Enough with Riverside County’s Unfair Practices! For more than a year we’ve tried to negotiate in good-faith with the County of Riverside but they have consistently stayed on their low-road of breaking labor law after labor law! To date, we have filed 19 unfair practice charges against the County ranging … Read More
Fresh off the heels of the sick time victory, SEIU 721, BU 729 members won another grievance last week, which will bring transparency and fairness to performance evaluations. After multiple members exposed that management had been conducting surprise performance evaluations, downgrading workers without documentation, overriding direct supervisor evaluations and even … Read More
SEIU Local 721 makes their voice heard County of Riverside spends $40,000,000 on KPMG consulting; county services remain sparse Thursday, August 17th By Melissa Diaz Hernandez at The Valley Chronicle Aug. 10 was a day of action for members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 as workers … Read More
The picketing over the County of Riverside’s unfair practices enters its second week with hundreds of employees publicly condemning the County’s deplorable behavior that just keeps getting worse. Since labor talks began with Riverside County 14 months ago, SEIU Local 721-represented frontline workers have filed more than a dozen Unfair … Read More
The violence and hate espoused by the white supremacists behind Saturday’s deadly terror attack in Charlottesville strike at the very heart of what it means to be an American. SEIU 721 members condemn this horrific violence in the strongest terms, and our hearts are with those families grieving the injury … Read More
One of our greatest social activists and labor leaders is Cesar Chavez, who after leaving school in the 8th grade to work in the California fields with his family, went on to lead the charge for rights for millions of farm workers. Chavez’ contributions go beyond any one cause, with … Read More
BU 729 members now can use vacation time for sick time … no permission necessary! When management at the LAC+USC Medical Center denied employees the right to use vacation time for sick time, SEIU Local 721 members stood up for our rights at the workplace! We filed a “Grievance – … Read More
Don’t believe management’s misinformation! You have every legal right to participate in concerted activities over Riverside County’s Unfair Practice Charges, including picketing and other job actions. What you do during your break time is your personal time, not the County’s. The County is spreading misinformation because they want to silence our voices and … Read More
SEIU 721 members are celebrating the victorious campaigns to re-elect David Green to the LACERA Board of Investments and elect Herman Santos to the LACERA Board of Retirement. With the impending “Right to Work” attack raising stakes higher than ever before, victories like these are even more important as we … Read More
SEIU Local 721 President Bob Schoonover announced today that elections will be held to fill two vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board – one representing LA County and another for the City of Los Angeles. “These two open seats are great opportunities for members who want to take an … Read More