Los Angeles City Professionals News

Our LA City Strike Authorization Vote Starts on Nov 29th at 9AM

November 29, 2023

For months, our elected bargaining teams have negotiated with City officials around the clock to secure a strong new contract that reflects our priorities: competitive wages, solving the understaffing crisis, defending Read More...

LA City Members, Check Your Pay Stub! We’re Receiving Our One-Time 5% Cash Bonus

July 25, 2023

Last year, we fought for and won a one-year contract that included, among other things, a 3% percent raise that went into effect on January 1st — and a 5% one-time cash bonus that we’ll see tomorrow July 26 in our paychecks. Check your pay stub to be sure you got your bonus — that’s the Read More...

LA City MOU Specials and our Next Steps

June 28, 2023

We have very important update on our MOU Specials. Earlier this week, our elected Bargaining Team Members met to discuss and plan the next steps in our ongoing MOU Specials negotiations. By a supermajority, our Read More...

LA City Members: All Hands on Deck at LA City Hall on Jun 16th

June 14, 2023

We need all hands on deck at LA City Hall this Friday, June 16th at 9:30AM to show LA City leaders our utter disgust with how the City has handled our MOU Special negotiations. Last Fall, we ratified a 1-year Read More...

LA City Issues an Update to the Vaccine Mandate Policy

February 4, 2023

We have received the news that the City of LA has issued an update to the City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The mandate update approves any pending medical or religious exemption that has been submitted to the City by January 31, 2023. In October of 2021, SEIU 721 Read More...

LAX Workers Stand Union Strong at the Board of Airport Commissioners!

January 20, 2023

We packed the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Board of Airport Commissioners meeting to capacity on Thursday, Jan 19th to deliver the resounding message — HIRE UP AND RETAIN OUR LAX WORKFORCE, AND PROVIDE SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. Accompanied by over 50 LAX SEU 721 members Read More...

The LA City Council Approved Our 1-year MOU!

December 9, 2022

We did it! We overwhelmingly ratified our new 1-year MOU this past November, and the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to approve the contract. Dozens of our SEIU 721 member leaders Read More...

What You Should Know When Voting on the LA City Contract

October 24, 2022

Online voting is in full-swing and will close at 5PM on Tuesday, November 8th — vote here. Mail ballots will begin arriving this week. Here’s a few things you should know when casting your vote: A 1-year deal was a strategic move to get guaranteed money in the pocket of every member Read More...

Breaking News — We’ve reached an LA City Tentative Agreement!

October 18, 2022

We Fought Off the City of LA’s Nickel-and-Diming to Win Big After months of hard-fought negotiations, and worksite actions throughout the City of LA — we’ve finally reached a Tentative Read More...

Attention LA City Members: Take our LA City Contract Bargaining Survey

July 26, 2022

The last 2 years have not been easy for LA City workers. How we carry out our daily work has changed vastly during this time. We took on multiple roles to help the City navigate the worst of the Read More...