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The High Cost of Freeloaders

There's one in every group.You know the one: Everyone goes out to eat. Everyone orders. Everyone eats. Everyone pulls out their method of payment, well, everyone except that friend who conveniently left their wallet Read More...

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Champion of Working People

MLK right to work
"In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right to work.' It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and Read More...

Together We Rise on July 22nd

"If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it." -A. Phillip RandolphSEIU Local 721 members are gearing up for the July 22nd Unity Summit to continue to stoke the union fire that brought us Read More...

When we fight for our health, we win!

#Fight4OurHealth
When tens of millions were threatened with the loss of their healthcare coverage, hundreds of thousands were threatened with the loss of their jobs, and tens of thousands were threatened with the loss of their lives, we fought back! When we fight we win! Last night, after Read More...

Hundreds take Rise & Resist Leader oath at Unity Summit

In a milestone moment for SEIU Local 721, hundreds of members took the oath to become Rise & Resist Leaders at an inaugural Unity Summit held at St. Sophia Cathedral in South Los Angeles this past Saturday, July 22."Our union is facing a serious threat - the threat of being torn apart," Read More...