The Sacramento Bee | October 1, 2024

Bill Camp, longtime Sacramento labor leader, champion for social justice and workers, dies at 80

Bill Camp, the longtime head of the Sacramento Central Labor Council who left a lasting legacy as a champion of social justice and workers’ rights, has died. Camp died Sept. 23. He was 80. “We have lost a true leader;...

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Capital & Main | October 1, 2024

California Home Care Workers Seek Greater Bargaining Power

Jesus Saavedra, 71, began picking cotton in California’s Central Valley when he was just 16 years old. Now retired, he has difficulty both standing and lying down due to constant pain from nerve damage in his hands and head and fibrosis...

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USC Annenberg Media | September 30, 2024

George Gascon talks crime, misinformation and a second term

After rallying for support at SEIU, Gascon sat down with Annenberg Media for an exclusive interview Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon rallied around 90 supporters September 28 at SEIU Local 2015 for a get out the vote event....

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The Mendocino Voice | September 13, 2024

Statewide coverage of SEIU 2015’s Get Out the Vote campaign

UKIAH, CA., 9/12/24 – Service Employees International Union Local 2015, the largest labor union in California, launched a statewide Get Out the Vote campaign for the November election this week. The union, which represents nearly 490,000 nursing home workers and home...

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Radio Bilingüe | September 3, 2024

Harris contra Trump: La agenda laboral

El día después del Día del Trabajo, analistas debaten la agenda laboral detrás de las dos principales campañas presidenciales. Examinan el Proyecto 2025, un plan diseñado por exfuncionarios de la administración Trump que prohibiría los sindicatos para los trabajadores de...

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Appeal Democrat | August 27, 2024

Yuba County IHSS workers ratify new union contract

Yuba County home care workers recently ratified a tentative union contract with the Yuba County Board of Supervisors, which will put caregivers on track to earn nearly $20 per hour by 2027, if approved. According to SEIU Local 2015, one...

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Bloomberg Law | August 26, 2024

Punching In: Harris Inherits a Labor Agenda Trump Aims to Reject

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have overlapped in their campaign themes to boost manufacturing jobs and make tips exempt from taxes, however their plans for the US Labor Department and legislative goals are at odds.

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LA Times | August 21, 2024

Column: Biden shows what it means to make America great — and why Democrats are glad to bid him farewell

CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention started off with hope, hype and smaller protests than some feared — and a surprise appearance from Kamala Harris, looking very demure, very mindful. The snark level, meantime, was sky-high as cheeky partisans projected onto Trump Tower...

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Edition.pagesuite.com | August 21, 2024

Biden’s speech puts spotlight on new candidate

The Democratic National Convention started off with hope, hype and smaller protests than some feared — and a surprise appearance from Kamala Harris, looking very demure, very mindful. The snark level, meantime, was sky-high as cheeky partisans projected onto the...

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The Washington Post | August 19, 2024

Beyond ‘interim’ senator: How Laphonza Butler joined Harris’s inner circle

The San Francisco district attorney needed support from key unions and different parts of California when she launched her first statewide campaign. So almost 15 years ago, Kamala Harris connected with another rising star, Laphonza Butler, then the Los Angeles-based leader of...

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News Coverage | August 7, 2024

Nursing home workers at Rockport-Brius facilities call for an end to skyrocketing turnover and unsafe staffing levels picket across nursing homes in Los Angeles

Today, members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 470,000 nursing home workers and home care providers, held a press conference at Paramount Plaza Rockport Healthcare Services Headquarters to...

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