News - SEIU Local 721

LA City ULP Strike Authorization Voting Starts May 9th

May 8, 2023

In case you missed it, the City violated our trust and repudiated the terms of our recent 1-year contract. That’s why we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) against the City on May 3rd for their bad faith Read More...

Respect Our Stewards, Respect Our MOU, Respect Us at the LA County Dept. of Animal Care and Control

May 8, 2023

As many of you have heard, management at the LA County Dept. of Animal Care and Control has begun unilaterally changing employees’ work shifts with zero regard for our previously scheduled commitments. This kind of move can wreak a lot of unnecessary havoc, impacting everything from people’s Read More...

LA City Members: Our Bargaining Team Members Green-lighted a ULP Strike Authorization Vote

May 4, 2023

Last week, we informed you that the City of LA did a 180 on the agreement that we voted on and ratified, and was approved by the City Council. We made it very clear that we would respond in full force over the Read More...

From a 4/10 to a 5/40 schedule: LA County Animal Care & Control employees fight back

May 3, 2023

WHAT'S THE SITUATION? Management at the LA County Dept. of Animal Care and Control has begun unilaterally changing employees’ work shifts with zero regard for our previously scheduled commitments. This Read More...

Join Our CAT Team – CHS/LASD Must Respect Us, Protect Us and Pay Us!

May 2, 2023

Join our Contract Action Team – and join our first CAT Meeting this Thurs., May 4 at 6 PM (1800) via Zoom! We, the union members, will plan our next steps on how we will fight for what is right! As you know, Correctional Health Services within the LA County Read More...

SOMOS LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL DE USC HOUSING ¡Y ESTAMOS FORMANDO NUESTRA UNIÓN!

April 28, 2023

ACABAMOS DE PRESENTAR UN SOLICITUD ANTE LA JUNTA NACIONAL DE RELACIONES LABORALES PARA CONDUCIR UNA ELECCIÓN PARA UNIRNOS A SEIU LOCAL 721. Hemos dado un paso histórico: Los trabajadores que formamos la columna vertebral de USC Housing -trabajadores de mantenimiento general Read More...

We’re the Backbone of USC Housing. And We’re Forming Our Union!

April 28, 2023

Big News: We filed with the National Labor Relations Board to Hold a Union Election! We’ve taken a historic step: We, workers who are the backbone of USC Housing — general maintenance Read More...

Important LA City Bargaining Message — We Won’t Let the City Pull a 180

April 26, 2023

During the past several months, every Coalition of LA City Unions partner presented every bargaining unit inequity to the City in good faith. That was the deal. That’s what we voted on last October, and that’s what we were led to believe when we reached a Tentative Agreement with the City Read More...

211 LA– The Results Are In!

April 24, 2023

We asked you to help show 211 LA that 'when we fight– we win.' And you DELIVERED. Together, we ratified the Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement with 211 LA, locking in a $3.00 wage increase and Read More...

Introducing: Our USC Shuttle Driver/Dispatcher Bargaining Team

April 24, 2023

The results are in! We made our voices heard and we have elected our USC Shuttle Driver and Dispatcher SEIU Local 721 Member Bargaining Team. Bargaining Team Members: James Sims and Chris Harris Read More...