With summer approaching, lifeguards from the City of Los Angeles are sounding the alarm on “cercarial dermatitis” outbreaks – better known as “swimmer’s itch” – caused by water-borne parasites at the Hansen Dam Recreational Lake in the San Fernando Valley. Lifeguards are demanding immediate testing of water at the adjacent … Read More
We made it clear through our citywide worksite actions and our march at L.A. City Hall that we were prepared to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract, and it worked! After hard-fought contract negotiations, we beat back City management’s proposed takeaways to reach a Tentative Agreement on … Read More
Elected Member Leaders Set To Continue the Local’s Commitment to Lifting Up Working Families and Strengthening the Voice of Workers Across Southern California
It’s official. The 2016 Executive Board (E-Board) Election process is well under way.
Ballots must be returned to and received at the post office by 9 am on March 11, 2016 in the envelope provided.
City workers have proven that we can beat back any concession that hurts working families and the city we care for. We look forward to continue working with our city leaders so that together we can take even more steps to Fix LA.
SEIU Local 721 members will be receiving further information including details of tentative agreement, ballots and voting instructions via mail. Members should also be on the look out for their worksite organizers in the coming weeks.
Fix LA–workers, city residents and faith leaders–demands City Hall stop Wall Street giveaways and restore middle-class jobs and vital city services that Angelenos need.
Slashed jobs, service cuts and outsourcing have left the city we love hurting.
Instead of working with us to restore city services and Fix LA, City Hall continues to push for even more cuts including making LA City workers pay $1,600 or more a year for health insurance and slashing lifetime earnings–while still funneling $300 million a year to Wall Street
The Fix LA coalition–with the backing of SEIU 721 members and LA City Traffic Officers–blanketed the City Hall area Thursday to feed parking meters and place faux tickets on cars, then traveled to Bunker Hill deliver a giant parking violation to Bank of New York Mellon, which takes in $5 million a year in taxpayer money as a result of a bad bank deal.
Their message: Get back taxpayer money from Wall Street so we can use it to restore city services such as street repair, removal of abandoned cars, alleyway clean-up, and traffic control.
Today SEIU 721 and our partners in the Fix LA coalition scored a huge victory: the Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 Wednesday to hold big banks accountable and bring millions of dollars back to our streets instead of Wall Street! The measure, sponsored by Councilmembers Paul Koretz, Gil Cedillo … Read More