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• Covid-19 News | Issues | April 12, 2020

  Pillowcase masks and trash-bag gowns. The bleak, deadly reality in California nursing homes

  The masks are long gone, replaced by face covers fashioned from pillowcases. Cleaning supplies are dwindling. And when Maria Cecilia Lim, a licensed vocational nurse at an Orange County nursing home, needs a sterile gown, she reaches for a raincoat...

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• Press Coverage | April 9, 2020

  Largest Long-term Care Union Raising Awareness Ahead of Labor Day

  

  The nation's largest long term care union SEIU Local 2015 is raising awareness about the rights of frontline workers with labor day just around the corner. Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, joined Cheddar to...

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• Press Release | April 9, 2020

  Nursing Home and Home Care workers of SEIU Local 2015 – California’s Largest Union – Participate in a “National Day of Action” for PPE

  SEIU Local 2015 Members Joined Together at both Nursing Home Facilities Across California and on Social Media (#GetMePPE and #ProtectAllWorkers) Calling on the Federal Government to Distribute and Deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Individuals on the Frontlines of the...
• Press Coverage | April 2, 2020

  Union demands protection for nursing home staff amid coronavirus pandemic

  The union for 400,000 long–term care workers issued a plea for federal help on Wednesday to better protect the health care aides who they say are facing extreme risks as novel coronavirus has spread in dozens of nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the nation....

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | April 2, 2020

  ‘Please, please, please step up:’ Union, employer make joint appeal to Trump on face masks

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• Press Coverage | April 2, 2020

  Dive Brief: Hospitals should brace for up to 17-fold surge in demand for supplies

  

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• Press Coverage | April 2, 2020

  Here’s What’s Happening Across the Region and State

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• Press Coverage | April 2, 2020

  COVID-19 Cluster In Yucaipa Is ‘Tip Of The Iceberg,’ Nursing Home Union Leader Says

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• Press Coverage | April 2, 2020

  Nursing Home Workers Union Pleads For More Protections

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | April 1, 2020

  Coronavirus: Local SEIU rep calling for more protective gear for health care workers

  FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A dwindling supply of protective masks and gowns has led to protests by nurses and other healthcare workers worried about their own health. This group stood in solidarity outside Regional Medical Center in San Jose. "We...
• Press Release | April 1, 2020

  Elected Officials, Nursing Home Workers and Executive Join California’s Largest Union SEIU Local 2015 to Call for Immediate Supply of Personal Protective Equipment

  Coalition calls on federal government to address urgent needs and safety of nursing home workers statewide during COVID-19 crisis as well as the application of the Defense Production Act Los Angeles, CA -- April 1, 2020  -- Today, Service Employees...