Press Releases

LOS ANGELES – After weeks of member candidate townhall meetings, the SEIU Local 721 Executive Board has confirmed the following endorsements for the June 2022 primary election:  Mayor of LA: Karen Bass LA County Board of Supervisors District 1: Hilda Solis LA County Board of Supervisors District 3: Henry Stern … Read More

At a Rally Thursday, Drivers Will Sound the Alarm on Lyft’s Recent Move Allowing LA-Area Customers to Share Rides with Other Passengers. Workers Will Demand an End to Pandemic Policies that Put Profit Over Lives. Los Angeles – Drivers with the Mobile Workers Alliance will rally Thursday at Lyft’s driver … Read More

The union demands isolation and testing for infected healthcare workers, common-sense measures to help with the current staffing crisis, investments in recruitment and retention of health staff, and COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for all workers.

Nurses who have put their lives on the line to keep Los Angeles County functional throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will hold a press conference Tuesday at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration to sound the alarm on LA County’s decision to force Covid-positive healthcare workers back to work without testing or isolation periods.

While LA County’s 11 Million Residents Brace for a Winter COVID Surge, Essential Frontline Workers Are Once Again Being Asked to Do More With Less – As Staff Shortage is Reported at County Hospitals and Elsewhere, Board of Supervisors Will Be Asked to Better Respect the Remaining Workforce and the … Read More

After Recent Reported Spike in Crime Against Gig Workers, LA-Area Drivers to Speak Out Against Companies Like Uber and Lyft for Offering Little Support to Those Who Face Threats, Harassment, and Assault on the Job; Drivers to Call for Companies, Local Governments, and Other Entities to Offer “Support Hubs” LOS … Read More

City of Los Angeles Employees Will Join Fast Food, Hospitality, and Rideshare and Delivery Workers to Call for Transparency Around LA’s Plans for 2028 Olympics; Demand a Meaningful Say in Working Conditions Related to the Games

On unprecedented global day of action by gig workers in 9 countries, Los Angeles-area Uber and Lyft drivers will demand better protections and conditions for app-based workers across the world, shed light on the false promises of gig companies’ Prop 22 campaign, and call on Uber and other tech giants … Read More

Chanting slogans such as “More Care, Less Stress in DPSS” and “Don’t Crush our Human Touch,” the workers who reliably ensure that tens of thousands of Los Angeles County’s most vulnerable people remain connected to critical social services such as food, emergency housing, healthcare and counseling – including during the pandemic, when such services are so direly needed – will demand a halt to recent policies that dehumanize client care.

The workforce that put their lives on the line to keep Los Angeles County functional throughout the entire COVID-19 pandemic will hold a press conference Monday to demand answers from the Board of Supervisors for their inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic – including lack of protective and telework equipment for the county’s frontline employees as well as paltry compensation being offered to a workforce that, just months ago, elected officials and top county managers hailed as “heroes.”