Category: Press Releases

• Press Release | June 27, 2022

  Two Leaders Who Champion Racial, Economic Justice Unanimously Elected to Top Positions at SEIU

  

  Executive Board Approves President Mary Kay Henry’s Nominations of April Verrett as Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph Bryant as Executive Vice President WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Service Employees International Union’s International Executive Board voted unanimously Friday to elect April Verrett as Secretary-Treasurer and Joseph...
• Press Release | June 21, 2022

  Nursing Home Workers to Protest at Providence Home and Community Care facilities — California’s Largest Nursing Home Operator — In Coordinated Picket

  As workers continue to flee the nursing home industry, Providence employees across California will unite in coordinated pickets to improve conditions  10-day intent to picket delivered on June 19th, with actions—including 8 pickets—slated for June 29th at nearly 20 facilities...

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• Press Release | June 16, 2022

  Trinity County In-Home Care Providers – Mostly Women – Achieve Wage Increases and Stronger Benefits in New Union Contract

  A victory in the Union’s statewide campaign to raise wages for these heroes; Trinity County becomes first jurisdiction in California to offer home delivery of critical PPE to care providers Trinity County, CA – SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest...

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• Press Release | June 9, 2022

  SEIU Members Power Primary Victories for Candidates Committed to Workers & Communities, Over Corporate-Backed Candidates

  Sacramento, CA – SEIU members played a decisive role in boosting candidates committed to workers and our communities over corporate-backed politicians. SEIU members work hard to elect candidates who share our values, stick up for workers, and believe in investing in...

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• Press Release | June 8, 2022

  California Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. Part of a national, coordinated campaign across 12+ states, this is the fifth statewide day of action calling for improvements in California’s nursing...
• Media Advisory | June 7, 2022

  Sacramento Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to demand that a Quality Standards Board be a part of the State Budget to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. This is the fifth statewide day of action calling...

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• Media Advisory | June 7, 2022

  LA Nursing Home Workers Rally in National Day of Action Demanding Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table in Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 will mobilize across California to demand that a Quality Standards Board be a part of the State Budget to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. This is the fifth statewide day of action calling...

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• Press Release | June 2, 2022

  Nursing Home Quality Standards Board UPDATE: California Legislature Indicates Support

  SEIU Members and Lawmakers Agree: Investing in Workers is the Only Pathway to an Equitable Recovery  Sacramento, CA – Members of the Service Employees International Union in California welcomed yesterday’s joint legislative budget agreement and essential workforce investments. David Huerta, President...

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• Press Release | May 24, 2022

  Nursing Home Workers Rally in 4th Statewide Day of Action As Pressure Grows for Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  As the Governor Calls for Nursing Home Worker Empowerment and the Senate Lays the Foundation for Fundamental Reform Through A Quality Standards Board… Members of SEIU 2015 will again mobilize across the state in a series of actions to address...

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• Press Release | May 19, 2022

  With their Picket, Nursing Home Workers in Chatsworth Again Sound Alarm on Unsafe Staffing Levels and Other Problems in their Facility

  Just weeks after speaking out in front of their workplace, nursing home workers—members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers—say nothing has improved, leading them to hold an...

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• Press Release | May 16, 2022

  Working people fan out across country to mobilize voters ahead of midterm elections in “Spring Into Action” push

  Conversations center on rising prices, lack of affordable home care and attacks on fundamental rights WASHINGTON – Hundreds of SEIU members are mobilizing in key battlegrounds to talk to voters about what’s motivating them this election year, including greedy corporations...

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