NPR | 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
Lake County News | 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...
The Trinity Journal | 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 6 Trinity County
NPR | August 13, 2025

Trump’s move to end TPS rattles health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly

The Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for people from a number of countries has rattled health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly.

Immigration Healthcare Cuts TPS
The Almanac | July 23, 2025

Aging population will further stress in-home support network

New numbers point to coming crisis in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties Natascha Walker works full-time as her 22-year-old autistic daughter’s caregiver. Walker is a provider through California’s In-Home Support Services program, which enables disabled people and older adults to...

Santa Clara Livable Wage Region 5
News Coverage | July 18, 2025

News Coverage of “Good Trouble Lives On” Statewide Actions to Defend Democracy and the Future of Care

On the fifth anniversary of civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis’s passing, members of SEIU Local 2015—California’s largest labor union and the nation’s largest long-term care union—mobilized in communities across the state as part of the nationwide Good Trouble Lives On day of...

Trump Budget Cuts Good Trouble Lives On Facism
LA Opinión | June 30, 2025

Un plan devastador para California

Newsom advierte del peligro del "Gran y Hermoso" proyecto de ley de Donald Trump que recortaría millones en salud y asistencia alimentaria “Nos quieren matar”, es la frase contundente de la señora Estela Montoya, de 65 años, residente de Bell...

Medicaid Trump Healthcare Cuts
ABC News | June 30, 2025

How Trump’s megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage

As Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill by his July 4 deadline, many are worried about the changes that could be coming to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans....

Medicaid Trump Healthcare Cuts
Los Angeles Sentinel | June 19, 2025

Left Behind in the Budget: L.A. County’s Home Care Workers Deserve Better

Los Angeles is in the midst of a crisis. We have an aging population that increasingly relies on in-home support to age in their homes with dignity. Yet, as the county presented its latest budget, it left out the very...

Region 1 Livable Wage Carmen Roberts LA IHSS
News Coverage | June 18, 2025

News Coverage of Santa Clara IHSS rally

On June 17, 2025, over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge county officials to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers amid months-long negotiations for a new...

Livable Wage Region 5 Santa Clara ICE
New York Times | June 11, 2025

How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests

Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los...

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