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...

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Healthcare Innovation | June 2, 2025

Labor Organizer: Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate the Nursing Home Workforce

Arnulfo De La Cruz, president of SEIU Local 2015, sees impending Medicaid cuts hitting nursing homes In the wake of the passage on May 22 of the 2026 budget bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, leaders of diverse organizations and alliances...

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PopularResistance.org | June 2, 2025

From Coast To Coast, People Demand Health Care For All, Not Profits

On Saturday, May 31, people across the United States rallied as part of the first National Day of Action organized by National Single Payer to demand Health, not Profit: Put National Single Payer on the Nation’s Agenda. A national single...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Profits over Health
News Coverage | May 27, 2025

News Coverage Los Angeles County Home Care Providers call for an investment in long-term care at Board of Supervisors

In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers—members of SEIU Local 2015, California’s largest labor union and the nation’s largest long-term care union—returned to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to demand investment in home care and improve the lives of the County’s...

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Capradio | May 23, 2025

Local in-home support workers at risk due to proposed state budget cuts

Bernadette Walton is a Sacramento resident who is an in-home support service worker for her daughter. She provides for her 11-year-old daughter, who is autistic and needs support at home. Walton said her daughter needs help with everyday living — hygiene,...

IHSS Medicaid Cuts Republican Budget Cuts
News Coverage | May 20, 2025

This Weeks Medicaid Actions Across California

23 ABC News Bakersfield:Healthcare advocates rally outside of Rep. David Valadao's office in Bakersfield today. https://youtu.be/ROTBcG-EWVA KBAK Eyewitness News at Noon:Mock funeral held to highlight cuts to Medicaid and Health Care https://youtu.be/1ErjPTLPtRo NBC Bakersfield:‘Medicaid cuts kill’: Healthcare rallies continue, this...

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Fresnoland | May 20, 2025

Fresno County Board of Supervisors approves new contract for home care workers boosting wages over $18

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors approved a new contract for the county’s thousands of home care workers, marking the end of over two years of negotiations. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new three-year contract for...

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ABC News | May 16, 2025

‘I feel very scared’: Some Americans fear losing coverage due to proposed Medicaid cuts

Key components of the bill to fund President Donald Trump's agenda looks to provide major tax breaks by cutting spending elsewhere, including massive cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans....

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