As the new year approaches, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015, spoke out against the County’s failure to reach a fair contract after nearly two years of negotiations, saying the delay is worsening financial hardship for caregivers and deepening the county’s care crisis.
More than 2,400 IHSS workers provide essential long-term care (including paramedical, personal care, and household services) to older adults and people with disabilities in Lake. The current Lake County IHSS wage is $17.15 an hour, only $0.65 above California’s minimum wage and far below the MIT living wage threshold of $22.83 an hour for a single individual with no children.
Read more at Lake County Record Bee