Letter: Echo Park’s encampment wasn’t the hazard it was made it out to be

Los Angeles Times

As a Los Angeles resident, an L.A. County worker and an SEIU Local 721 member, I am appalled that public resources have been used to build fences, close a public park and criminalize the unhoused community and activists at Echo Park Lake, instead of using public resources to immediately build permanent, public housing with supportive services based on what unhoused residents actually want.



Queremos que paren las detenciones de menores

La Opinion

Felipe Cáceres, organizador de la manifestación y del sindicato SEIU 721, dijo que el presidente Biden ha hecho muy buen trabajo en sus primeros 50 días en apoyo a los inmigrantes.






Activists push for reallocation of DPS funds amid public safety debate

USC Annenberg Media

Local activist group USC Forward led a car caravan through the University Park neighborhood on Feb. 11 to push for the re-allocation of USC Department of Public Safety funds amid increased debate over what the future of student safety should look like.


Opponents press challenge to Prop. 22 with lawsuit in lower court

Los Angeles Times

Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU Local 721 and the SEIU California State Council, said in a statement the legal challenge in California was important to set a national precedent for what big companies could and couldn’t do related to worker rights.