Year: 2025

• Press Coverage | March 29, 2025

  There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

  

  There will be 9.3 million job openings for direct-care workers in the home healthcare sector over the next decade, research says  As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge....

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• Union Updates | March 27, 2025

  March 2025 Member Newsletter

  United to protect Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Beginning last month, SEIU 2015 members have been taking bold action to protect Medicaid from proposed budget cuts. More than 80 million Americans rely on Medicaid (also known as Medi-Cal), including those needing home care...

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• Press Coverage | March 27, 2025

  Shasta County’s IHSS Workers are Asking for a Livable Wage. Here’s What You Need to Know.

  

  Amidst a County-wide healthcare shortage, more than 4,000 IHSS workers are serving on the frontlines for $18.10 an hour. They’re negotiating for more. In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside Shasta’s Administrative Building for the second time this year on...

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• Press Release | March 25, 2025

  New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Alameda County’s over 30,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

  Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Alameda County, CA – Today, Alameda 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 million workers across...

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• Media | Press Release | March 25, 2025

  New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Santa Clara’s over 36,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

  Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Santa Clara County, CA – Today, Santa Clara’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 million workers...

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• Press Release | March 20, 2025

  Trump’s Dept. of Education Shutdown Advances Billionaire Agenda, Making Our Students & Schools Pay

  SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California today rebuked Trump’s Executive Order attempting to shut down the U.S. Department of Education in all but name without Congressional approval. According to Ed Source, California schools received $8 billion in federal funding last budget year,...

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• Press Release | March 19, 2025

  Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services  

  SEIU CaliforniaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2025 Watch press conference recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7_iLEUJ64 Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that...

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• Press Coverage | March 19, 2025

  News Coverage, Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services

  Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that 829,000 seniors and people with disabilities depend on in California:...

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• Press Coverage | March 18, 2025

  News Coverage of the Hands off Medicaid Rallies in Southern California

  ABC7: Hands off Medicaid RallyConcerns over potential Medicaid cuts have spurred rallies and demonstrations across the state and the country. In the Inland Empire, Representative Pete Aguilar held an event Tuesday in San Bernardino. And the SEIU staged a rally...
• Union Updates | March 17, 2025

  Shasta 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 Shasta County, approximately 4,300 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

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• Union Updates | March 14, 2025

  Yolo 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 Yolo County, approximately 3,400 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

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