Year: 2022

• Press Statement | April 14, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 Enthusiastically Supports the Declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day

  Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 2022 – Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in support of Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis’ declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day: “We commend Acting...

  Arnulfo De La CruzDolores HuertaWorkers Rights
• Press Coverage | April 13, 2022

  Democrats, Show Black Women Our Votes Count With A Game-Changing Investment In Home Care

  Primaries for the 2022 midterms are already underway — just look at the hotly contested Texas elections — and Democrats need to buckle down and prove to voters that they’re delivering on promises. That’s especially true for Black women, who made the...

  April VerrettPoliticsBlack Women
• Press Release | April 13, 2022

  Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility—who were ready to strike—win wage increases they say will slow the skyrocketing turnover

  Bargaining Team members shed tears of joy and relief as they reach a deal with facility operators during pandemic. Delano County, CA: Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility, who had authorized their colleagues on the bargaining team...

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• Press Release | April 12, 2022

  Home Care Providers – Members of SEIU Local 2015 – Rally at Alameda County Board of Supervisors Office to Say It’s “Time for $20”

  Members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved healthcare and training for essential in-home caregivers Oakland, CA,...

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• Press Statement | April 7, 2022

  CADEM Controller April Verrett Released Statement on the Confirmation of Judge Jackson to the US Supreme Court

  

  Sacramento, CA - Today, April Verrett, Controller of the California Democratic Party, the nation's largest state Democratic Party representing 10 million Democrats, released the following statement on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court: Today, Judge Ketanji...

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• Press Coverage | April 7, 2022

  L.A. IHSS providers say it’s “Time for $20” at downtown rally

  Home care providers rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' office Tuesday, demanding a $20 an hour living wage. Homecare worker Stephanie Rogers, who was at the "Time for $20" rally, said the current wage of $16 an...

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• Press Coverage | April 6, 2022

  Humboldt County: Healthcare Workers Protested at Local Facility & Supervisor’s Meeting, Claim Low Wages and Not Enough Staff for Elders Under Their Care

  

  Kymkemp.com: Heroes Work Here! The chant could be heard from Safeway, just down the block from the scene in front of Granada Rehabilitation Center, where staff and local in-home caregivers were demonstrating. About 30 people gathered in front of the...

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• Press Coverage | April 5, 2022

  L.A. IHSS Rally in front of the Board of Supervisors office in downtown Los Angeles

  A livable wage isn’t a lot to ask for. Support for in-home care providers isn’t a lot to ask for. Board of Supervisors, it’s #Timefor20. On March 29th, 2022, 300 IHSS providers and supporters rally outside Board of Supervisors, say it’s...

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• Press Release | March 29, 2022

  Home Care Providers—Members of SEIU Local 2015—Rally at Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Office to Say It’s “Time for $20”

  Members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, host a “Speak Out” event and rally, urgently calling for a $20 per hour wage floor and improved healthcare and...

  Region 1
• Press Coverage | Video | March 28, 2022

  Statewide Actions for Nursing Home Quality

  The nursing home industry nationwide has lost more than 238,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic. That’s why we’ve worked to create the ​​Skilled Nursing Quality Standards Board and why we’re taking action today up and down the state....

  Nursing HomesNursing Home ReformRegion 5Region 4
• Press Release | March 28, 2022

  With Nursing Homes in Crisis & Devastation of COVID-19 Continuing, Workers Propose to Transform Oversight of Industry

  Sen. Stern, Asm. Santiago to Champion Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Standards Board to address the industry’s “Great Resignation” crisis and dangerously low staffing levels to ensure quality care March 28, 2022, Sacramento, CA – At an event today at the...

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