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The Fight for $15 Declares a Victory in Los Angeles

June 3, 2015

LA City Council Votes to Raise the Minimum Wage Delivering a Historic Win for Working Families and LA's Local Economy Los Angeles, CA - The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 released the following Read More...

Statement on Behalf of Bob Schoonover – President of SEIU Local 721

April 16, 2015

Immediate Release April 16, 2015 Contact: Coral Itzcalli213 321-7332 Statement on behalf of Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU Local 721: "In the last 48 hours, the SEIU 721 bargaining team and our Fix LA community partners have finally witnessed some movement at the bargaining table. For that Read More...

Armed with Giant Band-Aids, City Workers and Community Allies Declare: City Hall, LA is Hurting! Fix LA NOW!

February 10, 2015

LA City workers--backed by clergy, residents and organizations in the Fix LA coalition--took action at more than 70 work sites from Playa Del Rey to the San Gabriel Valley and from the San Fernando Valley to LAX and Read More...

LA is Hurting. Take Action to #FixLA Now!

February 6, 2015

Slashed jobs, service cuts and outsourcing have left the city we love hurting. Instead of working with us to restore city services and Fix LA, City Hall continues to push for even more cuts including making LA City Read More...

We Gave Drivers a Break and the Banks Got the Bill!

August 21, 2014

The Fix LA coalition--with the backing of SEIU 721 members and LA City Traffic Officers--blanketed the City Hall area Thursday to feed parking meters and place faux tickets on cars, then traveled to Bunker Hill deliver a giant parking violation to Bank of New York Mellon, which Read More...

Victory! City Council Votes to Stand Up to Wall Street Greed

August 14, 2014

Today SEIU 721 and our partners in the Fix LA coalition scored a huge victory: the Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 Wednesday to hold big banks accountable and bring millions of dollars back to our streets instead of Wall Street! The measure, sponsored by Councilmembers Read More...

Fix LA Clean-up Kicks Off First Day of City Contract Bargaining

July 30, 2014

Elected members of SEIU Local 721 and five additional unions representing a wide range of city workers--from librarians to sanitation truck drivers to crossing guards--took a lunch break from Read More...

We Marched to Fix LA

June 30, 2014

On July 1, an estimated 1,000 SEIU Local 721 members, community leaders, taxpayers, city workers and clergy marched from Bunker Hill's Financial District to City Hall to demand that City leaders hold Wall Street accountable. This action was part of a broad movement called Fix LA, which is Read More...

Join us July 1 to Demand City Leaders Fix LA

June 30, 2014

On July 1, SEIU Local 721 members will march alongside community leaders, taxpayers, city workers, and clergy to tell Mayor Garcetti and the LA City Council to stand up to Wall Street and recover the Read More...

LA City Bargaining Teams Ready to Fix LA

April 10, 2014

On April 8, LA City Bargaining Team members participated in a Bargaining Summit to discuss upcoming contract negotiations with city management. Teams from each of the Coalition of LA City Unions' Read More...