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• Press Coverage | February 15, 2025

  Redding to join national protest against President Trump’s policies

  

  As people opposed to recent anti-immigration and other policies coming from President Trump prepare to take part in a series of protests across the country on Monday, local activists will be joining the effort in Redding. An email being circulated...

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• Press Release | February 11, 2025

  Fresno County home care providers—mostly women of color—advocate to prioritize healthcare workers

  Fresno caregivers are making a real change to keep their healthcare Fresno County, CA—Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing more than...

  Livable WageRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors
• Press Coverage | February 5, 2025

  Shasta IHSS Campaign Launch – Action News Now Coverage

  

  https://youtu.be/luiBosWUIMs?si=AWWTi47YlLTduvpO

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• Press Coverage | February 5, 2025

  Trump’s Immigration Agenda Could Gut Key Workforces

  Law360 (February 5, 2025, 10:30 PM EST) -- Unannounced U.S. Border Patrol raids in Kern County, California, the day after Congress certified the 2024 election ended up costing the county about $25 million in lost agricultural production after unauthorized immigrants...
• Press Coverage | January 26, 2025

  California’s growing need for caregivers could collide with a crackdown on immigrants

  

  President Trump’s plans to overhaul immigration could reduce the ranks of workers who care for elderly and disabled people at home and in long-term care facilities as California and the country grapple with the needs of an aging population, healthcare...

  Care CrisisImmigration Reform
• Press Coverage | January 23, 2025

  San Jose: 600 march against Trump’s agenda

  

  San Jose, CA – On MLK Day, upwards of 600 San Jose residents came out to protest Trump's inauguration and fight back against his anti-immigrant agenda. The protest mobilized a broad array of progressive organizations in the South Bay, all...

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• Press Coverage | January 23, 2025

  Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers

  

  In a move that will devastate student recruitment, retention, learning, and success, Sonoma State management announced this week deep cuts to faculty, staff, and instructional and support programs. This decimation of a CSU Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is unconscionable and immoral in...

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• Press Coverage | January 16, 2025

  Labor Activism on the Rise in Fresno

  

  As new labor laws come into effect this year and a new president takes office, labor organizations are bracing for change. Amid a rise of labor union activism, local unions in the San Joaquin Valley are joining forces around an...

  LaborFresnoRegion 3Wildfires 2025
• Victory | Press Coverage | January 16, 2025

  New union contract hikes wages for home care workers in Santa Cruz County

  

  The union representing long-term care workers in California has ratified an agreement with Santa Cruz County to boost pay to $20.50 an hour.  Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015 represents 3,171 workers in the county who provide in-home and...

  Santa CruzLivable WageRegion 3
• Press Coverage | January 14, 2025

  Home care workers help California’s aging population. Should they be covered by state unions?

  

  Home care workers who provide assistance to elderly and disabled Californians could see more wage equality, according to a recent labor report, by shifting contract negotiations to the state level instead of bargaining individually with California’s 56 individual counties. Currently,...

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• Press Coverage | January 9, 2025

  Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

  

  Demand for direct care workers will grow by 35 percent to 41 percent between 2022 and 2037, according to some projections. President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born...

  TrumpStaffing CrisisImmigration