Inland Area - SEIU Local 721

SEIU 721 Celebrates the American Rescue Plan: ‘Landmark Legislation for Working People’

March 10, 2021

Today, Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. This is landmark legislation for working people that will help drive down poverty by providing long overdue relief nationwide – with $42.6 billion Read More...

SBCERA Bargaining Team Nominations 2021

March 5, 2021

The nomination period for our SBCERA Bargaining Team is now open! This is your opportunity to represent your coworkers at the table as we propose classifications that have fallen behind everyone else and should receive market adjustments. Nominations for the Bargaining Committee Team are open Read More...

Riverside County Reopener Bargaining Team Nominations 2021

February 25, 2021

The nomination period for our Riverside County Parity Pool Reopener Bargaining Team is now open! This is your opportunity to represent your coworkers at the table as we propose classifications that have fallen behind Read More...

SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover’s Statement on the New Biden Administration

January 20, 2021

On the eve of President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, our union is looking forward to beginning a new chapter in our nation’s history. America is on a major precipice, facing a three-pronged crisis – the Read More...

100K jobless Americans – we could join them IF we lose our union

December 22, 2020

Let’s keep it real – the situation is getting desperate. Because of COVID-19, this year alone: 26 million Americans now say they’re going hungry because of trouble making ends meet 30 million Americans could lose their homes – and 12 million more face Read More...

Who’s got your back? THE UNION – that’s who!

December 17, 2020

Lately, the usual suspects – like the Freedom Foundation – have descended on us with their phony promises to put a few dollars in our pockets … if only we’ll abandon our union, SEIU 721. WHO DO THEY THINK THEY’RE KIDDING?! Let’s ask ourselves: Where Read More...

Riverside City Members Ratify 1-Year Contract!

December 4, 2020

Riverside City members voted 76.4% YES to ratify the 1-year contract. This is great news. In the middle of a pandemic that has ravaged our City's finances, we were able to push the City to Read More...

We Have a Tentative Agreement in the City of Riverside!

November 23, 2020

We are pleased to announce that our Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with the City of Riverside. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic economic fallout ravaging local budgets throughout California — we protected what’s ours! We were able to push the City to agree to a status Read More...

Schools and Communities First – We will continue forward after Prop 15’s very narrow loss

November 13, 2020

It's never easy when something we've fought so long and hard for doesn't come to pass but the very narrow loss of Proposition 15 after a week of ballot counting is far from the end of the story Read More...

Union Workers, Essential Workers Delivered Biden-Harris Victory

November 7, 2020

Make no mistake about it, working people won this election. Union workers showed up to the polls in record numbers to choose unity, resilience and love for America. Our nation’s healing Read More...