Search: 10/18/2021

October 18, 2021: In a month gaining significant press coverage as “Striketober,” SEIU Local 521 members employed by Kern County are the latest to join over 100,000 working people in the U.S. who have authorized a strike in their workplace. Kern County 521 members voted overwhelmingly–by 91 percent–to allow their bargaining team to prepare for an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike after over two years of fruitless negotiations with Kern County.