LA County Leadership Awarded $6.2 Billion in FY 2023 to Largely Unaccountable Private Firms Not Required to Pay a Living Wage; Nearly $1 Billion Annually Awarded to Ten Private Contractors with USC Receiving $153 Million; Rubberstamp Contract Approval Process Impacts Healthcare Delivery and Mental Health Most
SEIU 721 President and Executive Director David Green issued the following statement regarding the election of the Trump/Vance ticket: “We at SEIU 721 are profoundly disappointed to witness the return of Donald Trump to the highest office in the land. His first term as President was, without question or exaggeration, one of the most divisive and destructive in the history of our nation – and we do not look forward to a return to those dark times. Nevertheless, despite this unfortunate outcome, we remain undaunted and undeterred. Our siblings in the Labor Movement, and among progressive causes generally, have stood up to Trump before and we will do it again. His raunchy rhetoric and bombastic threats do not intimidate us one bit.”
SEIU 721 has put on hold our ULP strike previously scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 10 now that LA County has come back to the bargaining table to officially resume contract negotiations with our union. This is exactly what we hoped to achieve when more than 1,200 of our LA County members rallied directly outside the Hall of Administration on Tues., Sept. 24.
LA County’s Rampant Labor Law Violations Compel Overwhelming Majority of LA County’s SEIU 721 Members to Vote for Unfair Labor Practice Strike Authorization; LA County’s Vast Network of Medical Facilities, Social Services, Parks & Recreation Sites, Street Services and More to Be Affected If ULP Strike Proceeds Forward
USC Shuttle Drivers and Dispatchers Call Off One-Day ULP Strike Planned to Coincide with USC Commencement Ceremonies as SEIU Local 721 and USC Management Make Last Minute Deal
USC shuttle drivers and dispatchers — members of SEIU Local 721 — to hold one-day unfair-labor practice strike Friday; Workers to call for an end to university’s unlawful workplace practices at pickets starting at 5:30 AM — and at an 11 AM rally with students, faculty, staff, and community supporters. Shuttle drivers’ strike to impact commencement ceremonies Friday and comes amid campus unrest and heavy criticism of USC President Carol Folt.
Student Workers and Allies to March to Campus President’s Office and Call for Voluntary Recognition of a Union of Roughly 800 Undergraduate Employees
Hundreds of Housing Activists, Clergy, Community, and Union Members — Including some of the 11,000 City Workers Who Shut Down Los Angeles in August — Will Rally in Echo Park and Demand that LA Take Bold Action to Combat Homelessness Through the Development of Permanent Supportive Housing on City Property
On October 11 at the Old Parker Center Building Site, Hundreds of Housing Activists, Clergy, Community and Labor Groups Will Unveil Proposals and Demands They Have Made to the City for Social and Permanent Housing, Stronger Tenant Protections, Improved Wages and Good Union Jobs So LA Residents Can Live in Dignity and Security.
Social Workers Will Sound the Alarm on Increasingly Dangerous Conditions for Youth in County’s Care with Caseloads as High as 22 Cases Per Social Worker, Far Higher Than the Accepted Rate of 15 to Ensure Child Safety