Los Angeles - SEIU Local 721

It’s Official – LA City MOU 18 Recommends a YES Vote!

September 18, 2015

Great news! MOU 18 is recommending a YES Vote. Deadline for voting has been extended until MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28th for MOU 18 only. The elected bargaining team members demanded clarity and accuracy on the intent of the Read More...

LA City Contract Vote – Worksite Schedule

September 8, 2015

LA City Members, By now you should have received your Official Voting Packet via mail, if you have not received a voting packet you can contact your worksite organizer or attend one of the following worksite voting meetings (listed below) to make sure your vote is counted. If you don't see your Read More...

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 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 the Port of Los Angeles in order to expose the health, 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 workers pay $1,600 or more a year for health insurance and 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 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 Paul Koretz, Gil 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...

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...