LA County Workers Staging Two-Day Strike in Contract Dispute

Bloomberg News

Leaders of Service Employees International Union 721, which organized the strike that began Monday, said the workers are protesting LA County’s delay in negotiating a new contract as well as 44 alleged violations they say accumulated during the current bargaining cycle.


L.A. County experiences major disruptions on first day of strike

The Los Angeles Times

SEIU Local 721, which represents roughly 55,000 workers, began a two-day strike Monday evening with social workers, nurses, clerical workers and other public employees walking off the job. The union said this is the first time in county history that all its members have joined a strike.





Arrests made as union workers march in downtown Los Angeles

Ch. 5 News

Aerial footage from Sky5 shows the purple-clad protesters, who are gathered in downtown Los Angeles after negotiations with the Service Employees International Union Local 721 failed on Monday, were seated in the middle of 5th Street as police officers took them into custody.