The LA City Joint Labor Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC) is meeting to choose which insurance carriers will provide city workers with healthcare coverage for the next three years.

Come to Thursday's JLMBC meeting to ensure the best plans are selected.

This Thursday
June 13, 9 a.m.
LA City Hall East
200 N. Main St., Room 1200
Los Angeles 90012

RSVP here.

The LA City Council approved a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 and the mayor just signed it. The result is clear: Los Angeles is back on sound financial footing, and city workers helped it get there.

Over the past several months, hundreds of SEIU 721 members made phone calls, participated in precinct walks, attended endorsement meetings and took part in other events leading up to the Los Angeles City elections.

Members of the Coalition of LA City Unions, including SEIU 721, presented their financial proposals on May 6 to the LA City Council's Budget and Finance Committee. Bottom line: the Coalition told the city to live up to its contract with city workers and retain the 5.5 percent pay raises scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2014.

Breaking News:

The LA Times revealed on May 2 that the Mayor and CAO are hiding the money for city workers' raises in a special account called the "Reserve for Economic Uncertainties." It's a not-so-sneaky attempt to break their promises and take back our raises. But SEIU 721 members are not going to let them.

It's budget season.

We've had one week of budget hearings. City workers have come out to tell city leaders what they think think about the proposed city budget.

Mayor Villaraigosa just released his proposed LA city budget for the coming year.

On April 9, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will give his yearly State of the City Address. He'll attack our jobs and benefits, but he won't give our side of the story. That's why city workers need to be there.

Animal shelter workers and concerned community members just won a big victory for LA's homeless animals. They stopped Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette from imposing a "no night care at shelters policy." It would have removed Animal Care Technicians from working the graveyard shift at all six LA city animal shelters and replaced them with security guards.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and CAO Miguel Santana are preparing to release their budget for the City of LA.

The recently concluded elections for the LAPMA Board resulted in the following managers being elected for three year terms:

Members and leaders of seven SEIU unions, collectively representing over 620,000 workers, including over 10,000 LA city employees and tens of thousands more who live in Los Angeles, made endorsement decisions in the March 5 Primary Election.

This week, a major SEIU 721 victory captured headlines in LA. Watch the NBC news video: