Press Releases

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

Hundreds of L.A. Workers and Allies to Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court   Workers and Community Supporters to Rally at LAC+USC Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig the System Against Working People; Rally Participants Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight Back … Read More

Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit   “SEIU Local 721 is very saddened to learn of the passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit, who died on Dec. 26 at the age of 64 due to pancreatic cancer. He … Read More