News - SEIU Local 721

Our Union Matters Now More Than Ever

November 23, 2020

So much has changed since COVID-19 upended life as we knew it. Masks. Social Distancing. Working from Home. Distance Learning. Quarantines. It hasn't been easy - and in many ways this has been the hardest year we Read More...

LA County 2021 Contract: We Will FIGHT

November 20, 2020

WE CAN DO IT With the big presidential election all but over, many people are resting easy – relieved that we’ll have a real voice for workers in the White House. And it’s true that our new President-Elect Joe Biden and other allies in Washington, DC actually value the work we do. But don Read More...

Getting Anti-Worker Spam Emails At Your Job?

November 18, 2020

We've been receiving reports that anti-worker organizations have been spamming SEIU 721 members with deceitful messages in an attempt to trick LA County and LA Courts workers into giving up your union power. Let me Read More...

LA County: Want to avoid lay-offs? We need federal relief and our union will fight for it.

November 17, 2020

With the big presidential election all but over, many people are resting easy – relieved that we’ll have a real voice for workers in the White House. And it’s true that our new President-Elect Joe Biden and Read More...

Schools and Communities First – We will continue forward after Prop 15’s very narrow loss

November 13, 2020

It's never easy when something we've fought so long and hard for doesn't come to pass but the very narrow loss of Proposition 15 after a week of ballot counting is far from the end of the story. We knew what we were up against: When you tell multi-billion dollar Read More...

Ventura Superior Courts Sideletter Tentative Agreement Reached – Time to Vote

November 10, 2020

The Coronavirus public health crisis has taken its toll on city, county and state funding. Our frontline workers are now experiencing furloughs and layoffs in other jurisdictions. SEIU 721 is working swiftly to keep workers safe and to protect services for our Read More...

LA City Members: Get Your Flu Shot — Stop the Spread and Win Prizes

November 9, 2020

COVID-19 is still spreading throughout our communities. Now more than ever it’s important to protect yourself and your loved ones this flu season. A flu shot brings protection and helps Read More...

Union Workers, Essential Workers Delivered Biden-Harris Victory

November 7, 2020

Make no mistake about it, working people won this election. Union workers showed up to the polls in record numbers to choose unity, resilience and love for America. Our nation’s healing begins today. We are celebrating our incredible victory because, from day one, we refused to roll over Read More...

Join Us Saturday to Demand Democracy

November 5, 2020

IT’S NOW OR NEVER. The outcome of the presidential election hangs in the balance by mere thousands of votes in just a handful of battleground states. Yet, already, the Trump Administration is Read More...

EVERY VOTE COUNTS and we WILL count every vote!

November 4, 2020

The presidential election isn’t over. Votes are still being counted, many of them mail-in ballots – and they are trending in support of the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign. It looks like we are on Read More...