SEIU Local 721 2016 Regional Council Election
Eligible candidates may begin to collect signatures from current full dues- paying members in good standing starting on July 8, 2016.
Los Angeles County
Quality Services At DPSS Start With Us!
L.A. County’s Eligibility Workers (EWs) are leading the charge to better deliver and improve services at DPSS. They’ve sounded the alarm on the ongoing issues that inhibit EWs from delivering critical services in a timely manner to the County’s most vulnerable populations, and they’re making headway with DPSS management!
L.A. County Children’s Social Workers Meet to Develop Roadmap to Child Safety
SEIU 721 leaders, staff and L.A. County children’s social workers huddled in June to plan the fight against recent efforts to scapegoat CSWs for the child safety crisis at L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services.
SEIU California Endorses Safety for All Initiative
This week, SEIU Local 721, alongside SEIU State Council and other SEIU Locals from across the state, announced our full support and endorsement of the Safety for All Initiative on the November 2016 ballot.
Access to Discount Tickets is now Only Available for Online Purchases
Attention members! There’s been a recent change to how members can access recreation ticket services.
Making the Difference: From the June Primary to the November General Election!
The way we win elections is by talking with voters. And with over 500 shifts as volunteers in consistent door knocking canvasses, and marathon phone-banks, SEIU 721 helped make the difference for our endorsed candidates by running a winning member-to-member voter contact, education and GOTV operation!
LA Countywide Fitness Challenge 2016
It’s the seventh year of Countywide Fitness Challenge! Each year, County employees and their families have become more active and healthy by coming out to local outdoor venues to get their fitness on! Last year’s Countywide Fitness Challenge brought over 7,200 people out to our events! The 2016 Countywide Fitness Challenge promises to be even more impressive!
Community and Senior Services Transfer Opportunities for LA County Employees
There’s transfer opportunities in LA County for Social Workers and Social Worker Trainees!
LAC+USC Bully Watch Team Delivers Key Victory and Rally!
For weeks, the unrelenting push by 721 members to eradicate bullying at LAC+USC and every DHS facility has put the perpetrators on notice, and has compelled CEOs from LAC+USC, MLK Outpatient Center and Harbor-UCLA to publicly acknowledge the bully crisis! Now comes the ultimate news from LAC+USC Administrators: they are moving beyond admitting there is a bully problem and are firmly committed to taking concrete steps to address the bullying epidemic head on.
MLK Outpatient Center CEO Calls for an end to bullying in the workplace!
Count another small victory for the 721 members who have blown the doors open on exposing the bully crisis at DHS, and are leading the way to fix it! MLK Outpatient Center (OPC) CEO Cynthia M. Oliver joins the growing list of DHS Facilities’ Chief Executive Officers who are stepping forward in acknowledging and condemning bullying behavior via department wide memos.