Press Releases

Riverside County Workers On Day Two of Strike Joined by California State Treasurer John Chiang and NextGen American Founder Tom Steyer; Workers Take Demands to End Labor Law Violations Directly to Riverside County Board of Supervisors   Riverside County Charged with a Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations and Demands of Transparency Amidst the Use of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars for Sweetheart Consulting Contracts; Frontline Public Service … Read More

Gubernatorial Candidates Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa to Join Riverside County Employees On Strike; Demands Include a Halt to Chronic Safety Breaches and an End to Labor Law Violations

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

Hundreds of Riverside County Employees to Descend on Board of Supervisors to Sound the Alarm About Rampant ER Safety Breaches at County’s Flagship Hospital; Employee Picketing Over County’s Whopping 19 Labor Law Violations Enters Its 4th Week

SEIU Local 721 Riverside County Workers Decisively Authorize Escalation Up to and Including Strike   Strike Authorization Approved with 98% of Voting Members and the Full Backing of the SEIU Local 721 Executive Board   RIVERSIDE, CA – A 5-week long escalation vote by Riverside County employees represented by SEIU … Read More

L.A. City Councilmembers to Join Fix L.A. Coalition to Renew City’s Commitment to Restore Services and Create 5,000 New Front-Line Service Jobs as City Heads into Budget Season   Fix L.A. Accounts for Just 210 New Full-Time Hires One Year After Mayor Promised 5,000 New Jobs; Coalition Warns State of … Read More

On Tax Day, Riverside County Employees and Residents Condemn the County’s Potential $119 Million Waste of Taxpayer Dollars; Demand Riverside County CEO Jay Orr Renegotiate Toxic Bank Deal   Toxic Swap with Wells Fargo Could Drain County Coffers Up to $69.4 Million in Excessive Fees over Life of Deal; KPMG … Read More

Violent Attack on Nurse Leads Riverside County Employees to Host 3 Days of Self-Defense Classes as Management Ignores Increasingly Dangerous Conditions   Safety Breaches Rampant Throughout County Facilities; Official Grievance by Correctional Facility Nurses Describes Many in ‘Fear of a Violent Attack That May Lead to Death at Work’   … Read More

SEIU Local 721 to Co-Host ‘Yard Sale for Healthcare!’ with Rep. Steve Knight at District Office in Palmdale   $20 Billion Needed to Save Healthcare for 5 Million Californians and Keep 63,000 Jobs across Greater L.A. Area   Palmdale, CA—In a bold display of accountability, Rep. Steve Knight will join … Read More

Harbor Regional Center Frontline Case Workers Demand Management Put Care of Special Needs Patients First   Management Blocking Disbursement of $1.8 Million Designated to Strengthen Frontline Services Hurts Harbor Area Residents with Special Needs and Developmental Disabilities   Torrance, CA—Workers on the front lines of patient care at the Harbor … Read More