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VCERA Update: Unions and VCERA Agree to Continue to Meet on the Flex Credit

October 30, 2020

SEIU 721 Regional Director Danny Carrillo and SEIU 721's counsel participated in the last VCERA meeting on October 12 to discuss the Alameda Decision and the impact to SEIU legacy VCERA participants. SEIU continues Read More...

COVID-19 Testing, Webinar and Flu Vaccinations for LA County members with Kaiser coverage

October 27, 2020

The holidays are around the corner and the COVID-19 pandemic is still here. It’s more vital than ever to protect our health – and for LA County members of our union with Kaiser Permanente coverage, there are new opportunities we won’t want to miss. On Wednesday, October 28, Kaiser Read More...

$70 monthly LA County Rideshare Transit Subsidy – you may qualify!

October 23, 2020

LA County members: Our union is happy to announce that the LA County Rideshare Transit Subsidy program is back! Members of our union may be eligible for a $70 monthly transit subsidy – but certain criteria must be Read More...

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...

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 the LA County Department of Health Services. While there 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 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 Essential Workers in the 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 Read More...