We are pleased to announce that our Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with the City of Inglewood. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic economic fallout ravaging local budgets throughout California — we protected what’s ours! We maintained our current medical benefits and were able to fend off furloughs. This is a good win … Read More
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. We knew what we were up against: When you tell multi-billion dollar corporations that … Read More
COVID-19 is still spreading throughout our communities. Now more than ever it’s important to protect yourself and your loved ones this flu season. A flu shot brings protection and helps reduce the strain on healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Get your flu shot by December 31, 2020 and be entered into the City … Read More
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 begins today. We are celebrating our incredible victory because, from day one, we refused to roll over and accept … Read More
IT’S NOW OR NEVER. The outcome of the presidential election hangs in the balance by mere thousands of votes in just a handful of battleground states. Yet, already, the Trump Administration is threatening lawsuits to stop ballot counting in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania. We must defend each other. We … Read More
The presidential election isn’t over. Votes are still being counted, many of them mail-in ballots – and they are trending in support of the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign. It looks like we are on track to win Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania when we count all the votes. That’s the key: We … Read More
Special Message from SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover As President of SEIU Local 721, I’m happy to deliver some good news to you today. We did it! Furloughs are now officially OFF the table with the City of Los Angeles! Since the beginning of this crisis, our union has worked … Read More
This year the annual International Latino Caucus Latino Heritage Celebration will very different. With a worldwide pandemic raging on in the middle of the biggest election season in modern history — the number one priority has to be winning at the polls. We simply cannot have it any other way. … Read More
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing is a devastating loss for her family and a crushing loss for our nation. She was a little lady with a big voice on the highest court in our land, one that stood up for equality by standing against discrimination. During the decades when the … Read More
For Immediate Release September 17, 2020 CONTACT Stephen Knight 510.922.1444 Mike Roth, 916.813.1554 Maria Elena Jauregui, 818.355.5291 (Spanish-language) Cal/OSHA Responds to Workers’ Call for Workplace Safety Precautions Against COVID-19 Spread Landmark, Unanimous Emergency Ruling By California Standards Board Sets In Motion Unprecedented, Swift Process to Stop Covid-19 Illness in Workplaces … Read More