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More Than 1,000 Workers Picket Riverside University Hospital

September 6, 2017

Despite the County's attempts to block some workers from striking, more than 1,000 Riverside County employees picketed for several hours outside of the Riverside University Hospital Wednesday morning - sending a strong Read More...

Three Leading Gubernatorial Candidates John Chiang, Gavin Newsom, and Antonio Villaraigosa Join Striking Riverside County Workers

September 6, 2017

Three Leading Gubernatorial Candidates John Chiang, Gavin Newsom, and Antonio Villaraigosa Join Striking Riverside County Workers; Demands Include a Halt to Chronic Safety Breaches and an End to Labor Law ViolationsSEIU 721 Represented Riverside County Employees Including Health Care Providers, Read More...

REPORT TO STRIKE LINE – Wed. Sept. 6th – 6:30 a.m.

September 5, 2017

Three leading gubernatorial candidates - John Chiang, Gavin Newsom, and Antonio Villaraigosa will join striking Riverside County workers - Newsom at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Villaraigosa at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and Chiang at 11 Read More...

Riverside County Court Decision Update – TUESDAY Sept 5th – 8:30 p.m.

September 5, 2017

COURT DECISION UPDATE – Tuesday, September 5th @ 8:30PM First and foremost the unfair practice strike actions scheduled for Wednesday, September 6th and Thursday, September 7th are still legally protected and still Read More...

Riverside County Court Decision Update – TUESDAY 6:10PM

September 5, 2017

COURT DECISION UPDATE – Tuesday, September 5th @ 6:10PM There is still no final decision on how many – if any –workers will be prohibited from participating in the strike.It is possible that some highly essential employees may not be able to strike given the nature of Read More...

LAC+USC STEMI Team Win Recognition from the Board of Supervisors

September 5, 2017

Our SEIU 721 member-led, ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Team at LAC+USC, has been recognized for being in the top 3 of emergency response times! Supervisor Hilda Solis presented our SEIU 721 member-led LAC+USC STEMI Team with official scrolls of commendation for this Read More...

Homelessness: It could easily happen to you

September 5, 2017

By Laura Roberts-Newman Perhaps I was in a serious state of denial but even after two nights of sleeping in a hedge on Sunset Blvd. it still hadn’t truly sank in.When a man came up to me Read More...

Riverside County Employees Go On Strike; Demands Include a Halt to Chronic Safety Breaches and an End to Labor Law Violations

September 5, 2017

SEIU 721 Represented Riverside County Employees Including Health Care Providers, Social Workers, Correctional Officers, Mental Health Care Workers, Engineers, and Other Frontline Public Service Providers Walk Off the Job; Riverside County on the Hook for a Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations and Read More...

Call the Riverside County Board of Supervisors!

September 5, 2017

As if breaking labor law 19 times was not enough!Right now, Riverside County management is in court fighting to silence our voices and keep County workers from exercising their legally protected Read More...

LA Olympics 2028: Going for the Gold means Securing Union Jobs

September 4, 2017

By Simboa Wright I was six years old when the Olympics last came to Los Angeles. I was living in South LA with my adoptive family. I was the kind of kid that Mayor Eric Garcetti and the LA 2028 Read More...