Nurse - SEIU Local 721

SEIU 721 Health Care Members to Join in Moment of Silence to Honor Alex Pretti

January 26, 2026

We’re calling on SEIU 721 health care members to join in a moment of silence tonight, Jan. 26, at 7PM PST to honor the memory of Alex Pretti. Pretti, a union sibling and an intensive care registered nurse at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis, was murdered by federal agents

Farewell to Cherri Newman – a dedicated Nurse, a giving soul and fierce fighter for workers in the High Desert

June 29, 2020

Most everyone working in our union’s Health Division knew Cherri Newman, who tragically passed away on June 16, 2020. Cherri was a Licensed Vocational Nurse at the High Desert Regional Health Center in Lancaster, working in the Ambulatory Care Clinic, where she was like a mother to everyone there and