The County of Ventura Board of Supervisors voted on August 5, 2014, to approve 59 new positions to help keep children safe in the County. The new additions, which include 30 new social workers, are the result of SEIU 721 Local members and staff working tirelessly with the County of Ventura through the joint Workload Forum to find better ways to lessen the impact of child abuse and neglect in our community.
On August 5, the coalition of LA City Unions and Fix LA Partners sponsored a “Kids Swim Free” event at Exposition Park to expose Wall Street giveaways and unnecessary budget cuts in human and neighborhood services. The free access to the pool was paid for by donations from City workers and clergy.
A Ventura County Superior Court judge, Kent Kellegrew, issued a final ruling to take the pension-killing measure off the November ballot. The judge ruled that if the measure was against state law and if it was allowed to stay on the ballot it would result in a waste of taxpayer money because it could not be legally enacted.
The County of Ventura received and filed a report from Segal Corporation which details some of the ways that the ballot measure would cost the County money if things were to occur as they did in San Jose and Alaska.
Elected members of SEIU Local 721 and five additional unions representing a wide range of city workers–from librarians to sanitation truck drivers to crossing guards–took a lunch break from bargaining a new contract today to help clergy and community stakeholders clean one of the city’s many trash-strewn alleys. Their message … Read More
The SEIU Local 721 City of Ventura bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with the City on July 9, and all four bargaining units, A, G, S, and Q have approved the tentative agreement. The City Council voted to approve the contract at its July 28 meeting.
Our American values of justice and compassion ought to guide each of us as adults — whether a parent or not – to help kids who are in danger, regardless of economic or immigrant status.
SEIU 721 City of Santa Paula members voted to approve the Last, Best and Final Offer on July 8, 2014.
Anti-immigrant protests in Murrieta, California are intimidating and scaring children fleeing violence in Central America. That’s why SEIU locals in California are launching a week of action. We want to bring attention to this humanitarian crisis. We must put the children ahead of partisan politics.
SEIU 721 members in the City of Palm Springs voted 87% to ratify a proposed contract with management on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The four-year contract was approved by City Council on Wednesday evening.