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Riverside County Per Diems Bargaining Survey

March 25, 2020

SEIU 721 Brothers and Sisters, As you may know, we finally concluded a long and difficult contract battle with the County of Riverside. Due to the resolve and participation of our members, we ratified a three- Read More...

Nurses Sound Alarm on LA County Department of Health Services’ Refusal to Release Stockpile of N95 Masks Needed to Protect Medical Personnel

March 24, 2020

Nurses File Complaint with Cal/OSHA and Warn LA County’s Hoarding of Masks and Failure to Provide Frontline Workers with Critical Equipment Risks Public Health and All but Guarantees Spread of COVID-19 Among Patients and Hospital Staff LA County frontline healthcare workers represented by Read More...

Call to Action for Our Members at LA County DCFS

March 24, 2020

Social Workers need better protection from Coronavirus to keep themselves and the families they serve safe! And with the Coronavirus pandemic upon us, SEIU 721 is advocating hard at every level of government to Read More...

Webcast – Managing Anxiety: Coronavirus Fears and Concerns

March 24, 2020

Managing Anxiety: Coronavirus Fears & Concerns Ongoing and evolving news of the coronavirus outbreak can naturally bring up fears and concerns. While feelings of anxiety are normal, they can make day-to-day life Read More...

SEIU 721 Members, Tell Your Senators to Protect All Workers!

March 22, 2020

As you know SEIU members and other service sector workers are coming together across the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to call on elected officials and corporate and industry leaders to #ProtectAllWorkers by ensuring the health, safety and financial security of Read More...

Los Angeles County Agrees: All Non-Essential Employees Will Telework

March 20, 2020

In response to the Union’s demand, the CEO will direct all Department Heads to place all non-essential employees in telework status and allow employees to work from home during the Safer at Home and Stay at Home orders. If the Department is unable to assign work that can be Read More...

LA County Workers & “Safer at Home” Ordinance

March 20, 2020

LA County Workers & “Safer at Home” Ordinance In light of last night’s press conference regarding the “Safer at Home” Ordinance in Los Angeles County, our Union President Bob Read More...

Union Bargaining Committee Meets with LA County, Presses Proposals to Protect Health and Safeguard Employees’ Financial Security

March 20, 2020

The full effects of the Coronavirus pandemic have yet to be felt but many SEIU 721 members are already being impacted. Our union has been hard at work ensuring that members’ health and safety needs are given full and complete consideration as we work with LA County to help control the spread Read More...

2020 SEIU 721 Convention Delegate Election Results

March 19, 2020

The results are in! SEIU members overwhelmingly approved amending our SEIU Local 721 Bylaws, and elected our 2020 SEIU International Convention delegation. Congratulations to our newly elected Read More...

WE ARE THE FRONTLINE – AND, TOGETHER, WE WILL HOLD THE LINE

March 19, 2020

By Bob Schoonover Now that the Coronavirus pandemic is literally upon us, it is safe to say that we are living in unprecedented times. For years, the members of SEIU 721 have reminded our employers Read More...