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• Press Release | June 24, 2025

  Monterey County home care workers–mostly immigrant women and women of color–rallied to address Monterey County’s need for livable wages and healthcare in the wake of escalating ICE raids

  Monterey, CA – Today, Monterey County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015–the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union, representing half a million nursing home workers and home care providers–rallied outside of the...

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• Media Advisory | June 24, 2025

  Monterey County home care workers–mostly immigrant women and women of color–rally to address Monterey County’s need for livable wages and healthcare in the growing long-term care crisis in the wake of escalating ICE raids 

  MEDIA ADVISORY WHEN: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 9:30 AM: Home care workers and allies rally outside of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. SEIU 2015 home care workers are available for media interviews. Home care workers will provide public comment...

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• Press Coverage | June 19, 2025

  Left Behind in the Budget: L.A. County’s Home Care Workers Deserve Better

  

  Los Angeles is in the midst of a crisis. We have an aging population that increasingly relies on in-home support to age in their homes with dignity. Yet, as the county presented its latest budget, it left out the very...

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• Press Coverage | June 18, 2025

  News Coverage of Santa Clara IHSS rally

  On June 17, 2025, over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge county officials to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers amid months-long negotiations for a new...

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• Press Release | June 17, 2025

  Home care workers urge Santa Clara County Supervisors to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers  

  IHSS workers, many of whom are immigrants, rally for fair pay to address care crisis Santa Clara County, CA – Today over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge...

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• Press Coverage | June 11, 2025

  How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests

  

  Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los...

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• Press Release | June 10, 2025

   Legislature’s Budget Avoids Most Damaging Cuts; State Leaders Must Go Further to Commit to Working People’s Agenda

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sacramento, CA – California’s 750,000 SEIU members applauded core pillars of a joint agreement announced today by State Senate and Assembly leaders on the FY-26 budget, but remained concerned about others.  The following statement may be attributed to Arnulfo...

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• Press Release | June 9, 2025

  SEIU Local 2015, labor leaders, and community members rallied in Los Angeles to demand the release of SEIU California President David Huerta and now free! 

  Hundreds rallied for the release of David Huerta and now free from custody.  LOS ANGELES, CA—Hundreds of SEIU members, immigrant workers and allies packed Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles today to demand the immediate release of SEIU California President...

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• Press Coverage | June 9, 2025

  News Coverage of Los Angeles protests against ICE raids

  CBS News: Hundreds gather in Los Angeles to demand release of California union leader arrested at immigration enforcement operation Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, calling for the release of a union leader who was arrested at an...

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• Media Advisory | June 9, 2025

  SEIU Local 2015, labor leaders, and community members hold #FreeDavidEndRaids in Los Angeles to demand release of David Huerta and an end to ICE raids on immigrant communities. 

  WHEN: Monday, June 9th 202511:00 AM PT WHERE:  Grand Park200 N. Grand AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012 WHO: Members and allies of SEIU Local 2015, the largest long-term care union in the nation and California’s largest labor union, representing more than...

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• Press Release | June 6, 2025

  San Joaquin Board of Supervisors approve new union contract for more than 9,300 home care workers

  New contract puts IHSS workers—mostly women of color—on path to earn more than $20 an hour San Joaquin County, CA – Today, the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a new three-year union contract with In-Home Supportive...

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