It’s time to vote on our hard-won Tentative Agreement (TA) at Gateways!After more than five months of bargaining, your Gateways Bargaining Team has reached an agreement on our wage re-opener.Your elected Bargaining Team recommends a YES vote.We will have a Zoom meeting to go over the TA and answer any questions. In-person/on-line voting … Read More
Our 2022 SEIU Local 721 Officer and Board elections culminate on Tuesday, April 26, with the official Ballot Count at our Los Angeles Headquarters at 1545 Wilshire Blvd., starting at approximately 10 a.m. The 2022 member Election Committee oversees this process. As always, observers are invited to attend in person, … Read More
LA City members: We did it! We ratified our Salary Reopener Tentative Agreement that includes cash payments amounting to 4.77% of LA City members’ annual salary (see examples of cash payments here). This will recover cash that we gave up when we agreed to delay our 2% raises from 2021 … Read More
Open enrollment starts soon for those of us working at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. If we want to make any changes to our healthcare benefits plans, now is the time. Thanks to the power of our union, our benefits plans at the LA DWP are stronger … Read More
Thousands of union members and labor supporters descended on downtown Los Angeles for the “Fight for the Frontline” march and rally today to highlight how contracts for LA County members expire at midnight tonight – and to emphasize how, if necessary, LA County members are ready to strike. Participants met … Read More
We’re one week away from the biggest union action in SEIU 721 History. On Thursday, March 31st in Downtown Los Angeles we’re going to march for salary increases that keep up with the cost of living, to defend our jobs from being contracted out to for-profit corporations, to protect our … Read More
It’s unbelievable but here we are. After being the backbone of LA County’s healthcare response during the pandemic, management is rewarding us by trying to ban our union representatives from being on county premises. Their first target: The LAC+USC Medical Center. “It’s outrageous and unacceptable – and we won’t be … Read More
It is International Women’s Day, a perfect time to reflect on just how much we rely on women’s labor, especially in the LA County workforce. Traditionally – and it’s a fact that still holds true – women have dominated the ranks of healthcare, social services and clerical work. At LA … Read More
Last week the County gave us their infuriating salary offer of 2% in raises per year and now their managers are stooping to a new low. They’re restricting SEIU 721 union reps’ access to County facilities and attempting to silence our collective voice. This is a flagrant violation of labor law … Read More
After weeks of member candidate townhall meetings, the SEIU Local 721 Executive Board has confirmed the following endorsements for the June 2022 primary election: Mayor of LA: Karen Bass LA County Board of Supervisors District 1: Hilda Solis LA County Board of Supervisors District 3: Henry Stern LA County Sheriff: Cecil Rhambo … Read More