With the departure of the City of Ventura’s City Manager Rick Cole in September, the search is on to find a replacement. SEIU Local 721 member, Cary Glenn, spoke at last night’s Ventura City Council meeting to urge the council to expand its candidate search criteria to include someone who can work well with the City’s employees.
Hospital management backs down from radical schedule and shift changes that would have impacted patient care.
Ventura County Medical Center management is planning to put Housekeepers on a disruptive rotating schedule, mixing hospitals and shifts.
On Wednesday, September 26, SEIU Local 721 along with Refund California will be holding a Tour and Teach-In at a 1% neighborhood. First, on the Tour we will point out the mansions that house some of the largest political donors, those who are trying to buy California’s election.
SEIU Local 721 member Don Taylor was recently awarded a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award for software that helps develop common tools and mapping standards for emergency incidents.
SEIU 721 members are working with Ventura County management on a Workload Committee aimed at making it easier to serve the community. The last committee meeting was on July 25, 2012.
$200 to $300 per month has been taken from us. The county wants to eliminate our retirement plan. Our healthcare costs continue to rise. I could be talking about Ventura County, but I could also be describing what is going on throughout the country.
When Ventura County announced that they were going to be closing down the Aviary at Steckel Park, the community came together. On July 18, 2012, SEIU Local 721 stepped up with a check for 2,000 for the Friends of the Aviary group which is working to keep the long-time aviary open.
At $8 an hour, California’s minimum wage amounts to only $16,640 a year. That’s $7,000 below the poverty line for a family of four.