Tri-Counties - SEIU Local 721

County of Santa Barbara – Time to Gear Up for Bargaining!

March 3, 2021

County of Santa Barbara It's time to prepare for our upcoming bargaining campaign for Santa Barbara County employees. Our contract expires on June 27, 2021. We need to hear from you! It is only with our unity and Read More...

City of Ventura – Fighting for a New Strong Contract

February 25, 2021

City of Ventura Our bargaining team has been hard at work for the past month, meeting with city management several times and working on proposals and offering counters to management proposals. We are facing unprecedented times and our bargaining team is leaving no stone unturned to negotiate a Read More...

Gold Coast Transit District – Time to Gear Up for Bargaining!

February 13, 2021

It's time to prepare for our upcoming bargaining campaign for Gold Coast Transit District employees. We need to hear from you! It is critically important that we incorporate your voice in this bargaining process. Read More...

Ventura County VCERA Update Jan 22, 2021

January 22, 2021

Our union continues to work with the County and other unions -primarily Fire and Sheriff - in addressing the still unresolved impact to Classic employees/members as a result of the Alameda Supreme Court case ruling. Read More...

Santa Barbara County SBCERS Update Jan 22 2021

January 22, 2021

SEIU 721 Benefits Director Ramon Rubalcava and SEIU Regional Director Danny Carrillo attended the last SBCERS meeting on January 13 via Zoom. As the Alameda Supreme Court case ruled last summer that stand-by and call back earnings are no longer pensionable, our union has been 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 COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism and a rigged economy that 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 Read More...

Introducing Your 2020-2021 City of Ventura Bargaining Team

December 21, 2020

You submitted your bargaining team nominations to set us on a winning path in our upcoming campaign to lift up the City of Ventura. Meet your new bargaining team! G Unit Lynn Lopez, Senior Police Services Officer Gabrielle Wimer, Evidence Technician Burt Yanez, Senior Construction Inspector 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 Read More...

City of Ventura Bargaining Survey and Team Nominations 2020-2021

November 30, 2020

It's time to prepare for our upcoming bargaining campaign for City of Ventura employees. We need to hear from you! It is critically important that we incorporate your voice in this bargaining Read More...