In the spring, SEIU 721 E-Board Member and La City LASAN Lab Manager Stacee Karnya oversaw the production of hundreds of litres of ethanol-based disinfectants for LA City employees during the global shortage of disinfectants. www.seiu721.org/2020/04/lasanitzer-is-union-made.php According to the Executive Board, the last, the best closing offer of the Landkreis is the obligation of the Landkreis to fund short- and long-term disability care, and removes some medical subsidies that existed under the previous collective agreement. Some wage gaps are being redirected and funding for „union“ meetings is being eliminated. The Riverside Sheriff`s Association, which represents sheriff`s deputies and other law enforcement officers, operates under the contractual terms imposed by the board of directors in October 2017. And last December, supervisors imposed conditions on The Service Employees International Union Local 721, outraged union leaders who said the county was negotiating with bad intent. At a May 8 hearing, lawyer Ed Zappia, the county`s „fact-finder,“ said the union`s three-year contract was aimed at „reducing the rate of (net) annual wage increases by a considerable amount of savings“ for the county. The impact of the proposed treaty on the county budget is unclear. These details should be disclosed when the Board of Directors votes in favour of ratification of the treaty. The union blew up the county for its $40 million contract with Dutch services company KPMG, which was tasked with finding ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs across the district government. The contract, which is coming to an end, has been described by the union as „wasted expenses“ that have not achieved much. Riverside County supervisors are expected to unilaterally impose conditions for a collective agreement for the Service Employees International Union Local 721 next week, despite objections from union leaders who took the district to court to halt the trial. Increases were the biggest stumbling block. In general, the county tried to limit the increases, while the unions fought for larger wage increases.

www.seiu721.org/…/la-county-2021-contract-we-will-f. The two-year contract between the county and the Laborers` International Union of North America Local 777 has yet to be ratified by union members to be approved and it is unclear when that will happen.