Uncategorized News - SEIU Local 721

Pride Month, SEIU 721 — How Katie Templeton of the LGBT Center Fights for Patients

June 29, 2022

This Pride Month, SEIU 721 will celebrate LGBTQ colleagues. Below, read about how Katie Templeton of the Los Angeles LGBT Center advocates for patients as a medical biller. Katie Templeton, 36, is a Read More...

Pride Month, SEIU 721 — How Raymond Jimenez of the LGBT Center Connects with His Clients

June 27, 2022

This Pride Month, SEIU 721 will celebrate LGBTQ colleagues. Below, read about how Raymond Jimenez of the Los Angeles LGBT Center finds common ground with his clients. Raymond Jimenez says he can relate to the people he works with who seek services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. After all, Read More...

Gateways Wage Re-Opener Ratification Vote

April 29, 2022

It's time to vote on our hard-won Tentative Agreement (TA) at Gateways!After more than five months of bargaining, your Gateways Bargaining Team has reached an agreement on our wage re-opener.Your elected Bargaining Read More...

2022 Officer and Board Election Vote Count

April 25, 2022

Our 2022 SEIU Local 721 Officer and Board elections culminate on Tuesday, April 26, with the official Ballot Count at our Los Angeles Headquarters at 1545 Wilshire Blvd., starting at approximately 10 a.m. The 2022 member Read More...

LA City Members: We did it! Our 4.77% in Cash Payments are Locked In!

April 18, 2022

LA City members: We did it! We ratified our Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement that includes cash payments amounting to 4.77% of LA City members' annual salary (see examples of cash payments here). This will recover cash that we gave up when we agreed to delay our 2% Read More...

A special benefits message for us at the LA DWP

April 15, 2022

Open enrollment starts soon for those of us working at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. If we want to make any changes to our healthcare benefits plans, now is the time. Thanks to the power of our union, our benefits plans at the LA DWP are stronger than ever Read More...

Thousands of SEIU 721 Members Pack DTLA Streets to ‘Fight for the Frontline’ and Kick Start Strike Vote Countdown at LA County

March 31, 2022

Thousands of union members and labor supporters descended on downtown Los Angeles for the “Fight for the Frontline” march and rally today to highlight how contracts for LA County members expire at Read More...

Secure your bus seat for the March for the Frontline on 3/31

March 23, 2022

We’re one week away from the biggest union action in SEIU 721 History. On Thursday, March 31st in Downtown Los Angeles we’re going to march for salary increases that keep up with the cost of living, to defend our jobs from being contracted out to for-profit corporations, to protect our hard- Read More...

No union reps at LA County’s LAC+USC? NO WAY, we say!

March 9, 2022

It’s unbelievable but here we are. After being the backbone of LA County’s healthcare response during the pandemic, management is rewarding us by trying to ban our union representatives from being Read More...

Women are the 💜 of LA County

March 8, 2022

It is International Women’s Day, a perfect time to reflect on just how much we rely on women’s labor, especially in the LA County workforce. Traditionally – and it’s a fact that still holds Read More...