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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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• Press Statement | April 10, 2025

  Statement from President of SEIU Local 2015 Arnulfo De La Cruz on Texas Ruling Striking Down Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

  Ruling overturns first-ever national safe staffing requirement, jeopardizing care for older adults, people with disabilities, and the workers who provide essential care. Press Contact: DKC News, SEIU@dkcnews.comApril 10, 2025 “Last year, we achieved the first ever national standard on ensuring...

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• Press Statement | April 8, 2025

  Trump Uses IRS to Target Tax-Paying Families,Exposing the Lies Behind MAGA Deportation Machine

  SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California responded to the reported agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to share sensitive information about taxpayers and their families with the Trump deportation machine. David Huerta, President of SEIU California and...

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• Press Coverage | April 8, 2025

  Rep. Mike Thompson, providers and patients warn about healthcare cuts

  On Friday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Chief Behavioral Officer/Chief Community Health Officer for CommuniCare+OLE Health Sara Gavin, Interim Vice Chancellor of UC Davis Health Dr. Bruce Lee Hall, Yolo County Supervisor Sheila Allen, patient advocate Kate Laddish, and Susanna Hernandez...

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• Press Coverage | April 8, 2025

  Shasta County supervisors meet in temporary location and see high turnout

  

  SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — The Shasta County Board of Supervisors convened their first meeting in a temporary location at the Shasta Lake City Council Chambers on Tuesday, drawing a significant crowd despite a routine agenda.  The regular board chambers in downtown...

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• Press Coverage | April 7, 2025

  A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care

  

  Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the...

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• Press Coverage | April 3, 2025

  Have Skilled Nursing Facilities Become Dumping Grounds for the Mentally Ill?

  

  When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims. A couple of years ago, the trickle became a flood. Christina Lockyer-White had long known that the skilled nursing facility where she worked in...

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