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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | Issues | December 27, 2020

  Surrounded by death, nursing home workers battle management and fear to protect patients

  BAKERSFIELD —  Their faces flickered with hope when she entered their rooms. “Did my daughter forget about me?” asked one woman, over 80 years old. “Does she know I’m here?” “Where is my son?” begged a man down the hall. Her...

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• Tele-Town Halls | December 22, 2020

  Tele-Town Hall, December 18, 2020

  We’ve been holding tele town halls to help ensure that our members are informed and up to date in this pandemic time.  If you missed the December 18th home care and nursing home tele town halls, you can listen in by...

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• Tele-Town Halls | December 22, 2020

  Tele-Town Hall, August 14, 2020

  We’ve been holding tele town halls to help ensure that our members are informed and up to date in this pandemic time.  If you missed the August 14th home care and nursing home tele town halls, you can listen in by...

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• Covid-19 News | December 18, 2020

  COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A

  

  https://youtu.be/aUrAVHT95c4

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• Press Coverage | December 1, 2020

  How race impacts California nursing facilities amid COVID-19

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• Covid-19 News | December 1, 2020

  As virus again surges in California, race is a defining factor in nursing facilities, research shows

  As COVID-19 once again surges across California, skilled nursing facilities with more Black and Latino residents are being hit harder than those with fewer residents of color, according to a new study...

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• Press Coverage | November 4, 2020

  California rejects proposal 25 that seeks to eliminate the surety system

  SACRAMENTO, California. — Con el 55.4% en contra y el 44.6% a favor, la propuesta 25 fue rechazada en California en las elecciones de noviembre de 2020, de acuerdo con la Prensa Asociada. La iniciativa buscaba convertir a California en el primer estado...

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• Press Coverage | Video | November 4, 2020

  SEIU Local 2015 Hosts Election Phone Bank for Members

  Click link below to view the video.

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | October 23, 2020

  Interview with April Verrett

  

  Today’s guest is April Verrett, the President of SEIU Local 2015. SEIU Local 2015 represents 400,000 long term care workers across CA, the largest local union in CA, the largest long term care union in the US, and 2nd largest...

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• Press Release | October 16, 2020

  SEIU Local 2015 Ratifies Contract with the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility, Guaranteeing 2% Increase in Wages for all Workers

  

  After Months of Bargaining, the Nation’s Largest Long Term Care Union Reaches Agreement to Increase Wages, Overtime, and Expand Healthcare (Delano, CA) - SEIU Local 2015, California’s largest union representing long term caregivers throughout the state, today announced a new...
• Press Release | September 30, 2020

  April Verrett, President Of SEIU Local 2015 – The Nation’s Largest Long Term Care Union Briefs The House Committee On Education And Labor

  

  Briefing Highlights COVID-19 Impact on Home Care Workers and Exposure of Pre-Existing Problems Across the IHSS System Los Angeles, CA -- September 30, 2020 -- Today, April Verrett, President of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long term caregivers union...