Contract bargaining may officially start in the Fall but we’re preparing now. That means the time has come to put together our 211 LA County Bargaining Team. Are you interested in being part of the Bargaining Team? If so, Bargaining Team Nominations are now being accepted. All you have to do … Read More
We asked you to help show 211 LA that ‘when we fight– we win.’ And you DELIVERED. Together, we ratified the Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement with 211 LA, locking in a $3.00 wage increase and reaffirming our influence as a union. This win follows a series of consecutive victories at 211 LA, … Read More
In case you missed it, we won a $3.00 wage increase as part of the Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement with 211 LA! This win is the latest in a string of victories at 211 LA. In August 2022, we banded together to stop LA County’s attempt to outsource and automate essential … Read More
We absolutely crushed it! In a remarkable showing of union power, we stopped LA County from outsourcing 2-1-1 LA’s critical services to multi-national consulting firm Deloitte. The motion to award a multi-year $67.2M contract to Deloitte and replace our 2-1-1 LA members with an automated service failed miserably at today’s … Read More
SEIU 721 members and representatives of social service providers rallied Tuesday outside the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting and spoke out against plans to shift 2-1-1 hotline services from 211 LA, a trusted local nonprofit, to a giant for-profit corporation. At the action and press conference, 211 LA workers … Read More
When voters passed Measure J in November, politicians promised that more taxpayer funding would go towards good-paying jobs that made our communities happier, healthier and more wholesome … jobs like ours at 211. But now the opposite is happening at LA County. They’re taking bids to PRIVATIZE our jobs – and they’re encouraging a BIG TECH takeover! … Read More
During negotiations we were able to empower our members, bargaining team and hold strong on our proposals and goals. United, we pushed on our demands and we accomplished a lot.