LA County News - SEIU Local 721

LA County Commuter Benefit Plan and Transit Subsidy- Still Available!

July 24, 2019

DON’T MISS OUT! SAVE MONEY NOW! LA COUNTY COMMUTER BENEFIT PLAN The County provides a transportation benefit through WageWorks, Inc. called the Commuter Benefit Plan (CBP) which allows employees to save money by Read More...

LA County workforce tells LACERA: ‘We must secure our retirement’

June 25, 2019

Members working in various LA County departments turned out in full force at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting to demand greater transparency and accountability throughout the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) – and to demand that their hard-earned retirement Read More...

June 30 is the LA County Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts reimbursement deadline

June 5, 2019

Many of us working for LA County take advantage of the Health Care Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Spending Accounts that are offered to us thanks to hard-fought negotiations by our Union.But you may not Read More...

Board of Supervisors gets SEIU 721 workers’ perspective on LA County budget

May 15, 2019

Dozens of our fellow SEIU 721 members who keep LA County clean, healthy and functioning testified at today’s official budget hearing, highlighting various challenges across numerous departments in a formal Read More...

Bobby Cagle of LA County’s DCFS sounds the $200 million+ alarm on Title IV-E Waiver

April 26, 2019

This week, LA County DCFS Director Bobby Cagle sent an official notice alerting the entire child welfare workforce of a potential hit of between $200 million to $320 million to the department – if Congress fails to extend the federal Title IV-E Waiver by September 30, 2019 Read More...

Help is On the Way for LA County RFA and RFSPD Workers

April 25, 2019

Help is on the way for RFA and RFSPD workers at LA County Department of Children and Family Services drowning in excessive caseloads.Our new side-letter agreement contains mandatory caseload caps that will dramatically reduce caseloads for RFA and RFSPD workers and other Read More...