SEIU 721 Members Fight to Protect LA City Workers and LA City Services

Because every LA city worker performs a service for city residents, “We need to first exhaust every possibility to maintain city services before taking the drastic step of laying off city employees,” says SEIU 721 Vice President and LA City Heavy Equipment Mechanic Bob Schoonover.

Immediate Steps

Union members and leadership are doing everything in their power to prevent layoffs of 721 members and cuts to the services we proudly provide to city residents:

1. The Coalition of LA City Unions, which includes SEIU 721, is meeting in the next few days with the CAO’s office (Chief Administrative Officer) to determine the impact of the Mayor’s budget on Coalition union members and to protect our members from the impacts of these proposals and to protect the services we provide.

2. The Coalition continues to gather ideas from city workers for increasing revenue, saving money and increasing the efficiency of city services, which will all be presented to the City Council for their consideration during their hearings on the budget. Visit http://www.lacitycoalition.com/budget.html to contribute your idea.

3. The Mayor’s budget is only a draft, which will go through many changes before it’s finalized. It’s still early in that process and nothing at this point is set in stone. 721 and the Coalition will be present and vocal at every step of the process.

Visit the Coalition’s website at www.lacitycoalition.com for news. Click on the Budget Ideas tab to contribute your ideas for increasing revenue, saving money and increasing the efficiency of how we deliver services.

Click here to read the April 21, 2008 Coalition news bulletin responding to the Mayor's budget release.