News - SEIU Local 721

Back by popular demand! More virtual LA County Benefits Fairs set for Oct. 22 and Oct. 24

October 19, 2020

Turnout was so successful during our last round of virtual LA County Benefits Fairs that we’ve scheduled two more. We will hold an additional virtual fair on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 6 PM and another virtual fair on Sat Read More...

Internal Organizing Campaign Coordinator

October 16, 2020

WHO WE ARE: SEIU 721 is a dynamic and fast growing labor organization recognized as one of the largest and strongest unions of publicly funded employees in the nation. We represent over 85,000 members and have over 170 staff employees covering 6 counties in Southern California, including Ventura Read More...

Are you doing Legal Office Support Asst. work for the Dept. of Child Support Services? LA County may owe you money!

October 16, 2020

Doing these additional duties outside your job classification should have put extra pay in your pocket. That hasn't happened. We will fight for it Read More...

SEIU 721 Members Respond to One-Sided LA Times Reports

October 15, 2020

Healthcare workers have done so much to help all of us during this pandemic so it's especially disturbing that the Los Angeles Times recently published articles that seek to diminish the critical work being done by Read More...

SEIU 721 Applauds Mayor Garcetti’s Opposition to Uber and Lyft’s Deceptive Proposition 22

October 15, 2020

Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU 721, issued the following statement in response to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official opposition to Proposition 22: “Mayor Garcetti is the latest in a long list of prominent political figures to voice his strong opposition to Uber Read More...

SEIU 721 Statement on Protections for Fast Food Workers

October 13, 2020

SEIU 721 Statement on the LA County Board of Supervisors Actions to Protect Fast Food Workers SEIU Local 721 has released the following statement on behalf of President Bob Schoonover in response to the passage of Sup. Solis’ motion on Protecting Read More...

Congratulations! Xiaoli Zhang-King Elected to SBCERS Pension Board

October 8, 2020

SBCERS members voted to elect our SEIU 721 member-endorsed candidate, Xiaoli Zhang-King, as the General Member of the Board of Retirement. Xiaoli is a Senior Financial Systems Analyst Read More...

We did it LA City! Furloughs are OFF the table.

October 2, 2020

Special Message from SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover As President of SEIU Local 721, I’m happy to deliver some good news to you today. We did it! Furloughs are now officially OFF the table with the City of Los Angeles! Since the beginning of this crisis, our union has worked non- Read More...

Nurse Practitioners & Patients Win as Newsom Signs New Bill

September 29, 2020

Victory! After years of lobbying and advocating, Nurse Practitioners in California now have full practice authority to better evaluate and diagnose patients utilizing their extensive Read More...

Don’t Miss LA County Virtual Benefits Fairs – Oct. 1

September 25, 2020

LA County members: It’s that time of the year again! The annual enrollment window is coming soon – from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31. Our union worked hard to bargain for these benefits for Read More...