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• Press Coverage | April 21, 2022

  Fixing the Crisis in California’s Nursing Homes

  

  Normally, Robert Oronia works overnights, from 11 p.m. to 7 the next morning. But lately the certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been logging a lot of 12-hour shifts at Stoney Point Healthcare Center in Chatsworth. He says he could work back-to-back...

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• Press Coverage | April 19, 2022

  April 19th: SEIU 2015 supports higher wages for home health care workers

  

  La Opinion: Los hogares de ancianos están en crisis y California no puede solucionarlo sin los trabajadores Los números reflejan una historia de pérdida humana y de costo operativo relacionado al Covid-19 en los hogares de ancianos de California. 9,716 residentes...

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• Press Release | April 19, 2022

  Home Care Providers—Members of SEIU Local 2015—Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office to Continue the Call for “Time for $20”

  Backdropped by a giant banner listing basics they can’t afford, members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 long-term care workers in California, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved...

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• Press Coverage | April 15, 2022

  Caregivers demand a role in fixing nursing homes

  

  Numbers tell one story of COVID-19’s toll on California nursing homes: Some 9,716 nursing home residents and staff died from the virus, amounting to one in eight COVID deaths statewide. But there’s another story that can’t be told in numbers....

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• Press Coverage | Video | April 14, 2022

  NBC Palm Springs Union Workers demand for Better Pay

  

  Union workers from grocery stores, nursing home, and hospitals are demanding for better pay and working conditions. https://youtu.be/xkAwuJjVFxw
• Press Statement | April 14, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 Enthusiastically Supports the Declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day

  Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 2022 – Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in support of Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis’ declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day: “We commend Acting...

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• Press Coverage | April 13, 2022

  Democrats, Show Black Women Our Votes Count With A Game-Changing Investment In Home Care

  Primaries for the 2022 midterms are already underway — just look at the hotly contested Texas elections — and Democrats need to buckle down and prove to voters that they’re delivering on promises. That’s especially true for Black women, who made the...

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• Press Release | April 13, 2022

  Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility—who were ready to strike—win wage increases they say will slow the skyrocketing turnover

  Bargaining Team members shed tears of joy and relief as they reach a deal with facility operators during pandemic. Delano County, CA: Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility, who had authorized their colleagues on the bargaining team...

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• Press Release | April 12, 2022

  Home Care Providers – Members of SEIU Local 2015 – Rally at Alameda County Board of Supervisors Office to Say It’s “Time for $20”

  Members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved healthcare and training for essential in-home caregivers Oakland, CA,...

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• Press Statement | April 7, 2022

  CADEM Controller April Verrett Released Statement on the Confirmation of Judge Jackson to the US Supreme Court

  

  Sacramento, CA - Today, April Verrett, Controller of the California Democratic Party, the nation's largest state Democratic Party representing 10 million Democrats, released the following statement on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court: Today, Judge Ketanji...

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• Press Coverage | April 7, 2022

  L.A. IHSS providers say it’s “Time for $20” at downtown rally

  Home care providers rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' office Tuesday, demanding a $20 an hour living wage. Homecare worker Stephanie Rogers, who was at the "Time for $20" rally, said the current wage of $16 an...

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