At the table, the biggest issue is ensuring that we have accessible and affordable quality healthcare. We’re taking this fight for affordable healthcare head on for our families and for our community.
Our unity and participation has a positive impact as we bargain for a strong contract that helps Lift Up Ventura County.
Purple Up on Tuesday, August 30 to stand in unity with the Bargaining Team as it goes to the table with County management.
SEIU Local 721 Human Services Agency (HSA) members provide quality services to the most vulnerable populations in our county. HSA members met at IBEW Union Hall on July 13th in preparation for bargaining and discussed Issues like workload/caseload, retention, health and safety on the job, and how those items impact the community.
Meet your newly elected 2016 SEIU Local 721 County of Ventura Bargaining Team.
These members are from the Admin Support, Maintenance and Labor, Professional, Social Services, Supervisory, Technical Units and an At Large member and serve communities across Ventura County.
Recent bomb threats at HSA locations put the public and workers at risk. Management’s poor communication as these incidents evolved left workers and the public in the dark.
The ballots are in and have been counted. Congratulations to the new SEIU 721 County of Ventura Bargaining Team! The ballots are in and were counted on Friday, May 20 at the SEIU Ventura office.
Bargaining team members will have the important role of representing you and all members at the bargaining table as we work together towards a fair contract and to LIFT UP VENTURA!
The pension board that oversees the pensions for County of Ventura workers was moving to exclude Market Based Premium Pay from being pensionable. This move from the Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA) Board would have hurt workers’ secure retirement. VCERA’s third-party counsel felt sure that it was interpreting the law correctly.
Almost 400 SEIU Local 721 represented County of Ventura employees will received new ADDITIONAL market based wage increases in the near future. Your SEIU 721 Bargaining Committee met with County representatives and agreed to additional MBA increases for 60 classifications, bringing worker salaries much closer to market value.
The SEIU Local 721 Bargaining Committee and Negotiators fought in 2013 to honor our veterans in Ventura County. We are proud to have won November 11 as an official county holiday.
SEIU 721 has teamed up with the County of Ventura to host the First Annual “Hogs for Dogs” Poker Ride to benefit Ventura County Animal Services. The motorcycle ride is on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and will start at the Ventura Harley-Davidson shop in Ventura.