budget - SEIU Local 721

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June 28, 2023

We have escalated our fight to the LA County Board of Supervisors! On Mon., June 26, SEIU 721 members from Correctional Health Services showed up to the Board of Supervisors’ budget hearing, Read More...

Together, We Can Stop the Layoffs in the Sheriff’s Department

June 30, 2020

On Monday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a final budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21. The budget addresses a nearly $1 billion projected shortfall by eliminating over 3,200 positions which would result in an estimated 655 layoffs. The lion’s share of these projected Read More...

LA County Proposes Hard Pay Concessions as an Alternative to Lay-Offs

May 29, 2020

To close a projected $943 million shortfall in the 2020-21 budget, the County of Los Angeles has asked SEIU 721 and other LA County unions to agree to several pay concessions: Suspend for one year, effective Read More...

Board of Supervisors gets SEIU 721 workers’ perspective on LA County budget

May 15, 2019

Dozens of our fellow SEIU 721 members who keep LA County clean, healthy and functioning testified at today’s official budget hearing, highlighting various challenges across numerous departments in a formal Read More...

Fix L.A. Coalition demands end to ‘broken streets, broken promises’ during L.A. City Council testimony

May 3, 2018

With the local economy in full recovery mode, the Fix L.A. Coalition demanded during official testimony before the L.A. City Council that City Hall restore 5,000 municipal jobs lost during the Great Recession. “Our infrastructure is of great neglect,” said Bob Read More...