Press Releases

USC shuttle drivers and dispatchers — members of SEIU Local 721 — to hold one-day unfair-labor practice strike Friday; Workers to call for an end to university’s unlawful workplace practices at pickets starting at 5:30 AM — and at an 11 AM rally with students, faculty, staff, and community supporters. Shuttle drivers’ strike to impact commencement ceremonies Friday and comes amid campus unrest and heavy criticism of USC President Carol Folt.

Student Workers and Allies to March to Campus President’s Office and Call for Voluntary Recognition of a Union of Roughly 800 Undergraduate Employees

Hundreds of Housing Activists, Clergy, Community, and Union Members — Including some of the 11,000 City Workers Who Shut Down Los Angeles in August — Will Rally in Echo Park and Demand that LA Take Bold Action to Combat Homelessness Through the Development of Permanent Supportive Housing on City Property

On October 11 at the Old Parker Center Building Site, Hundreds of Housing Activists, Clergy, Community and Labor Groups Will Unveil Proposals and Demands They Have Made to the City for Social and Permanent Housing, Stronger Tenant Protections, Improved Wages and Good Union Jobs So LA Residents Can Live in Dignity and Security.

Social Workers Will Sound the Alarm on Increasingly Dangerous Conditions for Youth in County’s Care with Caseloads as High as 22 Cases Per Social Worker, Far Higher Than the Accepted Rate of 15 to Ensure Child Safety

From the Harbor to the Valley, More than 11,000 City of Los Angeles Workers Represented by SEIU Local 721 Set to Walk Off the Job in First Unfair Labor Practice Strike in More Than 40 Years; Picket Lines to Begin Tuesday, August 8th at Worksites Across Los Angeles

LA County Jail Healthcare Workers Will Tell Federal Judge Dean Pregerson: ‘You Need to Take Another Jail Tour’

“SEIU 721 proudly supports the WGA strike. We are in strong solidarity and we will not cross any picket lines. This is about union solidarity across industries. SEIU 721 – like Unite HERE and the Teamsters, among others – will honor the WGA’s picket lines.”

Union’s Executive Board Entrusts SEIU 721 President David Green to Serve as New Executive Director Effective May 11 and Appoints Schoonover to Special Advisor Position During Transition