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Keenan Sheedy 64x64 " The forces who got us into this mess will fight tooth and nail against any significant reform which will benefit workers.  We as public sector workers must take the  lead." - Keenan Sheedy
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Getting a Head Start on 2009 Contract Challenges

11-22-08 Bargaining Conference

We'll negotiate new contracts for more than 68,000 SEIU 721 members next year in LA, Riverside, and Ventura counties. We got a jump-start at the first-ever SEIU 721 Bargaining Conference on Nov. 22.

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Riverside County Registered Nurses File a Lawsuit to Stop County’s Violation of Federal Law

RIVERSIDE – Registered nurses for Riverside County, including the Riverside County Regional Medical Center, filed a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) class-action lawsuit in federal court on Dec. 1 to stop the county from violating federal law governing hourly wages.

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Financial Crisis Hits Home

Crowd at Financial Presentation

More than one hundred members in Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura counties converged in November to hear from experts on the current financial crisis and from retirement officials on the status of investments.

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Olive View Staff Pulls Through As Fire Whips Through Hospital Campus

As fires rage through Southern California, we take a moment to recognize the public service providers who are protecting residents and containing the fires and treating those in need. For the more than 1,700 health care providers, who are SEIU 721 members, who keep Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar running, the experience has been particularly harrowing.

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Thousands of L.A. City Professionals Move Ahead with SEIU 721

L.A. City employees call for union election

Six groups of L.A. City accountants, management analysts, civil engineers and other professionals—7,500 strong altogether—have called for an election to leave their current union representative and join SEIU 721. "We want a change," one L.A. City employee tells a crowd at City Hall. 

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Inglewood Workers Take Action for a Fair Contract and Their City

Inglewood Rally 11-08

Inglewood workers have launched a series of actions aimed at winning a fair contract that keeps pace with the rising cost of living and sustains quality services during the economic crisis.

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