SEIU Local 721 Renews Call on Los Angeles County to Provide 80 Hours of Paid Sick Leave to Full-Time Employees After analyzing the provisions of HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, SEIU Local 721 has again called on the County of Los Angeles to provide an additional two weeks … Read More
Nurses File Complaint with Cal/OSHA and Warn LA County’s Hoarding of Masks and Failure to Provide Frontline Workers with Critical Equipment Risks Public Health and All but Guarantees Spread of COVID-19 Among Patients and Hospital Staff LA County frontline healthcare workers represented by SEIU 721 are sounding the alarm and … Read More
Social Workers need better protection from Coronavirus to keep themselves and the families they serve safe! And with the Coronavirus pandemic upon us, SEIU 721 is advocating hard at every level of government to secure better protections for us as we continue to do our duty on the frontline. As … Read More
Managing Anxiety: Coronavirus Fears & Concerns Ongoing and evolving news of the coronavirus outbreak can naturally bring up fears and concerns. While feelings of anxiety are normal, they can make day-to-day life more difficult. We’ll share strategies to help you manage stressful thoughts and emotions. Learn how to stay informed … Read More
As you know SEIU members and other service sector workers are coming together across the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to call on elected officials and corporate and industry leaders to #ProtectAllWorkers by ensuring the health, safety and financial security of ALL working people. Times of national emergency require us all … Read More
In response to the Union’s demand, the CEO will direct all Department Heads to place all non-essential employees in telework status and allow employees to work from home during the Safer at Home and Stay at Home orders. If the Department is unable to assign work that can be done … Read More
LA County Workers & “Safer at Home” Ordinance In light of last night’s press conference regarding the “Safer at Home” Ordinance in Los Angeles County, our Union President Bob Schoonover has already reached out to the County CEO to immediately address what this means for our LA County Members. Please … Read More
The full effects of the Coronavirus pandemic have yet to be felt but many SEIU 721 members are already being impacted. Our union has been hard at work ensuring that members’ health and safety needs are given full and complete consideration as we work with LA County to help control … Read More
The results are in! SEIU members overwhelmingly approved amending our SEIU Local 721 Bylaws, and elected our 2020 SEIU International Convention delegation. Congratulations to our newly elected 2020 Convention Delegates. These elected members will be representing us at this year’s SEIU International Convention in April: Jessica Castillo, Region 1 Vickie … Read More
In order to protect the health and safety of our members during the COVID-19 crisis, the Delegate Vote Count scheduled for today March 19, 2020 is available via web stream. All SEIU 721 members can go to our seiu721.org webpage click on front page link directing you to the vote … Read More