Soroya Rowley, a theatre department lecturer, is co-lead of a 13-member organizing committee — working for a collective bargaining unit under Service Employees International Union Local 721.
Representatives from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 721 collaborated with ROSE to run the event and news outlets including Telemundo/NBC4 were in attendance.
Under the SEIU terms, all union members, whether they’re receiving six- figure salaries or at the lowest rungs of the pay schedule, will receive automatic pay increases, the first one totaling 5% and retroactive to March 21.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
In the next step of the non-tenure track (NTT) faculty’s effort to unionize, faculty members are seeking out support from the largest community on campus — students.
“Obviously, if it means a pothole not being filled or a tree not being trimmed or even sanitation services, that has a real impact on the residents of los angeles so we’re doing everything we can to avoid that,” said David Green, the President and Executive Director of SEIU Local 721.
The California Court Reporters Association said that a decade ago, “LA Courts, along with courts around the state, fired a large segment of its court reporter workforce, and has now been slow and resistant to replacing these positions.”
