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Breaking News: SEIU Local 721 COVID-19 Emergency Update

March 26, 2020

SEIU Local 721 Renews Call on Los Angeles County to Provide 80 Hours of Paid Sick Leave to Full-Time Employees After analyzing the provisions of HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, SEIU Local 721 Read More...

Nurses Sound Alarm on LA County Department of Health Services’ Refusal to Release Stockpile of N95 Masks Needed to Protect Medical Personnel

March 24, 2020

Nurses File Complaint with Cal/OSHA and Warn LA County’s Hoarding of Masks and Failure to Provide Frontline Workers with Critical Equipment Risks Public Health and All but Guarantees Spread of COVID-19 Among Patients and Hospital Staff LA County frontline healthcare workers represented by Read More...

Call to Action for Our Members at LA County DCFS

March 24, 2020

Social Workers need better protection from Coronavirus to keep themselves and the families they serve safe! And with the Coronavirus pandemic upon us, SEIU 721 is advocating hard at every level of government to Read More...

Los Angeles County Agrees: All Non-Essential Employees Will Telework

March 20, 2020

In response to the Union’s demand, the CEO will direct all Department Heads to place all non-essential employees in telework status and allow employees to work from home during the Safer at Home and Stay at Home Read More...

LA County Workers & “Safer at Home” Ordinance

March 20, 2020

LA County Workers & “Safer at Home” Ordinance In light of last night’s press conference regarding the “Safer at Home” Ordinance in Los Angeles County, our Union President Bob Schoonover has already reached out to the County CEO to immediately address what Read More...

Lasting Reform of LA’s Child Welfare System is How We Win Justice for Gabriel Fernandez

March 5, 2020

By David Green, CSW, Treasurer, SEIU Local 721 The new Netflix documentary The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez examines in unflinching detail how shortcomings in LA County’s child welfare system, law enforcement and political leadership contributed to an 8-year-old boy’s Read More...

LA County members! Here’s a treat for you, just in time for the holidays.

October 31, 2019

If you’re an LA County employee who does not work for a Special District, by now, your paycheck should reflect the 2.5% raise that went into effect on Oct. 1, 2019! It’s all part of the 10.75 Read More...

LA County workers – how to maximize your benefit dollars

September 27, 2019

Beginning in 2020, there will be a cap of $325/month on taxable cash back. Any surplus County contribution above $325/month will not be available as take home pay. But, you can maximize your benefit dollars, and avoid any loss, by spending the surplus on other Options benefits. WHAT CAN SHE Read More...

LA County workers – important changes to your 2020 medical benefits

September 27, 2019

If you're an LA County employee and a member of SEIU 721, a lot has changed when it comes to your health benefits. Read below for the details. 2020 OPTIONS BENEFITS CHANGES Beginning in Read More...

Rep. Norma Torres visits LA County DCFS Regional Office in Pomona

September 4, 2019

Regional Offices throughout LA County's DCFS network play a pivotal role in keeping the system functioning. So we're very proud that, today, member leaders at the Regional Office in Pomona held a Read More...