Year: 2025

• Media Advisory | September 1, 2025

  Los Angeles County Home Care Providers to Rally – Calling on County Board of Supervisors to Vote YES on New Contract

  “After months of negotiations, we have finally reached a tentative agreement with the County that would be a key step to placing caregivers on a pathway out of poverty.  All we need now is a YES vote from the Supervisors...

  Livable WageRegion 1
• Press Coverage | August 30, 2025

  ‘Moment of crisis’: Unions in somber mood this Labor Day

  

  Thousands of workers and union organizers from across California will gather for picnics and marches this weekend to honor the contributions of the nation’s working people. But the Labor Day celebrations will be tempered by a sobering reality: Unions face...

  UnionsImmigrationLabor Day
• Press Coverage | August 29, 2025

  Protesters in Ukiah challenge healthcare cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

  

  UKIAH, CA., 8/29/25 — During Tuesday’s evening rush hour, about 60 protesters lined East Perkins Street near Hospital Drive waving signs and chanting. Cars often honked, people waved, and the protesters bobbed their signs and cheered.  The protest was intended...

  Region 6Budget Cuts
• Uncategorized | Union Updates | August 28, 2025

  Del Norte County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Campaign Updates

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a social service that allows people who need long-term care to receive it in the comfort and safety of their own homes. In Del Norte County, approximately 420 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household...

  IHSSDel Norte
• Press Coverage | August 26, 2025

  SEIU members ask supes for fair wages

  

  A group of Solano County In Home Supportive Services providers and SEIU members spoke during public comment at the Tuesday Solano County Board of Supervisors meetings, asking elected officials to pay them a fair and living wage. About ten members...

  Solano CountyLivable WageRegion 4IHSS
• Press Release | August 26, 2025

  As union contract negotiations near a possible impasse, home care workers demand fiscal responsibility from County Supervisors

  More than $6 million in state and federal funding are available for wage increases to help address Shasta’s healthcare crisis Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers—members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union...

  ShastaRegion 6IHSS
• Press Coverage | August 22, 2025

  She’s cared for America’s elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8

  

  LOS ANGELES — Aurora was working as a nurse at a hospital in her home country of Honduras when she decided to leave for good. A mother of two, she yearned for a better future for herself and her young...

  Immigration
• Press Coverage | August 20, 2025

  IHSS workers ask supervisors to increase pay, address long-term care crisis in midst of contract negotiations

  

  LAKEPORT, Calif. — On Tuesday, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services workers, now in contract negotiations with the county of Lake, returned to the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge elected officials to invest in long-term care.  In-Home Supportive Services, or...
• Press Release | August 19, 2025

  Home care providers urge Supervisors to address the long-term care crisis in Lake County

  Low wages are driving caregivers out of the profession, contributing to care shortage  Lake County, CA – Today, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a...

  Region 4Livable WageLake County
• Press Coverage | August 18, 2025

  Bomb robot, other county funding questioned

  

  The Trinity County Board of Supervisors met Aug. 6 for a regular meeting where most business was done through the consent agenda.

  Region 6Trinity County
• Union Updates | Events | August 18, 2025

  Labor Day 2025 – Families First, Not Billionaires

  

  Labor Day isn’t just a long weekend. It’s a day to celebrate the dignity and power of working people, and a call for each of us to keep imagining and building better futures for our families: Not just minimum wages,...