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Riverside County Nurses: Lagging Wages Produce Hidden Costs for Taxpayers

Jessica Ferguson, RN

Jessica Ferguson, RN

Riverside County RN wages are lower than their Southern California counterparts’, and that’s hurting staff retention and creating hidden costs for taxpayers.  Read what RN Jessica Ferguson told top County leaders...

County Task Force to be formed to take action on RN reclass issues

Luz Diaz

Luz Diaz, RN

CEO Bill Fujioka announces his full intent to work with SEIU 721 to establish a high level LA County RN Labor-Management task force which would assess the current RN classification system and recommend necessary changes.

County Agrees to Place Specialties on Badges

A delegation of SEIU 721 nurses presented L.A. County management with a petition signed by over 1,000 nurses calling on county management to change the RN I, II, and III classifications to reflect RN specialties. Based on our presentation, management agreed to place specialty designations on badges.

Sheriff Department RNs Win Retroactive Pay for Past RN Experience

RN 1s and Nurse Practitioners at the Sheriff’s Department won a decisive victory for nurses who were placed at the first step of the RN salary grid despite their RN experience.

Show Nurses LoveSEIU 721 Celebrates
Nurse Week 2008

For Nurse Week, SEIU 721 honored thousands of nurses throughout L.A. County who dedicate themselves to keeping our communities healthy, safe and strong.  Their passion and commitment makes L.A. County’s health care system one of the best in the nation.
Check out our photo gallery | Read our two latest nurse victories


SEIU Nurse Stand United for Quality Care

Rosie Martinez

Rosie Martinez

"This is our livelihood we're talking about.  SEIU nurses have fought for years for our patients, our hospitals and ourselves.  We will not let the CNA destroy anything we've built. We are united with all workers in LA County and we must stay stronger together." - Rosie Martinez, Public Health Nurse
Dept. of Public Health

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Our mission is to provide personalized, dedicated, high quality care for the communities we work and live in. United with almost 2 million workers nationally, our aim is to unite health care workers, raise standards and transform America’s health care system so that it:
  Puts patients and quality care first;
  Provides affordable care to every man, woman, and child in America;
  Treats all health care workers with the professional respect and dignity.
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