SEIU Members Plan One-Day Walkout in Riverside County
Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 721 have informed Riverside County that they are planning a strike on Tuesday to protest contract conditions imposed by the county. The union represents about 5,800 county employees, including 274 nurses, laboratory technicians and other health care professionals. Riverside County Superior Court has scheduled a hearing Monday morning to hear an appeal from county officials to bar some health care professionals from striking.
- "Riverside County Public Employees Plan 1-Day Strike" (Cuevas, "KPCC News," KPCC, 1/27).
- "RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Union, County Prepare for Strike" (Gang, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 1/27).
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