Author: alston

• Medium | April 4, 2023

  “I love being a caregiver — but living in Oakland means living paycheck to paycheck.”

  

  For Oakland home care provider Juliann Coulter, caregiving is a labor of love. She’s done it for decades. She first got her start as a caregiver in the early 1990s, caring for her mother-in-law, who suffered from osteoporosis. The experience of...

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• Press Coverage | April 3, 2023

  Steve Lopez Column: A looming crisis: the crushing cost of elder care and the crippling effects of low wages

  

  Caregiver Maria Diaz leaves her South Los Angeles home well before the sun rises and returns long after it sets. Days off, even on weekends, are rare. At 46, having recovered from a series of strokes, she is her family’s...

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• Press Statement | April 3, 2023

  SEIU 2015 statement in support of the first-ever Care Workers Recognition Month

  Los Angeles, CA – As the nation's largest long-term care union, SEIU Local 2015 is proud to stand with care workers across the country today—the first day of the first-ever Care Workers Recognition Month. Care Workers Recognition Month highlights the...

  Care Worker Recognition Month
• Press Coverage | April 1, 2023

  City begins taxing on the sales of mansions exceeding $5 million

  

  LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The city of Los Angeles Saturday will begin an additional tax on the property sales that exceed $5 million through Measure ULA, a ballot measure passed in November, which city officials have said will generate a...

  Affordable HousingRegion 1Measure ULA
• Press Coverage | March 31, 2023

  Los Angeles mansion tax starts Saturday, adding costs to new development

  

  LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With Measure ULA set to kick in on April 1, Los Angeles may soon have hundreds of millions of new dollars available to use for affordable housing and homelessness programs. But real-estate brokers and developers say the...

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• Press Coverage | March 27, 2023

  Proposed bill could give more bargaining power to CA care workers

  

  FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new bill could improve in-home caregiving throughout California. Assemblyman Matt Haney of San Francisco proposed AB 1672, which would allow in-home caregivers to negotiate at a State level, instead of a county level. Wendy Davenport has...

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• Victory | Press Coverage | March 24, 2023

  Lakeport nursing home workers form their union with SEIU 2015

  

  LAKEPORT, Calif. — Nursing home workers employed at Rocky Point Care Center in Lakeport have opted to form a union. The group’s will unionize with SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care workers union. Nearly 80 full-time and part-time...

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• Press Coverage | March 23, 2023

  ‘Fed up’ California workers across industries demand more amid rising cost of living

  

  The "Our Care Counts" bill (AB 1672) that we introduced earlier this year is mentioned in this article focused on a worker’s rights moment in California: Other bills introduced this year include a proposal to allow in-home providers who care...

  Living Wages
• Press Release | March 20, 2023

  700,000 SEIU Members in California Commit Solidarity to Striking LAUSD School Workers

  Sacramento, CA – As 30,000 school workers in Los Angeles Unified School District prepare to go on strike over unfair labor practices, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from David Huerta, President of SEIU California...
• Press Coverage | March 16, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015 hosts SEIU Worker Roundtable with Minority Leader Jeffries on social safety net

  

  La Opinion: Inmigrante retirada denuncia grandes descuentos en su cheque de Seguro Social Angelinos advierten a legisladores que la pensión que reciben es insuficiente; demócratas salen al rescate ante la advertencia de algunos ‘republicanos extremistas’ de hasta querer eliminar el...

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• Press Coverage | March 13, 2023

  Why fast-food workers, ride-hail drivers, and nail technicians are fighting for this new form of labor organizing

  

  Sectoral bargaining—where workers in an entire industry negotiate as a whole—is common in Europe. Now, organizers are trying to make it work in the U.S.

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