LA County - SEIU Local 721

Pay raise coming for Sr. and Supervising Community Health Workers at LA County DMH

July 7, 2023

We have exciting news to share! All incoming and existing Sr. and Supervising Community Health Workers at LA County DMH have been raised to Step 6 – which means a pay raise will show up in the July 15 paycheck. Read More...

Date change! DCFS Mentor Recognition Lunch now on Aug. 16

July 5, 2023

We are still very excited to host a DCFS Mentor Recognition Lunch but the date of our event has now changed. DCFS Mentor Recognition Lunch Wed., Aug. 16, 2023 11 AM to 1 PM SEIU Local 721 Headquarters – Auditorium 1545 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90017 RSVP by July 21 to secure Read More...

Let’s get that bonus $ for all! RSVP here for CHS-LASD CAT Team Meeting on Thurs., July 6 at 6 PM

June 28, 2023

We have escalated our fight to the LA County Board of Supervisors! On Mon., June 26, SEIU 721 members from Correctional Health Services showed up to the Board of Supervisors’ budget hearing, Read More...

LA County DCFS Mentor Recognition Lunch on July 11 – RSVP Here!

June 16, 2023

Join us! All of us at SEIU Local 721 are very proud that our union secured a Mentorship Bonus for CSWs in BU 723. We are now very excited to host a Recognition Lunch for LA County DCFS Mentors. Be Read More...

CHS-LASD bonus negotiations June 14. Union update June 15. Mark your calendar!

June 2, 2023

On Wed., June 14, union members from LA County’s DHS Correctional Health Services (CHS) and the LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) will return to the negotiating table. We will continue demanding that ALL staff at CHS, and ALL staff at LASD who work in CHS, receive the Read More...

MCJ picket media coverage – check it out!

May 25, 2023

Our informational picket and rally that we held outside of Men’s Central Jail yesterday didn’t just get the attention of the people working there. News spread far and wide across Southern California and beyond! The media came to hear what we had to say: “We are the solution Read More...

CHS/LASD CAT Team Meeting on May 18: Let Us Know You’re Coming

May 15, 2023

ATTENTION: CHS/LASD UNION MEMBERS As you know, LA County is implementing a temporary 20% bonus to some members in Correction Health Services and NO MEMBERS in the Los Angeles Read More...

From a 4/10 to a 5/40 schedule: LA County Animal Care & Control employees fight back

May 3, 2023

WHAT'S THE SITUATION? Management at the LA County Dept. of Animal Care and Control has begun unilaterally changing employees’ work shifts with zero regard for our previously scheduled commitments. This kind of move can wreak a lot of unnecessary havoc, impacting everything from Read More...

SEIU 721 members demand immediate action on safety issues at LA County DCFS

February 23, 2023

Safety concerns for the members of our union are of paramount importance to us at SEIU 721. This is especially true when it comes to those of us working at the LA County Department of Children Read More...