Year: 2025

Press Coverage | January 14, 2025

Home care workers help California’s aging population. Should they be covered by state unions?

Home care workers who provide assistance to elderly and disabled Californians could see more wage equality, according to a recent labor report, by shifting contract negotiations to the state level instead of bargaining individually with California’s 56 individual counties. Currently,...

Care Crisis All Regions Unions
Victory | Press Release | January 13, 2025

Addus HomeCare workers win new union contract, raising wages by more than 16%

Modesto, Walnut Creek, CA – Home care workers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million caregivers across California, have ratified a new union contract after bargaining with Addus HomeCare, a private...

Region 4 Region 5 Private Agency
Press Coverage | January 9, 2025

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

Demand for direct care workers will grow by 35 percent to 41 percent between 2022 and 2037, according to some projections. President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born...

Staffing Crisis Immigration Trump
Issues | January 9, 2025

Resources from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

Links below provided by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Below are resources available through Labor Community Services (LCS), a partner of the LA County Federation of Labor. Housing Assistance:LCS can assist with first and last-month rental assistance and...

Emergency Resources Los Angeles Fires 2025
Issues | January 8, 2025

Los Angeles Fires 2025

Please know that your union is here for you during the devastating fires in Southern California. We urge all of our members to follow all evacuation warnings and safety orders from your local authorities. For the most up-to-date information, including...

Region 1 Wildfires Los Angeles

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