Year: 2025

• Press Release | June 10, 2025

   Legislature’s Budget Avoids Most Damaging Cuts; State Leaders Must Go Further to Commit to Working People’s Agenda

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sacramento, CA – California’s 750,000 SEIU members applauded core pillars of a joint agreement announced today by State Senate and Assembly leaders on the FY-26 budget, but remained concerned about others.  The following statement may be attributed to Arnulfo...

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• Press Release | June 9, 2025

  SEIU Local 2015, labor leaders, and community members rallied in Los Angeles to demand the release of SEIU California President David Huerta and now free! 

  Hundreds rallied for the release of David Huerta and now free from custody.  LOS ANGELES, CA—Hundreds of SEIU members, immigrant workers and allies packed Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles today to demand the immediate release of SEIU California President...

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• Press Coverage | June 9, 2025

  News Coverage of Los Angeles protests against ICE raids

  CBS News: Hundreds gather in Los Angeles to demand release of California union leader arrested at immigration enforcement operation Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, calling for the release of a union leader who was arrested at an...

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• Media Advisory | June 9, 2025

  SEIU Local 2015, labor leaders, and community members hold #FreeDavidEndRaids in Los Angeles to demand release of David Huerta and an end to ICE raids on immigrant communities. 

  WHEN: Monday, June 9th 202511:00 AM PT WHERE:  Grand Park200 N. Grand AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012 WHO: Members and allies of SEIU Local 2015, the largest long-term care union in the nation and California’s largest labor union, representing more than...

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• Press Statement | June 7, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, on the Detainment of David Huerta

  Yesterday and today, ICE carried out aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles, terrorizing our immigrant communities and abducting dozens of community members. SEIU California President David Huerta was assaulted, injured, and detained while peacefully observing.  Let’s be clear: the right to...

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• Press Release | June 6, 2025

  San Joaquin Board of Supervisors approve new union contract for more than 9,300 home care workers

  New contract puts IHSS workers—mostly women of color—on path to earn more than $20 an hour San Joaquin County, CA – Today, the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a new three-year union contract with In-Home Supportive...

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• Press Statement | June 6, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, on the Passing of Luisa Blue

  It is with deep sadness and profound respect that we mourn the passing of our SEIU sister, Luisa Blue—trailblazer, visionary, and beloved leader in our labor family. Luisa was more than a union leader. She was a force for justice...

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• Press Coverage | June 5, 2025

  News Coverage of Our Care Counts Rally

  

  On June 4, 2025 thousands of long-term care workers from all across the state traveled to Sacramento and stand together to stop the budget cuts and improve California’s long-term care system. We joined with our sibling union, United Domestic Workers,...

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• Press Coverage | June 3, 2025

  California’s Vulnerable Communities At Risk Amid Proposed Budget Cuts

  

  Community health advocates are alarmed after Gov. Gavin Newsom released a summary of the May Revision to his proposed 2025-26 California state budget. According to the California Budget & Policy Center, Newsom’s revision aims to close an estimated $7.5 billion deficit for...

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• Press Coverage | June 3, 2025

  First in Politico: Hitting Close to Home

  

  Unions representing in-home caregivers are cranking up the heat on legislative leaders and Newsom by running broadcast and digital ads railing against cuts in the governor’s May budget proposal. A new video spot, airing in the Sacramento market, blasts a...

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• Press Coverage | June 2, 2025

  Labor Organizer: Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate the Nursing Home Workforce

  

  Arnulfo De La Cruz, president of SEIU Local 2015, sees impending Medicaid cuts hitting nursing homes In the wake of the passage on May 22 of the 2026 budget bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, leaders of diverse organizations and alliances...

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