Press Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Contact:  Coral Itzcalli, SEIU Local 721, (213) 321-7332 Mike Long, SEIU Local 721, (213) 304-9777   SEIU 721 Denounces Anti-Worker SCOTUS Decision, Vows to Stay Union Strong in Response to Billionaire-Driven Efforts to Rig the System Against America’s Working Families and Destroy the … Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Contact: Coral Itzcalli, SEIU Local 721, (213) 321-7332 Mike Long, SEIU Local 721, (213) 304-9777 In Reaction to Tomorrow’s Anticipated SCOTUS Ruling on the Janus v. AFSCME case, SEIU 721 Members and Allies in Ventura Will Stand Up for Worker Power and Vow … Read More

As Immigration Officials Tear Away Young Children from Families Seeking Refuge, California’s Working Families Promise to Elect Leaders Ready to Tackle the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border and Keep Families Together   LOS ANGELES – As immigration officials continue their separation and internment of immigrant children and families seeking asylum … Read More

Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Court Issuing Temporary Restraining Order Barring Riverside County from Imposing ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer   “Today’s decision by the Riverside Superior Court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order barring Riverside County from imposing its unreasonable “Last, Best, and Final” offer on SEIU … Read More

Still Waiting! 6 Months After Getting a Commitment from the City of Los Angeles, Broken Sidewalks and Overgrown Trees – Coalition of Community Groups, Disabled Residents Ask Why City Hasn’t Progressed on its Promise to Hire and Train Local Workers for Sidewalk Repair, Tree Trimming   Outraged Homeowner Describes Spending … Read More

Fix L.A. Coalition to Blast City Hall for Proposed FY 2018-19 Budget That Fails to Fill Municipal Job Vacancies Despite Economic Recovery as Income Inequality Grows and City Infrastructure Continues to Crumble   Los Angeles Is Woefully Behind Self-Imposed Deadline of 2018 to Fill 5,000 Jobs Left Vacant Since the … Read More

Community Groups to Demand a Fix to Broken Streets and Broken Promises; Mayor Garcetti’s State of the City to Be Challenged by People’s State of the City   Garcetti’s Pledge to Restore Services and 5K City Jobs Lost During the Recession by June, 2018, is Far from Being Met as … Read More

Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Los Angeles County Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019   ‘We Intend to Fight Hard for a Better Deal’ Schoonover Says, adding that Proposed Budget Falls Far Short of Keeping Up with Cost of Living in Los Angeles Especially Given Skyrocketing Housing Costs … Read More

Hundreds of Los Angeles Workers and Allies Protest Efforts by Billionaires, CEOs to Use Supreme Court to Further Rig the System Against Working Families   In an Unprecedented Show of Force, Workers, Community Supporters, and Elected Officials Rallied at LAC+USC Medical Center Today, Pledging to Stick Together in Unions and Vowing to Fight Back Against Anti-Worker Legislation at … Read More

Hundreds of Ventura County Workers and Allies Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court   Workers & Community Supporters to Rally at Ventura County Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig System Against Working People; Rally Participants to Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight … Read More