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The Los Angeles march was organized by clergymen and other faith-based community members, alongside other groups including Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 721 and LA Voice.

Cientos de angelinos protestaron en el centro de Los Ángeles como parte del movimiento de solidaridad nacional, exigiendo el fin de las redadas de ICE y el cese de fondos para la agencia. Trabajadores y activistas demandan trato humano y rechazan la persecución migratoria intensificada.

The protest was one of several across the country as immigration raids have continued. This time, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and CLUE, a clergy organization, came together to organize a march to the detention center.

“Our members are really furious about it,” said David Green, a county social worker and president of SEIU 721, which represents over half of the more than 100,000 people who work for the county government. The union represents emergency room nurses and social workers, among many others.

The City of Simi Valley and Service Employees International Union Local 721 have reached a new three-year labor agreement, avoiding a city employee strike that union members overwhelmingly authorized earlier this year.

After roughly five months of tense negotiations, the Simi Valley City Council unanimously approved Dec. 1 an updated labor contract for workers represented by the Service Employees International Union.

LMU’s total expenses for the 2023-24 fiscal year were $660.19 million — and faculty are interested in seeing exactly where it’s all going.

We talk about parallels to movements in the United States, like the immigrant rights movement and the Black Lives Matter Movement, as well as when UAW 4811 workers at the University of California institutions went on strike for the Palestine solidarity movement, and the massive SEIU 721 strike earlier this year.

We won our fight to join SEIU Local 721 in 2024 with 90 percent in favor. Our unit includes nearly 400 faculty members who teach in LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, and the School of Film and Television.

Representatives from Service Employees International Union Local 721, which represents public works, administrative and police dispatch employees, said deteriorating conditions and noncompetitive salaries were fueling turnover.