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• Victory | Press Coverage | April 18, 2025

  Fresno County reaches tentative agreement with care workers

  FRESNO - SEIU Local 2015 has reached a tentative agreement with Fresno County to boost thousands of home care workers' wages and benefits, potentially putting a cap on strenuous negotiations that dragged on for over two years. If approved by...

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• Press Coverage | April 16, 2025

  LA County budget proposal reflects wildfire effects, landmark sex abuse settlement, federal funding losses

  

  Most Los Angeles County departments would be required to reduce spending by 3% under an austere budget proposal unveiled Monday by the chief executive officer. The $47.9 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1 reflects “extraordinary...

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• Press Release | April 16, 2025

  Los Angeles Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–left behind in the county’s budget presentation

  IHSS caregivers note that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs. LOS ANGELES, CA—Yesterday, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU...

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• Victory | Press Coverage | April 16, 2025

  Fresno County’s 25,000 care workers set to get raise under new deal

  

  SEIU Local 2015, which represents Fresno County’s over 25,000 IHSS workers, reached a tentative agreement with the county after over two years of bargaining. SEIU Local 2015 has reached a tentative agreement with Fresno County to boost thousands of home...

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• Press Coverage | April 15, 2025

  Fresno County in-home caregivers to receive pay increase, union says

  

  After two years of negotiations, thousands of Fresno County in-home care workers are poised to secure a pay bump and increased medical benefits. The union that represents more than 500,000 caregivers across California announced a tentative contract agreement with the...

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• Victory | Press Release | April 15, 2025

  Fresno County home care providers—mostly women and women of color— reach a tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors

  If ratified, caregivers are expected to earn $18.35 by September 2025 This milestone comes after caregivers used their collective power last November to elect care champions to the Board  Fresno County, CA – The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of...

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• Victory | Press Coverage | April 15, 2025

  Fresno County in-home caregivers to receive pay increase, union says

  After two years of negotiations, thousands of Fresno County in-home care workers are poised to secure a pay bump and increased medical benefits. The union that represents more than 500,000 caregivers across California announced a tentative contract agreement with the...

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• Press Coverage | April 14, 2025

  How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers

  

  As Congress looks for ways to reduce the federal deficit, Medicaid is in the spotlight. Last week, the GOP-led House passed a budget framework that allows both chambers of Congress to work on a major budget plan they expect to pass without...

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• Press Coverage | April 11, 2025

  California Showdown Over Medicaid as GOP Approves Massive Cuts

  

  Health care advocates and labor unions mobilize against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with protests, ads and town halls. House Republicans passed a budget plan this week that could slash up to $880 billion over 10 years from Medicaid, a program...

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• Press Coverage | April 11, 2025

  Working and Middle Class Revolt at Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Board Writes More Letters

  

  Local In-Home Support Services workers and attorneys from the Public Defender and District Attorney’s offices urgently pleaded for higher wages at Tuesday night’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. The IHSS workers, under the purple banner of Service Employees International Union...

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• Press Statement | April 10, 2025

  SEIU Members Will Hold Republican House Members Accountable for Rushed and Reckless Vote to Terminate Healthcare for Millions of Californians

  SACRAMENTO, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California slammed today’s vote in Congress to rush through a budget plan that recklessly slashes $880 billion from Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California):  Carmen Roberts, SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice...

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