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• Press Coverage | January 17, 2024

  $5 Million Grant to San Francisco Nonprofit Homebridge Aims to Remove Language Barriers for Home Care Workers

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco-based Homebridge - California's only nonprofit dedicated to providing both direct in-home supportive services and workforce training to home care providers - has received a two-year, $5 million grant to develop an immersive, on-the-job English language training program for...

  Region 5
• Uncategorized | January 15, 2024

  MLK’s dream fulfilled: Why the labor movement is suddenly surging

  

  As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King on what would have been his 95th birthday, I’m reflecting on how much further we have to go to achieve his vision of racial and economic justice. These...
• Press Coverage | January 7, 2024

  Napa County In-Home Care Providers Win $20 Wage by April 2024

  

  Featuring Napa IHSS Provider Joela Trujillo, January 7, 2024. https://youtu.be/3menCR9V__E?si=ezVhW4KFG3qMF7y9

  Region 5Napa
• Press Coverage | January 4, 2024

  New contract with Napa County home health workers includes pay boost, training

  

  Napa County appear to be close to a new contract for more than 1,550 local in-home care workers. The union representing caregivers for seniors and those with disabilities said on Wednesday that it reached a tentative agreement the last week...

  Time for $20Livable WageRegion 5Napa
• Press Release | January 3, 2024

  Napa County In-Home Care Providers—mostly women—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay at $20/hr Napa, CA – Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 450,000 caregivers across California, reached a tentative agreement for...

  Region 5Time for $20Napa
• Press Release | December 29, 2023

  ‘Time to get to work’ As Corporate Fast Food Interest Groups Drop Referendum Efforts, California Workers, SEIU Leaders Prepare for Implementation of Landmark Statewide Fast Food Council ‘Time to get to work’

  CALIFORNIA — As the new year approaches, California fast food cooks and cashiers, organizing with the Service Employees International Union, are preparing for the implementation of the nation’s first-ever Fast Food Council. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1228, a...

  Livable WageAB 1228FAST Recovery Act
• Press Coverage | December 22, 2023

  SEIU 1021 reaches tentative agreement; caregivers still waiting for deal with county

  The county and its largest employees union have made a tentative agreement for a three-year contract, after months of negotiations. But the caregivers union is still waiting for a deal.

  Region 6Mendocino1021
• Press Release | December 20, 2023

  LA Area nursing home workers who threatened to strike reach ratification agreement with employer

  Southern California—After months of bargaining and delivering a 10-day notice of intent to strike in October (10-day strike notice press release), nursing home union members from SEIU Local 2015 ratified contract agreements with management in December.  Nursing home workers sought...

  Nursing HomesRegion 1
• Press Release | December 19, 2023

  Long-term care providers, going 11 years without a contract, speak out for higher wages and solutions to Tehama County’s caregiver shortage

  Red Bluff, CA – Today, members of SEIU Local 2015 – the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers – spoke out to demand higher wages and...

  Region 6Livable WageTehama County
• Press Release | December 12, 2023

  Fresno County long term care workers rally at Board of Supervisors office, reject poverty wages and scrapped healthcare proposal

  Fresno County, CA – Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers—rallied at the Fresno County...

  Livable WageRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors
• Media Advisory | December 11, 2023

  Fresno County long-term care providers to rally, reject poverty wages and scrapped healthcare proposed by Board of Supervisors

  WHEN: Tuesday, December 12, 2023Time: 8:30 AM WHERE:Fresno County Board of Supervisors, 2281 Tulare St, Fresno 93724 WHO:Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT: Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, long-term...

  Fresno County Board of SupervisorsRegion 3Livable Wage