Together, We’re Bargaining for the Biggest Raises in LA City History Since August, our LA City bargaining teams have been meeting with City officials daily to negotiate a strong, new contract with the largest wage increases in LA City history. We know the City can do it, having provided public … Read More
Dear Colleagues, We’re writing to tell you about our campaign to improve working conditions for non-tenure track faculty (NTT Faculty) at LMU. NTT Faculty do most of the teaching at LMU. Yet we endure short-term contracts, job insecurity, and minimal opportunities to advance at the university. What is more, our … Read More
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no in person orientations at the time you were hire to meet in person with your Union representatives. Last year there was legislation passed at the State level that give you all the right to attend a 30 minute Union orientation in person … Read More
As you know we’ve been steadily at the bargaining table negotiating our City of LA successor contract. Make no mistake, our top our priorities are winning strong and competitive wage increases, solving the short-staffing crisis, defending and expanding our healthcare, a secure retirement, winning a stronger union voice on the job, … Read More
We are fed up with broken promises by the LA County Chief Executive Officer when it comes to social worker caseloads – and, yesterday morning, we delivered that message in-person straight to county management at the Hall of Administration in downtown LA. Soon afterward, our message began resonating in the … Read More
Join us for our 721 Retiree Committee Health Fair on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, from 10am to 1pm. We’ll meet in the Auditorium at the Union Hall: 1545 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90017. Please RSVP with Gloria Aguilar at gloria.aguilar@seiu721.org. We’ll have a host of great guest speakers: Petra … Read More
Candidate Statements Each candidate has been given the opportunity to submit a 50-word statement of why they should be elected to serve on the bargaining committee. SSPS Oracio Diaz – Social Service Practitioner I’ve been employed with San Bernardino County Children and Family Services as an SSP for twenty-two years. … Read More
Los Angeles — Service Employees International Union Local 721 President David Green released the following statement on Gov. Newsom’s appointment of Laphonza Butler to the U.S. Senate: “SEIU 721 members are very excited to see that Gov. Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler to represent Californians in the U.S. Senate. Butler, … Read More
Join us on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. for a Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting to help plan the next steps for our LA City contract fight. We’ll discuss a launch video for the campaign, and plan a call to action for members to keep … Read More
We’re excited to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement on hiring and retention bonuses for the Alternative Crisis Response Teams! Our negotiating team was the DMH Healthcare Reform & Integration Committee (HRIC), which is comprised of a diverse set of DMH SEIU 721 member leaders, who fought hard … Read More