After years of delay, El Monte city officials agreed to schedule a joint labor management meeting with public works employees to discuss worksite issues. Ten SEIU 721 stewards and active members recently met with the city’s human resources director, assistant city manager and public works director.
City of Ventura employees representing SEIU 721, Association of Fire Fighters and Police Officers Association returned to the city council meeting on Nov. 8 to highlight the City’s misplaced priorities and offer better solutions.
City of Duarte workers are preparing for negotiations next year when contracts representing SEIU 721 members in the city expire on June 30, 2011.
Leaders of the two largest county unions have announced they will work together to ensure a secure retirement for county employees.
While we take the time this Veterans Day to honor the courage and sacrifice shown by our veterans, we should also rededicate ourselves to making sure vets have a secure and stable life after they finish their service.
SEIU 721 members in the LA City Bureau of Street Services are taking aim at the furloughs and budget cuts that have diminished the quality of life in Los Angeles.
SEIU leadership helped renew the Medicaid 1115 Waiver — a huge source of federal funding that covers the cost of California’s treating low-income patients and the uninsured.
Los Angeles County employees will have an opportunity to vote on a one-year contract extension that provides more money for health care.