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• Press Coverage | June 16, 2022

  In California, It Barely Pays to Take Care of Elders in Need at Home

  

  This article also appeared in Sacramento News and Review here.   Sydney O’Connor’s clients have disparate needs. One, a double transplant survivor who is almost blind, requires assistance for most of the critical transactions in his life, including paying bills and staying current...

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• Press Release | June 16, 2022

  Trinity County In-Home Care Providers – Mostly Women – Achieve Wage Increases and Stronger Benefits in New Union Contract

  A victory in the Union’s statewide campaign to raise wages for these heroes; Trinity County becomes first jurisdiction in California to offer home delivery of critical PPE to care providers Trinity County, CA – SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest...

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• Press Coverage | June 9, 2022

  June 8th: California Nursing Home Workers Demand Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table to Address Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 mobilized across California to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. Part of a national, coordinated campaign across 12+ states, this is the fifth statewide day of action calling for improvements in California’s nursing homes...

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• Press Release | June 9, 2022

  SEIU Members Power Primary Victories for Candidates Committed to Workers & Communities, Over Corporate-Backed Candidates

  Sacramento, CA – SEIU members played a decisive role in boosting candidates committed to workers and our communities over corporate-backed politicians. SEIU members work hard to elect candidates who share our values, stick up for workers, and believe in investing in...

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• Press Release | June 8, 2022

  California Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. Part of a national, coordinated campaign across 12+ states, this is the fifth statewide day of action calling for improvements in California’s nursing...
• Press Coverage | June 7, 2022

  Under Climate Change, Care Workers Often Act as First Responders

  

  Afew years ago, Marquisa Jackson, a certified nurse assistant, was faced with an emergency: The power went out at the Highland, California, mental health facility where she worked. It was a sweltering summer day, and the building was quickly getting...
• Media Advisory | June 7, 2022

  Sacramento Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to demand that a Quality Standards Board be a part of the State Budget to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. This is the fifth statewide day of action calling...

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• Media Advisory | June 7, 2022

  LA Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to demand that a Quality Standards Board be a part of the State Budget to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. This is the fifth statewide day of action calling...

  Los AngelesNursing HomesRegion 1
• Press Release | June 2, 2022

  Nursing Home Quality Standards Board UPDATE: California Legislature Indicates Support

  SEIU Members and Lawmakers Agree: Investing in Workers is the Only Pathway to an Equitable Recovery  Sacramento, CA – Members of the Service Employees International Union in California welcomed yesterday’s joint legislative budget agreement and essential workforce investments. David Huerta, President...

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• Tele-Town Halls | June 2, 2022

  SEIU 2015 (2022-06-02) Alameda Members

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• Press Coverage | June 1, 2022

  IHSS funds could be amplified

  

  In-Home Support Services workers and union representatives aren’t making enough money to cover gas for some shifts, workers are saying. A line of IHSS workers and representatives, dressed mostly in matching purple shirts, opened up the more-than-eight-hour-long county Board of...

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