Category: Press Releases

• Victory | Press Release | February 15, 2024

  San Mateo County In-Home Care Providers—mostly women—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay at $20.80/hr San Mateo County, CA – This week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 450,000 caregivers across California, reached a...

  San Mateo CountyRegion 5Wage Increase
• Victory | Press Release | February 12, 2024

  Tehama County In-Home Care Providers, going almost 12 years without a contract, reach a tentative agreement with the Board of Supervisors

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay above $18/hr for this majority women workforce Tehama County, CA – Tehama’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers have reached a tentative agreement for a new union contract with the Tehama County Board of Supervisors. The county’s IHSS...

  Tehama CountyRegion 6Livable Wage
• Victory | Press Release | February 7, 2024

  Calaveras County In-Home Care Providers, going almost 14 years without a contract, reach a tentative agreement with the Board of Supervisors

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay near $18/hr for this majority women workforce Calaveras County, CA – Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 450,000 caregivers across California, reached...

  Livable WageRegion 4Calaveras County
• Press Release | February 6, 2024

  Mary Kay Henry, Visionary SEIU Leader Who Championed Fight for $15 Movement, Challenged Status Quo, Will Not Seek Re-election

  In nearly 14-year tenure as president, Henry fought for Black, brown, immigrant workers who have been written out of nation’s labor laws Under Henry’s leadership, Fight for $15 movement won $150B in raises for 26 million workers, changed politics around...

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• Press Statement | January 22, 2024

  SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry Statement on War in Gaza

  WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement today: “SEIU’s almost two million members believe that wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot. We condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and hate...

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• Victory | Press Release | January 3, 2024

  Napa County In-Home Care Providers—mostly women—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  If ratified, would put caregiver pay at $20/hr Napa, CA – Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 450,000 caregivers across California, reached a tentative agreement for...

  Region 5Time for $20Napa
• Press Release | December 29, 2023

  ‘Time to get to work’ As Corporate Fast Food Interest Groups Drop Referendum Efforts, California Workers, SEIU Leaders Prepare for Implementation of Landmark Statewide Fast Food Council ‘Time to get to work’

  CALIFORNIA — As the new year approaches, California fast food cooks and cashiers, organizing with the Service Employees International Union, are preparing for the implementation of the nation’s first-ever Fast Food Council. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1228, a...

  Livable WageAB 1228FAST Recovery Act
• Press Release | December 20, 2023

  LA Area nursing home workers who threatened to strike reach ratification agreement with employer

  Southern California—After months of bargaining and delivering a 10-day notice of intent to strike in October (10-day strike notice press release), nursing home union members from SEIU Local 2015 ratified contract agreements with management in December.  Nursing home workers sought...

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• Press Release | December 19, 2023

  Long-term care providers, going 11 years without a contract, speak out for higher wages and solutions to Tehama County’s caregiver shortage

  Red Bluff, CA – Today, members of SEIU Local 2015 – the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers – spoke out to demand higher wages and...

  Livable WageRegion 6Tehama County
• Press Release | December 12, 2023

  Fresno County long term care workers rally at Board of Supervisors office, reject poverty wages and scrapped healthcare proposal

  Fresno County, CA – Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers—rallied at the Fresno County...

  Livable WageRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors
• Media Advisory | December 11, 2023

  Fresno County long-term care providers to rally, reject poverty wages and scrapped healthcare proposed by Board of Supervisors

  WHEN: Tuesday, December 12, 2023Time: 8:30 AM WHERE:Fresno County Board of Supervisors, 2281 Tulare St, Fresno 93724 WHO:Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT: Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, long-term...

  Livable WageRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors