After months of negotiations, countless member actions, a massive downtown march, rolling rallies, unfair practice charges and a ULP strike authorization vote, we have reached a Tentative Agreement that uplifts our work and our families. Through your hard work, determination, and support of your member-elected SEIU 721 bargaining committee, we … Read More
Cheylynda Barnard says her experience on the job and as a candidate for office have taught her the same thing — that union members must keep advocating for the forgotten in our society. Barnard has served in the Adult Protective Services Division of Riverside County for six years, where she … Read More
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, breaking labor law after labor law! To date, we have filed 19 unfair practice charges against the County detailing its bad-faith bargaining, surveillance, and refusal to … 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
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
The stakes are now higher than they have ever been. The County is adamant about balancing their budget on the backs of frontline workers via takeaways with proposals that will only bring down the level and quality of services in key Departments. The County has no intention of agreeing to … Read More
From Riverside to Indio, Palm Springs to San Jacinto, Beaumont in-between and the County of Riverside, Public Service workers were honored at Council meetings during Public Service Recognition Week.