Striking Port of LA truck drivers are back at the bargaining table thanks to support from SEIU Local 721 City of Los Angeles workers and members of the Fix LA coalition. It was solidarity between labor, the community and faith organizations that helped pressure port management into resuming talks.
SEIU 721 is proud to stand with President Obama as he takes administrative action to enable millions of families to live without fear of deportation and to come out of the underground economy and raise their voices without fear of retribution.
Declaring “Fixing LA is Fixing the Port,” Harbor Employees, Sanitation Truck Drivers, Other City Workers Volunteer at Picket Lines and Pledge Resources to Exploited Truckers’ Efforts to End Wage Theft, Unite in Teamster Union
The Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA) board voted 6-2 on Nov. 18, 2014 to allow pensionable compensation to be calculated based on a worker’s monthly pay. Having pension pay based on monthly pay seems like an obvious path but the County of Ventura has a differing position, arguing for base pay only in seeking a super narrow view of what should count towards a pension.
The SEIU Local 721 Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC) bargaining team met with Center negotiators for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
SEIU Local 721 Latino Caucus leaders from Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties met in Ventura on Nov. 15, 2014 to celebrate recent victories and review upcoming plans to help fight for changes in our communities.
Candidates and ballot measures supported by 721 members did very well on the November 4th election.
The SEIU Local 721 Bargaining Committee and Negotiators fought in 2013 to honor our veterans in Ventura County. We are proud to have won November 11 as an official county holiday.
I’m an immigrant from El Salvador whose family came to the United States for a brighter future. My father’s most valued liberty was the right to vote. He instilled in all of us the importance and responsibility of voting.
In 2015, SEIU 721 LA County members have an opportunity to negotiate for a contract that will help Fix LA.