County of Ventura Bargaining Team Election 2025 Launched

The County of Ventura Bargaining Team election launched today, Monday, May 12, 2025. County of Ventura members in all bargaining tables except for Public Works will vote for their new bargaining team members. Public Works did not have enough candidates to require an election. Voting will continue until Wednesday, June


County of Ventura 2025 Bargaining Team Election Timeline

Bargaining team nominations are now closed.  Many of you submitted nominations for coworkers or for yourself and now it’s time to confirm nominations and see which bargaining Tables will require elections.  If there are more candidates than seats for a Table, then there will be an election.  Because of the


County of Ventura 2025 Contract Action Team Meetings

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Join us for an upcoming County of Ventura Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting! We’ll have these meeting at our new office just up the street from our previous Ventura Address on Eastman Ave. Here is our list of upcoming County of Ventura CAT meetings: Date Time Location Meeting Topic Saturday,


Update on County of Ventura JLMs – We Won!

We had a great victory when we won Joint Labor Management Committee language in our County of Ventura contract. JLM’s are a vital tool to allow members to voice concerns. Much to our dismay, the County took a minimalist approach to the JLM language and tried to stifle member voices


SEIU 721 Members Tell the Board of Supervisors – Don’t Silence Our Voice!

County of Ventura SEIU 721 members fought hard this past contract campaign to win Joint Labor Management committee language. JLM’s are a vital tool to allow members to voice concerns. But for months, County management has refused to allow SEIU 721 members to participate fully in the JLM process –


County of Ventura VCERA Update 2023 – We need your ideas

We received a lot of questions after our last email with an update on the impact of the Alameda Decision on pensions. We have an FAQ section below and we created a VCERA Alameda Decision Impact Retirement Survey. We need your input and ideas as our subcommittee meets to formulate


County of Ventura – Our 2022 Bargaining Team is Set!

  You submitted your bargaining team nominations to set us on a winning path in our upcoming campaign. The Bargaining Team election is over and we have our new Bargaining Team! Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year’s election and together we are ready to stand up for our


Another Win for SEIU 721 County of Ventura Members!

When our SEIU 721 County of Ventura bargaining team formulated our last bargaining proposals in the 2019 campaign, we knew that ever-changing health care costs would be a challenge. Our team’s strategy was to try and cover the increases by having flex credit contributions increase over time. December 12, 2021,



Ventura County VCERA Update Jan 22, 2021

Our union continues to work with the County and other unions -primarily Fire and Sheriff – in addressing the still unresolved impact to Classic employees/members as a result of the Alameda Supreme Court case ruling. Our lawyers are working to respond to the initial court filing in the declaratory relief