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• Press Coverage | August 30, 2026

  Santa Clara County Home Caregivers Win Raise, Still Fall Short of Living Wage

  

  Santa Clara County's roughly 36,000 In-Home Supportive Services workers are getting a raise. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a new two-year contract for IHSS workers that lifts hourly pay from $20.44 to $21.54 immediately, with wages climbing...

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• Press Coverage | August 30, 2026

  Santa Clara County home aid workers see pay increase

  

  After years of meager wage increases, thousands of home aid workers in Santa Clara County will receive a bump in their hourly pay amid a tight budget cycle — a move advocates said is necessary but falls short to cover...

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• Press Coverage | August 27, 2026

  Solano County approves tentative pay raise for in-home caregivers

  

  The Solano County Board of Supervisors has approved a tentative agreement to raise wages for in-home caregivers, though the increase requires state approval before taking effect.  The agreement grants in-home supportive services providers a $1-per-hour raise, bringing their total hourly...

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• Press Release | August 14, 2026

  Nursing Home Workers Picket to Demand Safe Staffing and Better Care Across Rockport/Shlomo Rechnitz Facilities

  Following back-to-back actions at three facilities, workers are calling on owner Rockport/Shlomo Rechnitz to invest in the workforce residents depend on Southern Calif. – Nursing home workers at Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Center, represented by SEIU Local 2015, picketed...

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• Press Release | August 14, 2026

  Nursing Home Workers Picket to Demand Safe Staffing and Better Care at Anaheim Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre

  Workers are demanding Rockport / Shlomo Rechnitz match the dedication of caregivers with the investment quality care requires Anaheim, Calif. – Nursing home workers at Anaheim Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre, represented by SEIU Local 2015, picketed outside the facility...

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• Press Release | August 12, 2026

  Kings County Home Care Providers Rallied at Board of Supervisors for Livable Wages and Healthcare 

  Kings County, CA—On August 11th, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing more than half a million home care providers and nursing home workers,...

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• Press Release | August 6, 2026

  All Ways Caring HomeCare Providers Picket Employer Offices, Demand Good-Faith Contract Bargaining

  

  Fresno, Calif.—All Ways Caring HomeCare (AWC) caregivers represented by SEIU Local 2015, part of a statewide bargaining unit of more than 580 care workers, took to the picket line to demand higher wages and basic benefits. SEIU Local 2015 is...

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• Victory | Press Release | July 30, 2026

  Lake County Supervisors approve new one-year contract for more than 2,400 home care workers following ratification by union members

  

  Wages increase by $0.45 an hour, negotiations to resume next year Lakeport, CA – The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a new one-year union contract with In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers. IHSS providers are members of SEIU...

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• Victory | Press Release | July 21, 2026

  Del Norte County Supervisors approve new contract for more than 400 home care workers following ratification by union members

  New contract brings IHSS wages above $20 an hour by 2028 Del Norte County, CA – The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a new three-year union contract with In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, successfully concluding negotiations....

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• Press Release | July 9, 2026

  Nursing Home Workers Picket to Demand Safe Staffing and Better Care at the Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield

  Workers are demanding Rockport / Shlomo Rechnitz match the dedication of caregivers with the investment quality care requires Bakersfield, Calif. – Nursing home workers at The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield, represented by SEIU Local 2015, picketed outside the facility Thursday...

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• Press Statement | June 30, 2026

  Statement from SEIU Local 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on the recent U.S. DOJ Opinion Undermining ADA Integration Mandate

  "We are deeply alarmed by this opinion, which is a blueprint for abandoning our family members and loved ones with disabilities. Twenty-seven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. affirmed that people with disabilities have the...

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