Members of the SEIU Local 521 in Kern County have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new two-year contract with the County of ...

The SEIU local 521 union represents over 5,000 ... its best and final offer to the union…offering a 6% wage hike over two years, and renegotiating a hike in year three. The union demanded a hire ...

About 1,000 workers currently on strike include Certified Nursing Assistants, housekeeping workers, phlebotomists, imaging technicians and other essential hospital staff represented by the ...

Alicia Aleman SEIU 521 Kern County Chapter President ... SEIU claims other counties have seen close to a 17% increase over time in their wages. They also say if wages aren't fixed, many workers ...

The SEIU union held several events as negotiations began in February, with members voicing displeasure over a proposed 3% wage increase. Several health care workers rallied outside the UI hospital ...

Essentia and the SEIU reached a tentative agreement last week. This Tuesday, April 8, union membership voted to approve the contract, which covers 158 employees and features a 10.5% wage increase ...

In a news release Friday, Service Employees International Union Local 521 announced the two parties ... maintained the county can't sustain the wage increases requested by the union, and have ...

On Wednesday, thousands of county workers with SEIU Local 521 are expected to go on strike outside of the Kern County Department of Human Services in their ongoing fight for a wage increase.

BAKERSFIELD, CALIF (KERO) — Members of SEIU 521 ... wages. The county sent a final offer & workers weren't pleased. County offered a three year contract with the first year 3% increase.

Members of Service Employees International Union Local 521 walked out of a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday as county staff responded to pleas from members for a greater wage increase in ...