Pomona Event One of Several Across the Country in Support of Thousands of Frontline Workers Who are Calling for a Fair Contract That Protects Donors and Helps Address America’s Blood Shortage
Union Cites Bad Faith Bargaining and Labor Law Violations by County Management in Lead-Up to Unfair Labor Practice Strike Vote; Ballot Box Results to Precede Intensive Negotiations Starting Next Week, Where Union Will Continue Demanding More Compensation to Fight Inflation and an End to Privatization of Good Union Jobs LOS … Read More
Countywide Strike Vote Follows Massive Protest Through Downtown LA by SEIU 721 and Other Local Labor Unions Calling for More Compensation to Fight Inflation, Which Hit a Record High of 8.5% in March; Workers Cite Bad Faith Bargaining, Repeated Labor Law Violations by County Management in Push for Strike Authorization … Read More
“The Board of Supervisors needs to keep up with the times, and right now, inflation is the number one issue facing the LA County workforce,” said David Green, President of SEIU 721. “The heroes who got everyone through COVID deserve a solid paycheck, not to be living paycheck to paycheck.”
*10 AM MARCH AND RALLY THURSDAY* Amid Skyrocketing Inflation, Insulting Contract Proposals by LA County Leadership that Don’t Keep Up with the Rising Cost of Living, and Rampant Privatization Threats that Put Good Union Jobs at Risk, LA County SEIU 721 Members Set to Conduct First County-Wide Strike Vote in … Read More
* 8 AM RALLY WEDNESDAY* As Gas Prices Soar, Amazon Flex Delivery Workers to Rally and Demand Higher Pay Rates Alongside Uber Drivers At a Rally in Redondo Beach Outside an Amazon Warehouse and Uber Hub, Drivers with the Tech Giants Will Call on the Companies to Put Drivers’ Financial … Read More
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.