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• 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...

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• 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

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• 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...

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• 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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• Press Coverage | January 24, 2022

  The Fight for $20 and a Union: Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake?

  CA is Leader in Higher Wage Movement California is the epicenter for a nationwide grassroots movement to raise the wage floor for American workers. On January 1st, the state set $15 an hour as the floor for large employers and $14 an...

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• Press Coverage | January 18, 2022

  Black Work Talk, Episode 2: April Verrett

  

  You can link directly to this episode using this URL: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a8072a28-0278-49f8-a0ed-6e970d3c3ec9

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• Issues | January 18, 2022

  $500 IHSS Hazard Pay!

  

  Who qualifies for the $500 hazard pay?Eligible recipients must have worked for a minimum of two months (total, not necessarily consecutive) between March 2020 and March 2021. When can we expect these payments?These payments are expected to be paid out...

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• Press Release | January 13, 2022

  Essential Workers Urge CA Legislature to Provide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

  Recording of the press conference is available here.Passcode: &8SzwY%4 Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, a coalition of essential workers, worker advocates and labor unions came together to urge the California Legislature to provide two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick...

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