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• Press Release | July 1, 2025

  Republican Senate Vote to Terminate Healthcare and SNAP for Millions Americans Exposes MAGA’s Big Lie: Trump’s Bill was Always for Billionaires, Not Working People

  House Members Have One Last Chance to Save Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Healthcare for Millions of Californians by Voting NO on Budget Reconciliation SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California responded to U.S. Senate Republicans’ vote for a budget bill that would...

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• Press Coverage | 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...

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• Press Coverage | 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....

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• Victory | Press Release | June 30, 2025

  Yolo Board of Supervisors approve new union contract for more than 3,000 home care workers

  

  New contract provides IHSS workers—mostly immigrants and women of color—a raise of more than 8% Yolo County, CA – The Yolo Board of Supervisors have voted unanimously to approve a new three-year union contract with In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers,...

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• Press Release | June 27, 2025

  Alex Padilla (D-CA), CA Elected Officials, Doctors and Health Advocates Condemn U.S. Senate’s Rushed Plan to Make Health Care Cuts Even Worse So Wealthy Can Get Even Richer

  ZOOM RECORDING HERE:https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/XoCHjyVBzL0GtPwcpxQGck-Y93kGwNueSXD3yTuJbvOfPdXq5zGn0JH4FbuJKQXf.7xSBsVJ89wadeCl5   Amid expected Senate vote on Trump’s megabill, advocates say terminating health care for cancer patients, veterans, small business owners and farmers is cruel, not “beautiful;” demand House Republicans halt cuts & higher health costs for working families...

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• Press Release | June 24, 2025

  Monterey County home care workers–mostly immigrant women and women of color–rallied to address Monterey County’s need for livable wages and healthcare in the wake of escalating ICE raids

  Monterey, CA – Today, Monterey County 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 half a million nursing home workers and home care providers–rallied outside of the...

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• Media Advisory | June 24, 2025

  Monterey County home care workers–mostly immigrant women and women of color–rally to address Monterey County’s need for livable wages and healthcare in the growing long-term care crisis in the wake of escalating ICE raids 

  MEDIA ADVISORY WHEN: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 9:30 AM: Home care workers and allies rally outside of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. SEIU 2015 home care workers are available for media interviews. Home care workers will provide public comment...

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• Press Coverage | 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...

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• Press 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...

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• Press Release | June 17, 2025

  Home care workers urge Santa Clara County Supervisors to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers  

  IHSS workers, many of whom are immigrants, rally for fair pay to address care crisis Santa Clara County, CA – Today over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge...

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• Press Coverage | 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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