The Almanac | July 23, 2025

Aging population will further stress in-home support network

New numbers point to coming crisis in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties Natascha Walker works full-time as her 22-year-old autistic daughter’s caregiver. Walker is a provider through California’s In-Home Support Services program, which enables disabled people and older adults to...

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News Coverage | July 18, 2025

News Coverage of “Good Trouble Lives On” Statewide Actions to Defend Democracy and the Future of Care

On the fifth anniversary of civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis’s passing, members of SEIU Local 2015—California’s largest labor union and the nation’s largest long-term care union—mobilized in communities across the state as part of the nationwide Good Trouble Lives On day of...

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LA Opinión | June 30, 2025

Un plan devastador para California

Newsom advierte del peligro del "Gran y Hermoso" proyecto de ley de Donald Trump que recortaría millones en salud y asistencia alimentaria “Nos quieren matar”, es la frase contundente de la señora Estela Montoya, de 65 años, residente de Bell...

Medicaid Trump Healthcare Cuts
ABC News | June 30, 2025

How Trump’s megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage

As Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill by his July 4 deadline, many are worried about the changes that could be coming to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans....

Medicaid Trump Healthcare Cuts
Los Angeles Sentinel | June 19, 2025

Left Behind in the Budget: L.A. County’s Home Care Workers Deserve Better

Los Angeles is in the midst of a crisis. We have an aging population that increasingly relies on in-home support to age in their homes with dignity. Yet, as the county presented its latest budget, it left out the very...

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News Coverage | June 18, 2025

News Coverage of Santa Clara IHSS rally

On June 17, 2025, over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge county officials to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers amid months-long negotiations for a new...

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New York Times | June 11, 2025

How Labor Unions Came to Define the L.A. Immigration Protests

Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one. So it should come as no surprise that federal immigration raids on workplaces around Los...

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News Coverage | June 9, 2025

News Coverage of Los Angeles protests against ICE raids

CBS News: Hundreds gather in Los Angeles to demand release of California union leader arrested at immigration enforcement operation Hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, calling for the release of a union leader who was arrested at an...

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News Coverage | June 5, 2025

News Coverage of Our Care Counts Rally

On June 4, 2025 thousands of long-term care workers from all across the state traveled to Sacramento and stand together to stop the budget cuts and improve California’s long-term care system. We joined with our sibling union, United Domestic Workers,...

Our Care Counts
Black Voice News | June 3, 2025

California’s Vulnerable Communities At Risk Amid Proposed Budget Cuts

Community health advocates are alarmed after Gov. Gavin Newsom released a summary of the May Revision to his proposed 2025-26 California state budget. According to the California Budget & Policy Center, Newsom’s revision aims to close an estimated $7.5 billion deficit for...

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Politico | June 3, 2025

First in Politico: Hitting Close to Home

Unions representing in-home caregivers are cranking up the heat on legislative leaders and Newsom by running broadcast and digital ads railing against cuts in the governor’s May budget proposal. A new video spot, airing in the Sacramento market, blasts a...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Budget Reforms