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• Press Coverage | May 23, 2022

  L.A. County sheriff candidates ride ‘anyone but Villanueva’ wave, but lack name recognition

  

  In some ways, the race for Los Angeles County sheriff is shaping up as a test of how many controversies voters will tolerate from incumbent Alex Villanueva. His relationship with county leaders has hit new lows. The jails are in...

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• Press Release | May 19, 2022

  With their Picket, Nursing Home Workers in Chatsworth Again Sound Alarm on Unsafe Staffing Levels and Other Problems in their Facility

  Just weeks after speaking out in front of their workplace, nursing home workers—members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers—say nothing has improved, leading them to hold an...

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• Tele-Town Halls | May 19, 2022

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• Press Coverage | May 17, 2022

  Ad buy urges funding for SNF Board + Schubert endorsement + Min weighs in on shooting

  

  California lawmakers have a little less than a month to hash out a budget to send to Gov. Gavin Newsom, and SEIU Local 2015 is launching a seven-figure ad buy across radio and digital media to call on them to...

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• Union Updates | May 16, 2022

  Funeral Services for Roberto “Bobby” De La Cruz

  

  The commemoration of life for Brother Roberto “Bobby” De La Cruz—father of our own Arnulfo De La Cruz will be held will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022, 2:30 PM at the St. Paul Catholic Newman Center, 1572 East Barstow Avenue, Fresno,...

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• Press Release | May 16, 2022

  Working people fan out across country to mobilize voters ahead of midterm elections in “Spring Into Action” push

  Conversations center on rising prices, lack of affordable home care and attacks on fundamental rights WASHINGTON – Hundreds of SEIU members are mobilizing in key battlegrounds to talk to voters about what’s motivating them this election year, including greedy corporations...

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• Press Coverage | May 16, 2022

  Roberto De La Cruz, a farmworker activist who was trained by Cesar Chavez, dies at 75

  

  Longtime farm-labor activist Roberto De La Cruz, who dedicated much of his life to helping the poorest and most exploited workers in America, died earlier this month. He was 75 years old upon his passing on May 7. De La...

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• Press Coverage | May 14, 2022

  Pro-choice activists descend on DC, vow to be ‘ungovernable’ as they protest draft Supreme Court opinion

  

  Thousands of pro-choice activists from different corners in America descended on Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the "Bans Off Our Bodies" event organized by a coalition of groups including Planned Parenthood and the Women's March. Welcoming activists to the nation's capital, Rachel...

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• Press Coverage | May 13, 2022

  Union president on why care work is inextricably linked to challenges of climate change

  

  When Democratic policymakers including Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey tout their Green New Deal legislation, they are usually speaking about climate-related jobs — employment in clean energy production, environmental restoration or climate adaptation work in cities.  Their overarching...

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• Press Release | May 12, 2022

  By Investing in Workers, California Will Show the Nation What Equitable Recovery Looks Like 

  Sacramento, CA – Members of the Service Employees International Union in California responded enthusiastically to Governor Newsom’s announcement that California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50 and applauded his proposal for retention bonuses for health care workers, including nursing home...

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• Press Coverage | May 11, 2022

  Biden’s personal recovery plan: Pump up unions, squeeze Big Business

  

  Joe Biden has long identified as a proud union man, having cultivated relationships with top labor leaders over decades in Washington. Now, with his presidency facing intense peril, Biden is hoping those bonds and that image can lift his fortunes...

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