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Union members have decried what they say was a 0% cost-of-living increase offered by the county. County officials say they’re staring down a precarious budget season, including a “potentially catastrophic loss of hundreds of millions or more in federal funding.”

SEIU 721, the union representing the 55,000 striking government employees and conducting negotiations with the county for pay and benefit increases, said it is “fed up with Los Angeles County management’s repeated law-breaking and failure to bargain in good faith.”

Over 55,000 SEIU 721 labor union members went on strike today to protest labor law violations.

“This is the workforce that got LA County through emergency after emergency: the January wildfires, public health emergencies, mental health emergencies, social service emergencies and more” said David Green, SEIU 721’s Executive Director and President, who has worked as an LA County Children’s Social Worker II for more than two decades. “From the San Fernando Valley to the San Gabriel Valley, from the foothills to the beaches, all across LA County, we get the job done. That’s why we have had it with the labor law violations and demand respect for our workers.”

Union representatives contend that the county has failed to bargain in good faith and allege labor law violations, including contracting out SEIU 721-represented positions.

“Lo que necesitamos son trabajos buenos que sean de unión que tengan una pensión para que la gente le pueda dar una buena vida a su familia. Es todo lo que estamos pidiendo”, dice Gilda Valdez, jefa de personal de SEIU 721.

The members of labor union SEIU 721 walked off their jobs after 7 p.m. Monday in an effort to negotiate for a new and fair contract with the county.

Trabajadores del condado de Los Ángeles entraron este lunes en paro laboral, lo que podría afectar a millones de personas que usan y se benefician de servicios públicos y sociales en varias áreas.

Más de 55,000 empleados del condado tienen programado iniciar la huelga a las 7:00 p.m. de este lunes; el paro de trabajadores podría impactar varios servicios

The two sides negotiated Monday night, a union rep said. The walkout, which SEIU Local 721 says is the first of its kind, is slated to last 48 hours.