It’s time to vote on our hard-won Tentative Agreement (TA) at Gateways!After more than five months of bargaining, your Gateways Bargaining Team has reached an agreement on our wage re-opener.Your elected Bargaining Team recommends a YES vote.We will have a Zoom meeting to go over the TA and answer any questions. In-person/on-line voting … Read More
The newly elected executive board of SEIU Local 721 is responsible for representing the interests of its members, and manages the Local’s affairs including running dynamic, worker-led campaigns that have secured historic gains for our members and working people across Southern California. Full list of elected member leaders: OFFICERS AT … Read More
Our 2022 SEIU Local 721 Officer and Board elections culminate on Tuesday, April 26, with the official Ballot Count at our Los Angeles Headquarters at 1545 Wilshire Blvd., starting at approximately 10 a.m. The 2022 member Election Committee oversees this process. As always, observers are invited to attend in person, … Read More
Yesterday, our union brought out the ballot boxes and fanned out at worksites across LA County for our strike authorization vote launch. We’re fed up with LA County’s bad faith bargaining and unfair proposals, and we’re voting YES to send a strong message to the Board of Supervisors and LA … Read More
LA City members: We did it! We ratified our Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement that includes cash payments amounting to 4.77% of LA City members’ annual salary (see examples of cash payments here). This will recover cash that we gave up when we agreed to delay our 2% raises from 2021 … Read More
Open enrollment starts soon for those of us working at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. If we want to make any changes to our healthcare benefits plans, now is the time. Thanks to the power of our union, our benefits plans at the LA DWP are stronger … Read More
Frontline workers from various public sector unions throughout LA County – including SEIU 721 – demanded cost-of-living increases to fight inflation at a press conference today held outside a Shell gas station in Chinatown near downtown LA., where prices at the pump were as high as $6.94 a gallon. The … Read More
In case you missed it, we reached a Tentative Agreement on our Salary Reopener! Online voting began this morning. You can cast your online ballot here, and the chairs of the bargaining team strongly recommend a YES vote to secure these cash payments. CAST YOUR BALLOT — CLICK HERE So what’s … Read More
We are still euphoric about our thousands-strong “Fight for the Frontline”march and rally last week, which sent a clear message: We, the members of SEIU 721, are ready to fight and ready to strike! The media picked up our message, spreading it far and wide throughout LA County and beyond. … Read More
Thousands of union members and labor supporters descended on downtown Los Angeles for the “Fight for the Frontline” march and rally today to highlight how contracts for LA County members expire at midnight tonight – and to emphasize how, if necessary, LA County members are ready to strike. Participants met … Read More