Community Groups to Demand a Fix to Broken Streets and Broken Promises; Mayor Garcetti’s State of the City to Be Challenged by People’s State of the City Garcetti’s Pledge to Restore Services and 5K City Jobs Lost During the Recession by June, 2018, is Far from Being Met as … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Los Angeles County Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 ‘We Intend to Fight Hard for a Better Deal’ Schoonover Says, adding that Proposed Budget Falls Far Short of Keeping Up with Cost of Living in Los Angeles Especially Given Skyrocketing Housing Costs … Read More
Hundreds of Los Angeles Workers and Allies Protest Efforts by Billionaires, CEOs to Use Supreme Court to Further Rig the System Against Working Families In an Unprecedented Show of Force, Workers, Community Supporters, and Elected Officials Rallied at LAC+USC Medical Center Today, Pledging to Stick Together in Unions and Vowing to Fight Back Against Anti-Worker Legislation at … Read More
Hundreds of Ventura County Workers and Allies Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court Workers & Community Supporters to Rally at Ventura County Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig System Against Working People; Rally Participants to Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight … Read More
Hundreds of L.A. Workers and Allies to Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court Workers and Community Supporters to Rally at LAC+USC Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig the System Against Working People; Rally Participants Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight Back … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit “SEIU Local 721 is very saddened to learn of the passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit, who died on Dec. 26 at the age of 64 due to pancreatic cancer. He … Read More
SEIU 721 Frontline Workers Handle Massive Emergency Response as Their Own Homes Are Threatened by Thomas Fire Fifth Largest Wildfire in California History Impacts SEIU Members Working at Over 20 Sites throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties VENTURA, CA – Scores of SEIU 721 members living and working … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Safety Threats at Olive View Medical Center and Ventura County Courthouse “Today’s lock-down at the Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar due to the threat of an active shooter came on the heels of a bomb threat at the Ventura County … Read More
After Omitting Key Evidence During Court Proceedings, Riverside County Management and Their Legal Counsel, The Zappia Law Firm, Face Sanctions Motion in California Superior Court Sanctions Motion Filed Today Comes on the Heels of Riverside County’s Whopping 27 Unfair Labor Practice Charges, Including the Intimidation, Harassment, and Surveillance of … Read More
Angelenos to Hold ‘Remember Puerto Rico!’ Funeral Procession and 14-Minute Die-In at Roybal Federal Building to Urge for More Disaster Aid and Total Debt Cancellation in Wake of Hurricane Maria Catastrophe Los Angeles—Frontline public service providers from a variety of organized labor groups will hold a “Remember Puerto Rico!” … Read More