Statement from SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Riverside County’s Declaration of Impasse “It’s not surprising that the County has made it their objective to stay on the low road. The County has broken labor law after labor law throughout this process – racking up 19 violations since negotiations … Read More
SEIU 721 members are leading the charge towards our vision of a Just Culture at the LA County Health Agency. On August 30th, SEIU 721 members, a coalition of unions and LA County Health Agency managers who are ready to make positive changes came together for the “A Just Culture … Read More
So-called “Right to Work” laws have been all over the news recently, as more and more states fall prey to this anti-worker legislation. An attack by greedy corporations and anti-worker politicians, so-called “Right to Work” legislation is meant to strip workers of their bargaining power and silence their collective voice. … Read More
Enough with Riverside County’s Unfair Practices! For more than a year we’ve tried to negotiate in good-faith with the County of Riverside but they have consistently stayed on their low-road of breaking labor law after labor law! To date, we have filed 19 unfair practice charges against the County ranging … Read More
Fresh off the heels of the sick time victory, SEIU 721, BU 729 members won another grievance last week, which will bring transparency and fairness to performance evaluations. After multiple members exposed that management had been conducting surprise performance evaluations, downgrading workers without documentation, overriding direct supervisor evaluations and even … Read More
SEIU Local 721 makes their voice heard County of Riverside spends $40,000,000 on KPMG consulting; county services remain sparse Thursday, August 17th By Melissa Diaz Hernandez at The Valley Chronicle Aug. 10 was a day of action for members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 as workers … Read More
The picketing over the County of Riverside’s unfair practices enters its second week with hundreds of employees publicly condemning the County’s deplorable behavior that just keeps getting worse. Since labor talks began with Riverside County 14 months ago, SEIU Local 721-represented frontline workers have filed more than a dozen Unfair … Read More
The violence and hate espoused by the white supremacists behind Saturday’s deadly terror attack in Charlottesville strike at the very heart of what it means to be an American. SEIU 721 members condemn this horrific violence in the strongest terms, and our hearts are with those families grieving the injury … Read More
One of our greatest social activists and labor leaders is Cesar Chavez, who after leaving school in the 8th grade to work in the California fields with his family, went on to lead the charge for rights for millions of farm workers. Chavez’ contributions go beyond any one cause, with … Read More
BU 729 members now can use vacation time for sick time … no permission necessary! When management at the LAC+USC Medical Center denied employees the right to use vacation time for sick time, SEIU Local 721 members stood up for our rights at the workplace! We filed a “Grievance – … Read More