Last Sunday, more than 15,000 LA County SEIU 721 members joined our Agenda 2022 Virtual Town Hall to hear about our plans to win a strong contract in 2022. Hosted by SEIU 721 President David Green, Bargaining Policy Committee Chair Dr. Ileana Meza, Executive Director Bob Schoonover, and Chief of … Read More
Nurses with SEIU 721 on Tuesday urged LA County officials to protect healthcare workers and patients following the recent release of a dangerous state guidance permitting hospitals and other health facilities to force COVID-positive staff back to work without isolation periods or testing. In a morning press conference at the … Read More
The number of COVID-19 cases has surged by 430% over the last two weeks. Just yesterday alone, LA County recorded almost 37,000 positive cases, with over 8,600 people hospitalized throughout California. That’s why today, our SEIU 721 President David Green delivered official correspondence to the LA County Board of Supervisors calling on them … Read More
On Tuesday, almost one hundred SEIU 721 represented LAHSA workers simultaneously took action on management virtually through Zoom, and in-person at LAHSA headquarters (HQ) in Downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU 721 members on Zoom “purpled out” the meeting with their zoom backgrounds explicitly telling management to respect their work. Meanwhile, … Read More
The LA County Board of Supervisors got an early AM visit yesterday from Santa Claus – along with scores of our SEIU 721 members, who made their way down Temple Street to deliver a special message in holiday lights demanding care, dignity and respect for frontline workers. “When the pandemic … Read More
Our LAHSA SEIU 721 Member Bargaining Team has been hard at work negotiating a new contract that recognizes the critical work that we do. For months, we organized and pushed LA city policymakers to save funding for LAHSA, and we succeeded. We need that same level of energy on Tuesday, December … Read More
Union Leaders Meet with Director Antonia Jimenez On December 8, the chairs and vice-chairs of SEIU Local 721’s Eligibility Workers and Eligibility Supervisors bargaining units – Adolfo Granados, Yolanda Floyd, Ruby Dye, and Melinda Harrison – met with DPSS Director Antonia Jimenez to follow up on commitments that she had … Read More
Today is Nov. 30 – so we should see our first $1,000 SEIU 721 Heroes Pay Bonus in today’s paycheck! ‘Tis the season and they say it’s better to give than to receive … but it’s still pretty good to receive. So don’t forget: There are three MORE bonuses we may qualify for! … Read More
Just in time for the holidays – and just one week from today – we’ll get our first $1,000 SEIU 721 Heroes Pay bonus in our Nov. 30 paycheck! We should receive this bonus payment as long as we are permanent, full-time employees who were employed by July 1, 2021 … Read More
Nov. 24 is the last day for SEIU 721 Members to apply for additional bonuses! Employees who made mistakes on Self-Attest Forms can make corrections online in January All of us who are LA County employees and represented by our union, SEIU 721, should get a $1,000 bonus in the … Read More