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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2020

  8 hospitalized in California nursing home virus outbreak

  California
• Press Coverage | April 1, 2020

  El sindicato de enfermeras del condado de Los Ángeles exige el suministro inmediato de máscaras y guantes

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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2020

  Stories We’re Covering at 5:04 PM

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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2020

  Union Calls For Defense Production Act

  Labor
• Press Coverage | March 31, 2020

  Low Pay, High Risk: Nursing Home Workers Confront Coronavirus Dilemma

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• Covid-19 News | March 31, 2020

  Low Pay, High Risk: Nursing Home Workers Confront Coronavirus Dilemma

  “Who else is going to take care of them?” We spoke with nursing home workers about their fear of catching and spreading coronavirus.
• Press Coverage | March 27, 2020

  Some healthcare workers need stronger COVID-19 protections

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• Press Coverage | March 26, 2020

  Home Care, Senior Facilities Don’t Want to Pay Covid-19 Leave

  

  Home care providers and senior living community operators have asked the Labor Department to exempt millions of workers in those industries from new paid sick and family leave requirements during the Covid-19 emergency.

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• Press Coverage | Politics | March 12, 2020

  Caregiver rally temporarily blocks traffic outside San Bernardino County Supervisors meeting

  

  Caregiver rally temporarily blocks traffic outside San Bernardino County Supervisors meeting. SEIU Local 2015 caregivers and supporters for IHSS workers, rallied at the San Bernardino County government building on Tuesday for increased pay and benefits for caregivers.

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• Medium | April 7, 2018

  Democracy Schools: Where the Power of our Movement Meets the Challenges of our Democracy

  This weekend, we kicked off round two of the Democracy Schools — our innovative program to empower and strengthen our membership in advance of the 2018 elections. We are doing these trainings all over the state — from rural Humboldt...

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• Medium | March 8, 2018

  This International Women’s History Day We Celebrate Our Founding Sisters

  For far too long women were unjustly treated as second class citizens. Until the turn of the 20th century, women were not allowed to vote, work, or to get an education. And occupations which are traditionally considered female or domestic...

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