Category: Press Releases

• Victory | Press Release | May 10, 2024

  San Benito County In-Home Care Providers—mostly women of color—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay at $18.45/hr San Benito, CA –  San Benito County IHSS members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 470,000 nursing home workers and home...

  Livable WageRegion 3San Benito Board of Supervisors
• Press Statement | May 10, 2024

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on the proposed exclusion of the undocumented from IHSS

  “Nearly half of California’s IHSS home care providers are immigrants. They rejoiced when California expanded Medi-Cal to provide lifesaving care to those trapped in our nation’s broken immigration system. They now feel betrayed by the proposed exclusion of roughly 1,500...

  Arnulfo De La CruzImmigration Reform
• Victory | Press Release | May 6, 2024

  Marin County Home Care Providers—mostly women—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  

  Marin County, CA—Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 470,000 caregivers across California, reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year union contract with the Marin...

  IHSSMarinRegion 5Union Contracts
• Press Release | May 2, 2024

  At May Day, “Future of Care” Events, Hundreds of Seniors, People With Disabilities, Care Workers, and Advocates Call for Strengthening Workforce that Cares for Aging and Disabled Californians

  

  Getty images from the reception are available here Sacramento, CA – On May Day, legislators joined California caregivers and advocates for older and disabled Californians to demand California fix our broken long-term care system, which leaves far too many disabled and...

  All RegionsMay Day
• Press Release | April 23, 2024

  Fresno County home care workers—mostly women of color—rally at Board of Supervisors office for livable wages and healthcare benefits

  

  Fresno care providers have lost one third of their buying power since 2015 Fresno County, CA—Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing...

  Livable WageHealthcare BenefitsRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors
• Victory | Press Statement | April 23, 2024

  SEIU’s Henry applauds new nursing home staffing standards, Medicaid access rule: ‘It is time to put care workers, residents and consumers first’

  

  SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement regarding the announcement of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ WASHINGTON — SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement regarding the announcement of the Centers for Medicaid...

  Mary Kay HenryAll Regions
• Media Advisory | April 22, 2024

  Fresno County home care workers—mostly women of color—will rally at Board of Supervisors office for livable wages and healthcare benefits

  

  WHEN:Tuesday, April 23, 20249:00 AM PT WHERE:Fresno County Board of SupervisorsFresno Hall of Records, 2281 Tulare St, Fresno 93724 WHO: Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT:Fresno In-Home Supportive Services...

  Fresno CountyRegion 3Livable WageFresno County Board of Supervisors
• Press Release | April 19, 2024

  Tulare County long-term care workers—primarily women of color—rally at Board of Supervisors office for livable wages

  Tulare County, CA – Today, Tulare In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing more than 470,000 nursing home workers and home care providers—rallied at the Tulare...

  Tulare CountyLivable WageRegion 3
• Press Release | April 16, 2024

  Sonoma home care providers — mostly women — appeal to Supervisors for higher wages and solutions to county caregiver shortage 

  Sonoma County, CA – Sonoma County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 470,000 caregivers across California rallied at the Board of Supervisors meeting for higher pay, improved benefits, and...

  Livable WageRegion 5Sonoma County
• Press Release | April 15, 2024

  Fresno County home care providers—mostly women of color—lost one third of their buying power since 2015

  

  During that same period, county supervisors gave themselves regular raises. Fresno County, CA—This week, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 470,000...

  Region 3Fresno County Board of SupervisorsLivable Wage
• Press Release | April 2, 2024

  Home care providers appeal to Marin County Supervisors for higher wages and solutions to caregiver shortage

  

  Marin County, CA – Today Marin County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 470,000 caregivers across California spoke out at the Board of Supervisors meeting for higher pay, improved...

  IHSSRegion 5Marin