COVID-19 is still spreading throughout our communities. Now more than ever it’s important to protect yourself and your loved ones this flu season. A flu shot brings protection and helps reduce the strain on healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Get your flu shot by December 31, 2020 and be entered into the City … Read More
Special Message from SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover As President of SEIU Local 721, I’m happy to deliver some good news to you today. We did it! Furloughs are now officially OFF the table with the City of Los Angeles! Since the beginning of this crisis, our union has worked … Read More
This year the annual International Latino Caucus Latino Heritage Celebration will very different. With a worldwide pandemic raging on in the middle of the biggest election season in modern history — the number one priority has to be winning at the polls. We simply cannot have it any other way. … Read More
For Immediate Release September 17, 2020 CONTACT Stephen Knight 510.922.1444 Mike Roth, 916.813.1554 Maria Elena Jauregui, 818.355.5291 (Spanish-language) Cal/OSHA Responds to Workers’ Call for Workplace Safety Precautions Against COVID-19 Spread Landmark, Unanimous Emergency Ruling By California Standards Board Sets In Motion Unprecedented, Swift Process to Stop Covid-19 Illness in Workplaces … Read More
Below is the official statement from SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover in response to LA Mayor’s Memo RE: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Instructions for Fiscal Restraint: “While we understand that the City must begin to prepare for the worst-case scenario, it’s important to remember that no concrete actions or plans directly … Read More
Update September 9, 2020, 5:00PM Last week the Los Angeles City Council voted to remove the minimum threshold of 1300 participants and approve the Separation Incentive Program (SIP) with 1277 participants. They also established an additional SIP enrollment period for those that qualify to apply. In accordance with our agreement, … Read More
It’s been a momentous Summer on top of an extraordinarily challenging year that, much like the COVID-19 pandemic, is not over yet. For many of us, as SEIU 721 Members, it has been especially difficult. We make up much of the frontline workforce that has kept Southern California functioning during … Read More
Over the past several weeks, hundreds of you recorded your powerful stories to share with Arizona Senator Martha McSally in support of the HEROES Act. Your stories are captivating and deserve to be shown in Arizona, and they will. Join us tomorrow August 5th at 3PM on SEIU 721 Facebook Live … Read More
For many SEIU 721 workers, in the course of their work they are required to confront and clean – whether it is germs, viruses, and diseases at a hospital or to clean up city parks to keep them safe. A virus as deadly as COVID-19 is different though and every day … Read More
SEIU 721 members and their families joined Black Lives Matter, interfaith leaders, and labor and community groups for a funeral procession and memorial service Downtown Los Angeles honoring George Floyd and demanding justice for those killed at the hands of law enforcement. The funeral procession, which began in Leimert Park … Read More