Category: Press Releases

• Press Statement | Union Updates | May 11, 2022

  Remembering Roberto De La Cruz

  

  By Mary Kay Henry The SEIU family has lost a true warrior for workers. Roberto De La Cruz helped transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of working people during his fifty years in the labor movement, including twenty with...

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• Press Release | May 6, 2022

  Town Hall brings nursing home workers face-to-face with legislators moving proposal to transform the industry

  Sen. Stern, Asm. Santiago joined SEIU 2015 in championing the Skilled Nursing Quality Standards Board to address the industry’s “Great Resignation” crisis and dangerously low staffing levels to ensure quality care May 6, 2022, Los Angeles, CA – Yesterday, long-term...

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• Press Statement | May 4, 2022

  Statement from SEIU Local 2015 President April Verrett on Supreme Court Draft Opinion Regarding Roe v. Wade

  Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 2022 – April Verrett, President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in response to the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court announcing the intention to strike down Roe v. Wade: “This Monday,...

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• Press Statement | May 2, 2022

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President April Verrett on her appointment as co-chair of United to House Los Angeles

  

  “I’m honored to formally join United to House Los Angeles as campaign co-chair in their work to confront the city’s affordability crisis, reduce homelessness, and protect our most vulnerable community members. This cause is close to my heart as President...

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• Press Release | April 27, 2022

  Alameda County In-Home Care Providers—Mostly Women of Color—Make “Time for $20” a Reality with an 18% Wage Increase in New Union Contract

  A Milestone in the Union’s Statewide “Time for $20” Campaign, Union Calls on Other California Counties to Raise Wages as Workers Leave Industry. Alameda County, CA–In response to calls for immediate investments in long-term care workers to put them on the...

  TimeFor$20Alameda CountyIn-Home Care ProvidersRegion 5
• Press Release | April 25, 2022

  SEIU California’s 700,000 Members Enthusiastically Endorse Governor Gavin Newsom for Reelection this November,  Pledge Partnership in Building “A California for All” 

  Sacramento, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California today announced its 700,000 frontline members in California have endorsed Governor Gavin Newsom for reelection this November.   “After leading California through the pandemic, SEIU members in California are determined to...

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• Press Release | April 22, 2022

  Amid growing unrest in nursing homes across the state, caregivers rise up in a third statewide day of action to denounce intolerable conditions and mark unnecessary deaths during the pandemic.

  Members of SEIU 2015—also joined this time by nonunion workers fighting for a union—will again mobilize across the state in a series of actions to address dangerously low staffing levels and the “Great Resignation” that continues to plague nursing homes....
• Press Release | April 19, 2022

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

  Backdropped by a giant banner listing basics they can’t afford, members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 long-term care workers in California, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved...

  TimeFor$20Region 1LA County Board of Supervisors
• 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...

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• 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,...

  LaborTimeFor$20Alameda CountyRegion 5