bargaining - SEIU Local 721

LA County Contract Bargaining for 2025 Starts this Summer with Rousing Kick-Off in DTLA

July 23, 2024

Spirits were high and the energy in the room was fully charged as hundreds of SEIU 721’s LA County members began the 2025 Contract Bargaining Kick-Off at the JW Marriott in downtown LA this past Saturday. SEIU Read More...

LA County Social Workers – A special contract bargaining message for you

March 22, 2022

March is Social Workers Month. As we focus our union’s energies on bargaining for the best contract possible, it is vital to place the needs of LA County’s social workers at the forefront. Keeping caseloads at manageable levels must remain a top priority. As social workers, we want to do Read More...

LA County Backs Off October 1 Vaccine Deadline, but Continues to Reject Frequent Testing Alternative. Bargaining Continues.

October 1, 2021

Vaccine Mandate Bargaining Update No disciplinary action today and no disciplinary action until late November at the earliest. In the interest of public health, our own health and the health of our families, SEIU 721 Read More...

City of Ventura -The Final Stretch to a Strong Contract!

March 9, 2021

City of Ventura Our bargaining team met with city management on Thursday, February 25 where several proposals were offered and countered. We are on the final stretch of bargaining and one of our key priorities is Read More...

City of Ventura – Fighting for a New Strong Contract

February 25, 2021

City of Ventura Our bargaining team has been hard at work for the past month, meeting with city management several times and working on proposals and offering counters to management proposals. We are facing unprecedented times and our bargaining team is leaving no stone Read More...

Gold Coast Transit District – Time to Gear Up for Bargaining!

February 13, 2021

It's time to prepare for our upcoming bargaining campaign for Gold Coast Transit District employees. We need to hear from you! It is critically important that we incorporate your voice in this bargaining process. It is only with our unity and participation that we can help Read More...

City of Ventura Bargaining Survey and Team Nominations 2020-2021

November 30, 2020

It's time to prepare for our upcoming bargaining campaign for City of Ventura employees. We need to hear from you! It is critically important that we incorporate your voice in this bargaining Read More...

LA County Proposes Hard Pay Concessions as an Alternative to Lay-Offs

May 29, 2020

To close a projected $943 million shortfall in the 2020-21 budget, the County of Los Angeles has asked SEIU 721 and other LA County unions to agree to several pay concessions: Suspend for one year, effective July 1, 2020, LA County’s matching contribution to employees’ Horizons 457 Read More...

City of Ventura – Time to Vote!

May 13, 2020

SEIU Local 721 City of Ventura bargaining team (left to right) Lynn Lopez, Burt Yanez, Maruja Clensay, Julie Santia, Cary Glenn, Jennie Buckingham, Roger Adams, Patrick Stock, Gabby Wimer. Don Read More...

This is NOT the Time to be Making Deals

April 7, 2020

This is NOT the Time to be Making Deals. Shame on LA Superior Court for Trying to Take Advantage of the COVID-19 Emergency to Extract a One-Year Pay Freeze! During the COVID-19 Emergency, it is Read More...