Los Angeles County - SEIU Local 721

REMINDER TO LA COUNTY: Pay increase in October! We’ll see it in our Oct. 30 paycheck.

October 3, 2022

Friendly reminder: The raise that our union bargained hard for takes effect on Oct. 30! We will see a pay bump at the end of the month. Officially, our pay increase begins accruing on Oct. 1. That technicality is Read More...

We Stopped Privatization in its Tracks! 2-1-1 LA Remains Union

August 2, 2022

We absolutely crushed it! In a remarkable showing of union power, we stopped LA County from outsourcing 2-1-1 LA’s critical services to multi-national consulting firm Deloitte. The motion to award a multi-year $67.2M contract to Deloitte and replace our 2-1-1 LA members with an automated Read More...

LA County: What will you spend your bonus on? Bonuses arrive on July 29!

July 21, 2022

We, the frontline of LA County, are scheduled to get our hard-earned bonuses on July 29! It’s a sweet win on top of a huge contract victory, which LA County members ratified with a resounding 94% YES vote last week Read More...

LA County members ratify new 3-year contract with a 12% raise and more

July 15, 2022

With an overwhelming 94% YES vote, LA County members just approved a new three-year contract – securing the biggest one-year raise in LA County history and the largest one-year salary increases since 2006. This hard Read More...

Acting LA County DPSS Director Meets with Our Union at Wilshire HQ

June 30, 2022

Yesterday, our Union met with Dr. Jackie Contreras, the new Acting Director of the LA County Department of Public Social Services. We’re hoping that new DPSS leadership will signify a new day for all of us. One of our first questions to Dr. Contreras was, “Are you going to Read More...

Unfair Labor Practice Strike Impacting LA County’s Healthcare Network Averted, Tentative Agreement Between SEIU 721 Nurses and LA County Reached at the 11th Hour

May 26, 2022

Registered Nurses and Supervising Nurses Bargaining Units Reach a Landmark Agreement Prioritizing Patient Safety and the Retention and Recruitment of LA County Nurses; Nurses’ Bargaining Units Set to Join Twenty-Six Other Bargaining Units for Agreement Ratification LOS ANGELES Read More...

Message from SEIU 721 President David Green in Light of the Uvalde, TX Tragedy

May 25, 2022

Our hearts are breaking after the senseless violence in the South Texas Plains town of Uvalde. Words cannot express the sadness I and other SEIU 721 members feel in the wake of another mass Read More...

SEIU 721 Members Win Largest General Salary Increases in LA County History!

May 16, 2022

After many days of intense negotiations our union has won a landmark 3-year agreement. It includes THE BIGGEST ONE-YEAR GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN LA COUNTY HISTORY. Read below for a summary of our tentative agreement deal: Salaries 2022: 5.5% pay increase, plus $1,375 bonus. THE BIGGEST Read More...

‘Yes’ Vote Wins – Union’s LA County Members Authorize ULP Strike

May 6, 2022

Today, our union announced the results of our LA County Unfair Labor Practice strike authorization vote. Members voted in favor of a ULP strike, with a resounding 98% voting YES. We broke the news Read More...

LA County Strike Vote Launch – When we vote, we win!

April 22, 2022

Yesterday, our union brought out the ballot boxes and fanned out at worksites across LA County for our strike authorization vote launch. We’re fed up with LA County’s bad faith bargaining and Read More...