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• Press Coverage | February 24, 2022

  Black women are overrepresented and underpaid in health care’s toughest jobs, study shows

  

  Black women are more overrepresented in health-care jobs than any other demographic groups, and are concentrated in its lowest-paid and most dangerous roles — disparities that are products of structural racism and sexism, according to a new study published this month...

  Healthcare WorkersBlack Community
• Press Coverage | February 17, 2022

  California’s Largest Labor Union Announces Endorsements for Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors District 3, and Other Local Races 

  SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, announced their candidate endorsements for several open elected positions in 2022 in Los Angeles County, including the...

  PoliticsCaliforniaLaborLos AngelesRegion 1
• Press Coverage | February 14, 2022

  Eureka nursing home staff demand better conditions

  

  Residents at a Eureka nursing home got a special Valentine’s Day card this year. The workers at the facility wanted to let residents know their fight for better staffing levels would improve the lives of residents, too.

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• Press Coverage | February 14, 2022

  Union says higher wages will lead to better conditions at skilled nursing facility in Delano

  

  Employees of a skilled nursing facility in Delano are pushing for higher wages, saying their low pay is creating “unsafe staffing levels” in nursing homes. Certified nurses assistants from the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility took part in a Valentine's...

  Better Working ConditionsHigher WagesDelano
• Press Release | February 14, 2022

  Members of SEIU Local 2015—California’s Largest Labor Union—hold Statewide Valentine’s Day of Action to call for an end to dangerously unsafe staffing levels in nursing homes

  Members of SEIU Local 2015—California’s Largest Labor Union—hold Statewide Valentine’s Day of Action to call for an end to dangerously unsafe staffing levels in nursing homes It’s ValenTime for Safe Staffing! SEIU 2015 will be sharing the love this Valentine’s...

  Nursing HomesLaborSEIU 2015
• Press Release | February 11, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015—California’s Largest Labor Union—Announces Endorsements for Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors District 3, and Other Local Races

  

  Long-term care workers will focus their voter turnout efforts behind LA Mayoral candidate Karen Bass, Board of Supervisors District 3 Candidate Henry Stern, and other visionary candidates for local races FRIDAY, FEB 11, LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, SEIU 2015,...

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• Video | February 8, 2022

  CBS2 coverage of our L.A. Mayor Endorsement Town Hall

  

  Community Panel hosted by SEIU asks about the major issue of homelessness. How the new L.A. Mayor candidates plan on tackling homelessness and to get people the help they need. https://youtu.be/m5Qg2zQrIL0

  PoliticsLos AngelesRegion 1
• Media Advisory | February 7, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 – California’s Largest Labor Union – To Host Outdoor Candidate Town Hall Event Ahead of Official Union Vote and Endorsement in Local Races

  **MEDIA ADVISORY** SEIU Local 2015 – California’s Largest Labor Union – To Host Outdoor Candidate Town Hall Event Ahead of Official Union Vote and Endorsement in Local Races SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000...

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• Video | February 1, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 President April Verrett speaks out about the need for sick days on BNC News

  

  President April Verrett speaks out about the need for sick days on BNC News. https://youtu.be/IP8kQdaOP_M

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• Press Coverage | January 30, 2022

  From businesses to workers, inflation is taking its toll on Black communities

  

  Black business owners feel they are experiencing the brunt of high inflation rates, but experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst has yet to come for the Black community as a whole. Khari Parker, co-founder of Connie’s...

  InflationBlack Communities
• Press Coverage | January 24, 2022

  COVID-infected nurses working at short-staffed nursing homes

  

  Four days after Celine started working as a nursing assistant in the COVID-19 unit at a Placerville nursing home, she tested positive for the virus. She was fatigued, weak and had a dry cough — but she kept working. She...

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