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• Press Release | September 2, 2025

  Inyo County Caregivers Rally to Demand Living Wages and Healthcare After Two Years Without a Contract

  Workers call for urgent investment in care as County fails to respond to crisis and national Medicaid threats loom Inyo, CA – On September 2, 2025, Inyo County home caregivers rallied outside the Inyo County Board of Supervisors to provide...

  Livable WageInyo County
• Media Advisory | September 1, 2025

  Tulare County Caregivers, Allies, and Community Members Rally in honor of Labor Day to Demand County Leaders Invest in Home Care

  WHAT: Tulare County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers, members of the state’s largest labor union, SEIU Local 2015, will rally at the Tulare County Board of Supervisors office to demand higher wages and healthcare. They will be joined by community...

  Livable WageTulare County
• Media Advisory | September 1, 2025

  Inyo County Caregivers, Allies, and Community Members Rally to Demand County Leaders Invest in Home Care

  Home caregivers are demanding fair pay and health benefits in county’s largest rally to date to address Inyo’s growing care crisis WHAT: Inyo County IHSS caregivers, members of the state’s largest labor union, SEIU Local 2015, will rally at the...

  Livable WageInyo County
• Press Coverage | September 1, 2025

  Monterey Bay Central Labor Council expands Labor Day celebration with rally, march

  

  WATSONVILLE — For many, Monday was simply a day off. For the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, it was a call to action and a reminder of what the Labor Day holiday stands for. The organization, which represents 80 affiliated...

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• Press Coverage | September 1, 2025

  1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

  

  It’s tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California’s Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could upend her life more than 23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a teenager. ...

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• Media Advisory | September 1, 2025

  Los Angeles County Home Care Providers to Rally – Calling on County Board of Supervisors to Vote YES on New Contract

  “After months of negotiations, we have finally reached a tentative agreement with the County that would be a key step to placing caregivers on a pathway out of poverty.  All we need now is a YES vote from the Supervisors...

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• Press Coverage | August 30, 2025

  ‘Moment of crisis’: Unions in somber mood this Labor Day

  

  Thousands of workers and union organizers from across California will gather for picnics and marches this weekend to honor the contributions of the nation’s working people. But the Labor Day celebrations will be tempered by a sobering reality: Unions face...

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• Press Coverage | August 29, 2025

  Protesters in Ukiah challenge healthcare cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

  

  UKIAH, CA., 8/29/25 — During Tuesday’s evening rush hour, about 60 protesters lined East Perkins Street near Hospital Drive waving signs and chanting. Cars often honked, people waved, and the protesters bobbed their signs and cheered.  The protest was intended...

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• Press Coverage | August 26, 2025

  SEIU members ask supes for fair wages

  

  A group of Solano County In Home Supportive Services providers and SEIU members spoke during public comment at the Tuesday Solano County Board of Supervisors meetings, asking elected officials to pay them a fair and living wage. About ten members...

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• Press Coverage | August 22, 2025

  She’s cared for America’s elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8

  

  LOS ANGELES — Aurora was working as a nurse at a hospital in her home country of Honduras when she decided to leave for good. A mother of two, she yearned for a better future for herself and her young...

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• Press Coverage | August 20, 2025

  IHSS workers ask supervisors to increase pay, address long-term care crisis in midst of contract negotiations

  

  LAKEPORT, Calif. — On Tuesday, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services workers, now in contract negotiations with the county of Lake, returned to the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge elected officials to invest in long-term care.  In-Home Supportive Services, or...