LA/OC Cities and Districts News

#LAMayor: Quit Campaigning and Fix LA! Fair Contract Now

October 10, 2018

Over one thousand L.A. City members and community allies marched this morning from Los Angeles City Hall through the Civic Center to deliver the message to Mayor Eric Garcetti: Quit Campaigning and Fix LA!For months Read More...

Stand Union Strong at LA City Hall on October 10th

October 1, 2018

OUR CITY OUR FIGHTIt’s time to take a stand to protect our city’s middle class jobs and bring up our city services to the highest levels!City Management is hell-bent on balancing budgets for a generation on the backs of LA City Workers while they burn through our taxpayer Read More...

L.A. Labor Strikes Back!

June 28, 2018

Los Angeles— Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ushered in the so-called “Right to Work” era for public sector workers, hundreds of union workers from a cross-section of L.A. unions united at City Hall Read More...

No Court Ruling on Janus v. AFSCME will Rule Us Out

June 27, 2018

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its anti-worker decision in the long-awaited Janus v. AFSCME. To the surprise of no one, the Court ruled 5-4 in favor of establishing a national so-called “Right to Work Read More...

Fix L.A. Coalition demands end to ‘broken streets, broken promises’ during L.A. City Council testimony

May 3, 2018

With the local economy in full recovery mode, the Fix L.A. Coalition demanded during official testimony before the L.A. City Council that City Hall restore 5,000 municipal jobs lost during the Great Recession.“Our infrastructure is of great neglect,” said Bob Read More...

Fix L.A. gives People’s State of the City: “Broken streets and broken promises”

April 16, 2018

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's "State of the City" address was challenged today by community groups within the Fix L.A. Coalition, whose members demanded an immediate fix to broken streets and broken promises during their own People's State of the City."The real Read More...

Protect LA City pensions. Vote for Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Lee for LACERS!

April 5, 2018

LA City members: By now you should have received a LACERS ballot in your mailbox at home.Ballots are due Tuesday, April 10th!Our pensions and retirement security are at stake in this important Read More...

SEIU 721 Members Vote to Stay in Coalition of City Unions

January 19, 2018

Solidarity remains strong between our City of LA members and our sister unions, with SEIU 721 members voting last night to stay in the Coalition of City Unions – the organization powering Fix LA’s movement to add 5,000 new union jobs to the city’s workforce.With an 87% “yes” vote Read More...

The City of LA wants YOU! – Targeted Local Hire Program

January 12, 2018

Our voices are powerful and when we work together, we make great things happen for our city, our community and for our families. It was our hard work and unity that urged the City of Los Angeles Read More...

Ismael Castelan of Santa Ana Struck by Car While On the Job – and Needs Our Help This Holiday Season

December 20, 2017

Brothers and Sisters: Our fellow SEIU 721 member Ismael Castelan needs our help over the holidays! Ismael is with the City of Santa Ana’s Public Works Tree Crew and he was involved in a horrific Read More...