Rise & Resist - SEIU Local 721

Voices of Labor Day: Academia needs unions now more than ever

September 8, 2017

By KAZUYA SHIDA Like so many on campus, I was shocked by the recent Los Angeles Times investigation into Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the former dean of USC’s Keck School of Medicine. The Times’ bombshell report Read More...

Voices of Labor Day: A Pension Saved is A Pension Earned

September 6, 2017

By Bob May Over Labor Day weekend, Ventura County beaches will have transformed into a massive playground for thousands of people celebrating the end of summer. But for me, the beach is my worksite — where I’ve helped keep it clean for over 23 years. Sand and the surf have symbolized Southern Read More...

Homelessness: It could easily happen to you

September 5, 2017

By Laura Roberts-Newman Perhaps I was in a serious state of denial but even after two nights of sleeping in a hedge on Sunset Blvd. it still hadn’t truly sank in. When a man came up to me holding out a piece of Read More...

LABOR DAY: Birthed in blood, the battle continues

September 3, 2017

This Labor Day, we are coming together to celebrate our past and all the Labor movement has provided, as well as consider our future and how all that we’ve fought for and won is being threatened by those behind the so- Read More...

The History of “Right to Work”

August 30, 2017

So-called “Right to Work” laws have been all over the news recently, as more and more states fall prey to this anti-worker legislation. An attack by greedy corporations and anti-worker politicians, so-called “Right to Work” legislation is meant to strip workers of their Read More...

The High Cost of Freeloaders

August 9, 2017

There's one in every group. You know the one: Everyone goes out to eat. Everyone orders. Everyone eats. Everyone pulls out their method of payment, well, everyone except that friend who conveniently left their wallet at home (again) and offers empty promises to “chip in next Read More...