San Francisco Examiner | September 14, 2025

Home-care providers sweat over clients’ access — and their own

San Francisco home care providers say they aren’t breathing easily after the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program was spared from significant budget cuts at the 11th hour this summer. California’s final budget, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed June 27, ultimately...

San Francisco
Lake County News | September 12, 2025

IHSS providers tell Board of Supervisors low wages are driving caregivers out of the profession

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — On Tuesday, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services, or IHSS, workers, members of SEIU Local 2015, returned to the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge elected officials to invest in long-term care. Recent polling reveals low wages...

Livable Wage Region 4 Lake County
Visalia Times Delta | September 6, 2025

Tulare County In-Home Supportive Services caregivers rally on Labor Day

Tulare County In-Home Supportive Services caregivers, who are members of SEIU Local 2015, rallied at the Tulare County Board of Supervisors office on Labor Day to demand fair wages and healthcare. “Tulare caregivers are on the frontlines of healthcare in...

Tulare County Livable Wage Region 3 Labor Day
Valley Voice | September 4, 2025

SEIU members rally at Tulare County Board of Supervisors office to support IHSS workers

In honor of Labor Day, Tulare County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers, members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, rallied at the Tulare County Board of Supervisors office to demand fair wages and healthcare in honor...

Tulare County Livable Wage Region 3
The Sheet | September 4, 2025

SEIU IN SEPTEMBER

On Tuesday morning, 65 union members rallied at the Inyo County Board of Supervisors meeting. They demanded a liveable wage and health insurance for home health care providers. The protesters belong to Service Employees International Union (SEIU 2015) representing In-Home...

Livable Wage Region 3 Inyo County
News Coverage | September 3, 2025

Coverage of Los Angeles County Home Care Providers rally calling on Board of Supervisors to vote YES on new contract

Home care providers, care recipients, and supporters will gather outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting to call on County Supervisors to vote YES on their tentative agreement (supplemental agenda item 65-A) – a key step in the...

Livable Wage LA County Board of Supervisors Region 1
Lake County Record-Bee | September 3, 2025

A strong contract with wages reflecting the value of work

Many saw the Labor Day holiday as a nice three-day weekend, or a celebration of worker rights won long ago that we take for granted today. But workers in Lake are seeking respect for their critical labor. I’m one of...

Livable Wage Region 4
Santa Cruz Sentinel | September 1, 2025

Monterey Bay Central Labor Council expands Labor Day celebration with rally, march

WATSONVILLE — For many, Monday was simply a day off. For the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, it was a call to action and a reminder of what the Labor Day holiday stands for. The organization, which represents 80 affiliated...

Region 3 All Regions
AP News | September 1, 2025

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

It’s tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California’s Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could upend her life more than 23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a teenager. ...

Trump Immigration ICE
LA Times | August 30, 2025

‘Moment of crisis’: Unions in somber mood this Labor Day

Thousands of workers and union organizers from across California will gather for picnics and marches this weekend to honor the contributions of the nation’s working people. But the Labor Day celebrations will be tempered by a sobering reality: Unions face...

Unions Immigration Labor Day
The Mendocino Voice | August 29, 2025

Protesters in Ukiah challenge healthcare cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

UKIAH, CA., 8/29/25 — During Tuesday’s evening rush hour, about 60 protesters lined East Perkins Street near Hospital Drive waving signs and chanting. Cars often honked, people waved, and the protesters bobbed their signs and cheered. The protest was intended...

Region 6 Budget Cuts