Statement on behalf of Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU Local 721:
“In the last 48 hours, the SEIU 721 bargaining team and our Fix LA community partners have finally witnessed some movement at the bargaining table. For that reason we have decided to not initiate a strike today. However, key issues for our members and the communities they serve must still be fully addressed.
Overwhelming 86% yes vote for a strike and full backing from community leaders and clergy allows 10,000 members to escalate their fight with rallying cry “Our Streets, Not Wall Street!”
Join Southern California’s elected, community and labor leaders in honoring the legacy of four extraordinary individuals who have left their indelible mark in the lives of working families, the communities we live in and our labor movement. The First Annual Labor Legacy Awards hosted by SEIU Local 721 will be held Friday, March 27 starting at 6 p.m., at 1545 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles.
Fix LA–workers, city residents and faith leaders–demands City Hall stop Wall Street giveaways and restore middle-class jobs and vital city services that Angelenos need.
Slashed jobs, service cuts and outsourcing have left the city we love hurting.
Instead of working with us to restore city services and Fix LA, City Hall continues to push for even more cuts including making LA City workers pay $1,600 or more a year for health insurance and slashing lifetime earnings–while still funneling $300 million a year to Wall Street
It is time for the SEIU Local 721 34th Annual Holiday Toy Drive. The theme is “A Winter Wonderland.” There are 3 ways to help:
Striking Port of LA truck drivers are back at the bargaining table thanks to support from SEIU Local 721 City of Los Angeles workers and members of the Fix LA coalition. It was solidarity between labor, the community and faith organizations that helped pressure port management into resuming talks.
Declaring “Fixing LA is Fixing the Port,” Harbor Employees, Sanitation Truck Drivers, Other City Workers Volunteer at Picket Lines and Pledge Resources to Exploited Truckers’ Efforts to End Wage Theft, Unite in Teamster Union
More than 1,000 outraged residents, religious leaders and city workers descend on Bunker Hill financial district and city hall and declared “LA is not Wall Street’s ATM.” They urged city leaders to restore vital city services and middle-class jobs.