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• Press Release | January 10, 2022

  Whiplash for Workers: In Out of Control Pandemic Surge, Healthcare Workers and Nursing Home Workers Push Back On Dangerous New Guidance from CDPH & Welcome Progress on Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

  (SACRAMENTO) – In the midst of an unprecedented and out-of-control surge that has highlighted our continued lack of preparation nearly two years after the pandemic started, SEIU members reacted strongly to two pieces of news, one alarming and one encouraging....

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• Press Coverage | January 10, 2022

  Healthcare Workers Push Back On Dangerous New Guidance From CDPH

  

  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Public Health’s decision to allow employers to force COVID-positive healthcare workers and caregivers to work, exposing sick patients, vulnerable elderly people, and the general public to COVID, outraged SEIU California leaders, who represent...

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• Press Coverage | December 23, 2021

  Alameda County In-Home Caretakers Seek $20 Wage, More Accessible Health Care

  

  According to Lupe Martinez, who is SEIU 2015’s chief negotiator, many caretakers work well over 80 hours a month, but don’t receive healthcare, because much of those hours are off the books. As a result, many caretakers are effectively working...

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• Press Coverage | December 16, 2021

  The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better

  

  As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference. As 2021 races to a close, President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party’s entire domestic...
• Press Coverage | November 30, 2021

  SEIU Local 2015 President, April Verrett, Joins the Washington Informer for a conversation on the importance of the Build Back Better plan

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• Press Release | November 19, 2021

  SEIU Members rally behind Jessica Martinez for appointment as next CAL/OSHA Chief

  Contact: Mike Roth, 916.813.1554Maria Elena Jauregui, 818.355.5291 (Spanish-language) Sacramento, CA -- The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from Bob Schoonover, Executive Director of SEIU Local 721 and President of SEIU California:  “SEIU locals in California and...
• Press Release | November 19, 2021

  SEIU’s Henry: Acquittal shows that our nation’s legacy of defending white supremacist violence continues

  Washington DC  — Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement after jurors acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Rittenhouse shot and killed Rosenbaum and Huber who were protesting...
• Press Release | November 19, 2021

  SEIU’s Henry: House Vote on Build Back Better a ‘Huge Leap Forward’ for Working People

  WASHINGTON, DC — SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement following the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Build Back Better Act: “Essential workers demanded Congress pass the Build Back Better Act to help all families thrive...
• Press Release | November 17, 2021

  In-home Care Providers—Primarily Women of Color—Win Wage Increase in Union Contract with Monterey County

  Significant Wins Include Expanded Access and Enhanced funding for Health Care, Increased Safety Equipment Funding, and Wage Increases That Signify Clear Step on Path to $20 Wage Floor Monterey County, CA–The in-home supportive services (IHSS) caregivers of SEIU Local 2015...

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• Press Coverage | November 17, 2021

  Shasta County IHSS contract expiring, workers ask for better wages

  

  REDDING, Calif. — The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) In-Home Supportive Service (IHSS) contract expires in less than two months.  Several members and union supporters showed up at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. These are people who take...

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• Press Coverage | November 16, 2021

  In-home care providers negotiating with Shasta County say they ‘deserve a living wage’

  

  With contract talks in their second month between Shasta County and the union representing 2,700 in-home supportive services workers, some of those caregivers plan to address the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday...

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