On Tuesday, almost one hundred SEIU 721 represented LAHSA workers simultaneously took action on management virtually through Zoom, and in-person at LAHSA headquarters (HQ) in Downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU 721 members on Zoom “purpled out” the meeting with their zoom backgrounds explicitly telling management to respect their work. Meanwhile, … Read More
Our LAHSA SEIU 721 Member Bargaining Team has been hard at work negotiating a new contract that recognizes the critical work that we do. For months, we organized and pushed LA city policymakers to save funding for LAHSA, and we succeeded. We need that same level of energy on Tuesday, December … Read More
Have you marked your calendar for the 2021 Member Assembly Tele-Town Hall Event? This Sunday, November 7th at 6PM we’re remotely coming together to participate in a tele-town hall event, and update SEIU 721 members on what’s in store for 2022. This past year has given us plenty to be proud of. When our … Read More
As we informed you on October 20th, we’ve exhausted all pathways to an agreement with the City over the impacts of the Mandatory Vaccination policy. Bargaining ended last week, and now the Los Angeles City Council has approved the City’s last, best, and final offer. The offer only provides a testing option for those … Read More
After months of negotiations with City Administrators over the impacts of the City’s Mandatory Vaccination policy, we’ve exhausted all pathways to an agreement. Our bargaining, under the Coalition of City Unions, has ended at an impasse. We’ve made our demands, and the City is not moving. Throughout the bargaining process, SEIU 721 has … Read More
The year is quickly coming to an end, and before we know it, 2022 will be here. That’s why we’re coming together on Thursday, October 28th at 6PM to consider endorsements for LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis, and the incumbent LA City Council Members who are up for reelection in … Read More
We did it! Thanks to our hard work and our votes, we’ve reelected two labor warriors that were up for reelection on their respective Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) Boards. Herman B. Santos (LACERA Board of Investments) and Vivian H. Gray (LACERA Board of Retirement) have won reelection. … Read More
If you intend to seek a medical or religious exemption, you now have another few days to do it. We presented the City’s Executive Employee Relations Committee (EERC) with a proposal to extend the application window, and we won an extension. Thanks to our work, the deadline to apply for a religious or … Read More
It’s Labor Day 2021, the unofficial end of summer. We find ourselves just 2 months away from the two-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case arising overseas. Almost two years into this global pandemic, so much has changed for us. We organized and harnessed the power of our vote to … Read More
We’re still involved in ongoing negotiations with the City regarding the Mandatory Vaccination Policy. We continue to advocate that all employees who have not yet been vaccinated do frequent testing to provide for safe worksites and to protect the health of employees’ families, friends, and the public we serve. In addition, … Read More