St. John’s University, a Catholic school in New York, announced recently that it was invoking a religious exemption from labor law and was busting its two faculty unions on campus. Sound familiar? LMU invoked the same bogus exemption last year to try and break our union of non-tenure track (NTT) … Read More
The ballots are in! Here are the results of your St. John’s Community Health 2026 bargaining team election in no particular order: Jatziri Sanchez Pablo Hernandez Mario Prietto Gary Poe Joel Navarro Alternate: Benina Zavala Congratulations to all who took part; your involvement is crucial to us winning a strong … Read More
On February 19, hundreds of SEIU 721 members flooded the LAWA Board of Airport Commission meeting with a clear, united message: we won’t stand by as management tries to grab power and authority, undermine the City Charter, and threaten our livelihood by taking steps to undermine and disrespect us. The … Read More
On Tues., Feb. 24, LMU union faculty joined a delegation that marched to the office of Fr. Eddie Siebert, a member of the university’s board of trustees, and called on the faith leader to support returning to contract bargaining with instructors. The delegation — which included the Catholic Labor Network … Read More
SEIU 721 is a dynamic and fast-growing labor organization recognized as one of the largest and strongest unionsof publicly funded employees in the nation. We represent over 100,000 workers and have over 200 staff employeescovering 6 counties in Southern California; including Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties andnumerous cities … Read More
On Tues., Nov. 18, 2025, members of our Occidental College student worker bargaining team organized a protest on the quad calling out our admin’s disrespectful behavior in bargaining for our first union contract. School officials demanded our colleagues stop using bullhorns at the action and later sent disciplinary warnings to … Read More
Occidental College’s admin has disrespected student workers in negotiations for a union contract from day one and has broken labor law to try and silence our voices. Here’s what they’ve proposed in bargaining: It’s clear to us that Oxy wants to maintain the status quo. We can’t let them. Our … Read More
Since joining SEIU Local 721 in summer 2024, Oxy student workers have been hard at work bargaining with Occidental College for a strong union contract. Unfortunately, the college has met us with union-busting tactics and disrespectful proposals that do nothing to change the status quo. Among many other workplace proposals, … Read More
We are Occidental College Student Workers. We are essential in our roles as resident advisors, graders, tutors, translators, researchers, lifeguards, service workers, photographers, mail clerks, tour guides, and more. Despite our diverse jobs on campus, we are united in our goals to win respect and a strong union contract that … Read More
In case you missed it, we turned out in full force to yesterday’s Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Commission meeting at LAX. We stood union strong to demand a “NO” vote on a motion that would have granted LAWA CEO John Ackerman uninhibited power at our airports in the name … Read More