Social workers at LA County’s Department of Children and Family Services bargained hard for an MOU that clearly specified what our caseloads should be and our timeline for achieving them. But the department has not met these goals. On average, social workers in the Resource Family Support and Permanency Division … Read More
By David Green, LA County Social Worker & SEIU 721 Treasurer The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major threat to children in the child welfare system. While the disease itself most severely affects older adults, the side effects of the pandemic — shelter-in-place orders, lockdowns, school and court closures and mass unemployment — … Read More
For many SEIU 721 workers, in the course of their work they are required to confront and clean – whether it is germs, viruses, and diseases at a hospital or to clean up city parks to keep them safe. A virus as deadly as COVID-19 is different though and every day … Read More
We can all agree that 2020 has been one of the most demanding years in our lifetimes. The COVID-19 pandemic has come and the subsequent economic depression has put the work we do front and center. Join SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover and Vice President Linda Dent as they host union … Read More
VCERA ballots will be mailed on June 19 to members under the Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA) pensions board – County of Ventura, Ventura Superior Court and Ventura Regional Sanitation District. We need your help. Now more than ever it is critical that we elect board members who have … Read More
SEIU 721 members and their families joined Black Lives Matter, interfaith leaders, and labor and community groups for a funeral procession and memorial service Downtown Los Angeles honoring George Floyd and demanding justice for those killed at the hands of law enforcement. The funeral procession, which began in Leimert Park … Read More
The County of Los Angeles and SEIU 721 reached an agreement Friday morning on a proposal aimed at averting layoffs and demotions. The Union rejected the County’s demands for postponement of negotiated raises as premature and unnecessary at this time. In order to avert thousands of proposed layoffs and demotions, … Read More
Make no mistake about it, we are facing a challenge like never before. The Mayor is proposing 26 days of furloughs. This amounts to approximately a 10% pay cut — this is unacceptable, and we are fighting this proposal every step of the way. On May 26th we sent a cease and desist … Read More
We are living through a moment in this nation’s history that will not soon be forgotten. As union members, we know that social and economic justice cannot be achieved without racial justice – they are inherently linked. That’s why our union, SEIU, has worked tirelessly to build cross-racial solidarity to … Read More
These are troubled times for America, made all the more troubling by tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota recently – where two city police officers outrageously and senselessly took the life of George Floyd in a disturbing incident caught entirely on camera. As helpless onlookers pleaded in vain, police pinned down … Read More