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...

All Regions Region 3
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 ICE Immigration
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
The Reporter | August 26, 2025

SEIU members ask supes for fair wages

A group of Solano County In Home Supportive Services providers and SEIU members spoke during public comment at the Tuesday Solano County Board of Supervisors meetings, asking elected officials to pay them a fair and living wage. About ten members...

Region 4 IHSS Solano County Livable Wage
NPR | August 22, 2025

She’s cared for America’s elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8

LOS ANGELES — Aurora was working as a nurse at a hospital in her home country of Honduras when she decided to leave for good. A mother of two, she yearned for a better future for herself and her young...

Immigration
Lake County News | August 20, 2025

IHSS workers ask supervisors to increase pay, address long-term care crisis in midst of contract negotiations

LAKEPORT, Calif. — On Tuesday, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services workers, now in contract negotiations with the county of Lake, returned to the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge elected officials to invest in long-term care. In-Home Supportive Services, or...
The Trinity Journal | August 18, 2025

Bomb robot, other county funding questioned

The Trinity County Board of Supervisors met Aug. 6 for a regular meeting where most business was done through the consent agenda.

Region 6 Trinity County
NPR | August 13, 2025

Trump’s move to end TPS rattles health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly

The Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for people from a number of countries has rattled health care workers who tend to the sick and elderly.

Immigration Healthcare Cuts TPS