosting a couple of more town halls to give SEIU 721 members the opportunity to hear from candidates in the previously "unendorsed" races.  The winner of each of these races has the Read More...

Sharing Our Stories in Sacramento

SEIU 721 members are on the front lines of providing public service and can be the best advocates for public services. Through COPE, members are able to testify in hearings, meet with legislators and communicate to the public at large. In the last couple of months, more than Read More...

June 2014 Primary Election Recap

SEIU Local 721 members made endorsements in 86 campaigns covering six southern California Counties.  These races include statewide offices, state and federal legislative offices, as well various Read More...

Retiree Story – Working Longer to Make Ends Meet

I went to work for the Ventura County court system in 1970. I planned to work for 25 years, thinking I could eventually have a good retirement. As my retirement eligibility approached, with nearly 25 years of service, I saw that more and more of my paycheck was going towards my medical insurance Read More...

SEIU 721 Celebrates Juneteenth

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Read More...

Be An United Way Community Hero!

You can help create pathways out of poverty for our community in Los Angeles County.United Way and SEIU 721 have partnered to kick off a one-month long campaign this June to help break the cycle Read More...