Still Waiting! 6 Months After Getting a Commitment from the City of Los Angeles, Broken Sidewalks and Overgrown Trees – Coalition of Community Groups, Disabled Residents Ask Why City Hasn’t Progressed on its Promise to Hire and Train Local Workers for Sidewalk Repair, Tree Trimming Outraged Homeowner Describes Spending … Read More
Fix L.A. Coalition to Blast City Hall for Proposed FY 2018-19 Budget That Fails to Fill Municipal Job Vacancies Despite Economic Recovery as Income Inequality Grows and City Infrastructure Continues to Crumble Los Angeles Is Woefully Behind Self-Imposed Deadline of 2018 to Fill 5,000 Jobs Left Vacant Since the … Read More
Community Groups to Demand a Fix to Broken Streets and Broken Promises; Mayor Garcetti’s State of the City to Be Challenged by People’s State of the City Garcetti’s Pledge to Restore Services and 5K City Jobs Lost During the Recession by June, 2018, is Far from Being Met as … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Los Angeles County Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 ‘We Intend to Fight Hard for a Better Deal’ Schoonover Says, adding that Proposed Budget Falls Far Short of Keeping Up with Cost of Living in Los Angeles Especially Given Skyrocketing Housing Costs … Read More
Hundreds of Los Angeles Workers and Allies Protest Efforts by Billionaires, CEOs to Use Supreme Court to Further Rig the System Against Working Families In an Unprecedented Show of Force, Workers, Community Supporters, and Elected Officials Rallied at LAC+USC Medical Center Today, Pledging to Stick Together in Unions and Vowing to Fight Back Against Anti-Worker Legislation at … Read More
Hundreds of Ventura County Workers and Allies Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court Workers & Community Supporters to Rally at Ventura County Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig System Against Working People; Rally Participants to Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight … Read More
Hundreds of L.A. Workers and Allies to Rally Against Billionaire-Driven Efforts at Supreme Court Workers and Community Supporters to Rally at LAC+USC Medical Center to Take Aim at ‘Right-to-Work’ Attack Designed to Further Rig the System Against Working People; Rally Participants Vow to Choose Union and Relentlessly Fight Back … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit “SEIU Local 721 is very saddened to learn of the passing of Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit, who died on Dec. 26 at the age of 64 due to pancreatic cancer. He … Read More
SEIU 721 Frontline Workers Handle Massive Emergency Response as Their Own Homes Are Threatened by Thomas Fire Fifth Largest Wildfire in California History Impacts SEIU Members Working at Over 20 Sites throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties VENTURA, CA – Scores of SEIU 721 members living and working … Read More
Statement by SEIU 721 President Bob Schoonover on Safety Threats at Olive View Medical Center and Ventura County Courthouse “Today’s lock-down at the Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar due to the threat of an active shooter came on the heels of a bomb threat at the Ventura County … Read More