Covid19 - SEIU Local 721

Tell Congress, Pass the HEROES Act

May 15, 2020

While Congress has spent hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars bailing out big business and millionaire CEOs, the hardworking public servants who have been putting their lives on the line every day are being warned Read More...

May Revised Budget Statement from Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU California and SEIU Local 721

May 14, 2020

Significant Federal Investment and Bold State Leadership Needed to Prevent Widening Inequality Crisis Sacramento, CA — After the release of Governor Newsom’s revised budget proposal for 2020-21, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from Bob Read More...

Ventura Superior Courts: Holiday Pay for Exempt

May 8, 2020

Ventura Superior Courts Court management brought to our attention a request to allow represented exempt positions to be paid Holiday pay per Article 15 of our MOU, should they be part of a working skeleton crew like Read More...

You’re Invited: #ProtectAllWorkers Virtual Town Hall

May 8, 2020

In every corner of California, and across the country, vital frontline workers have been keeping our communities safe and healthy and our economy moving during the coronavirus crisis. But while we sacrifice, day Read More...

COVID-19 Essential Workers To Trump Admin: Don’t Bankrupt The Front Line!

May 6, 2020

Wednesday morning, SEIU 721 members joined with other COVID-19 frontline union workers outside of Trump National Golf Club in Palos Verdes to tell the federal government, "Don't bankrupt the front line!" The assembled speakers reflected the breadth and diversity of Southern Read More...

Union Drive-Up Food Distribution On Mondays in Ventura

May 4, 2020

When working families are in trouble, our labor union brothers and sisters are ready to jump in and help. The California Labor Federation is teaming up with the Central Coast Labor Council and Food Share Ventura County to offer food distribution every Monday starting May 11th Read More...

City of Riverside COVID-19 Update

April 30, 2020

Recently the City of Riverside sent you a correspondence of its decision to extend paid administrative leave compensation to employees required to stay home up until 5-14-20. While employees Read More...

CALL NOW – Demand A #Stimulus4Workers

April 30, 2020

Across the country, hardworking SEIU public servants have been on the job, keeping our communities and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. While we've been putting our lives on the line every day, congress has been giving away billions to corporations and rich CEOs. Now, they're Read More...

Furloughs? Layoffs? Benefit Cuts? Unless Congress Acts Now, California’s Cities and Counties Are In Real Trouble

April 29, 2020

Frontline public workers have been our first line of defense against the novel coronavirus. From Riverside County to Los Angeles to Ventura County, SEIU 721 public service workers have answered the Read More...

The Frontline Is Everywhere — SEIU Local 721 Members Profiled in the LA Times

April 28, 2020

The frontline against COVID-19 is everywhere. It’s in our hospitals treating the sick, it’s in DPSS helping the more than 1 million unemployed in LA County alone, and it’s in the Read More...