Press Releases

After Omitting Key Evidence During Court Proceedings, Riverside County Management and Their Legal Counsel, The Zappia Law Firm, Face Sanctions Motion in California Superior Court   Sanctions Motion Filed Today Comes on the Heels of Riverside County’s Whopping 27 Unfair Labor Practice Charges, Including the Intimidation, Harassment, and Surveillance of … Read More

Angelenos to Hold ‘Remember Puerto Rico!’ Funeral Procession and 14-Minute Die-In at Roybal Federal Building to Urge for More Disaster Aid and Total Debt Cancellation in Wake of Hurricane Maria Catastrophe   Los Angeles—Frontline public service providers from a variety of organized labor groups will hold a “Remember Puerto Rico!” … Read More

Chief of Staff Gilda Valdez Clarifies SEIU Local 721’s Use of Official Union Communication Channels to Inform Our Over 95,000 Members of Any and All Official Union Endorsements   Los Angeles, CA—SEIU Local 721 Chief of Staff Gilda Valdez made the following statement today in response to reports that a … Read More

Riverside County Employees Threatened by Management with ‘Imprisonment for Up to One Year’ for Trying to Protect Themselves after Two-Day Strike Highlighting Chronic Safety Breaches and Labor Law Violations

With Pepper Spray In-Hand, Workers to Head Back to Work Following a Two-Day Strike That Saw Thousands of Riverside County Workers Walk Off the Job to Protest the County’s Labor Law Violations and Chronic Safety Breaches   With A Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations Still Stacked Up Against Riverside County, Union Representing Striking Workers Urges … Read More

Riverside County Workers On Day Two of Strike Joined by California State Treasurer John Chiang and NextGen American Founder Tom Steyer; Workers Take Demands to End Labor Law Violations Directly to Riverside County Board of Supervisors   Riverside County Charged with a Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations and Demands of Transparency Amidst the Use of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars for Sweetheart Consulting Contracts; Frontline Public Service … Read More

Gubernatorial Candidates Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa to Join Riverside County Employees On Strike; Demands Include a Halt to Chronic Safety Breaches and an End to Labor Law Violations

Riverside County Employees to Go On Strike for Safety; Demands Include a Halt to Chronic Safety Breaches and an End to Labor Law Violations    SEIU 721 Represented Riverside County Employees Including Health Care Providers, Social Workers, Correctional Officers, Mental Health Care Workers, Engineers, and Other Frontline Public Service Providers Walk Off the Job; Riverside County on the Hook … Read More

Hundreds of Riverside County Employees to Descend on Board of Supervisors to Sound the Alarm About Rampant ER Safety Breaches at County’s Flagship Hospital; Employee Picketing Over County’s Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations Enters Its 4th Week

SEIU Local 721 Riverside County Workers Decisively Authorize Escalation Up to and Including Strike   Strike Authorization Approved with 98% of Voting Members and the Full Backing of the SEIU Local 721 Executive Board   RIVERSIDE, CA – A 5-week long escalation vote by Riverside County employees represented by SEIU … Read More