News Coverage | April 26, 2024

News Coverage of Fresno Board of Supervisors Rally

Fresno County, CA—Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—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— rallied at the...

Fresno County Board of Supervisors Livable Wage Region 3
News Coverage | April 26, 2024

News Coverage of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s visit with SEIU 2015 home care workers

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, to meet with workers from caregiver union SEIU Local 2015 and celebrate the Biden administration’s new rules to improve working conditions for those across America...

Los Angeles Nursing Homes Region 1 Xavier Becerra
KRON San Francisco | April 18, 2024 |

Sonoma County IHSS Workers Rally at the Board of Supervisors for Livable Wage, Health Benefits, and Solutions for a Caregiver Crisis

Sonoma County, CA – Sonoma County In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 470,000 caregivers across California rallied at the Board of Supervisors meeting for higher pay, improved benefits, and solutions...

Livable Wage Region 5 Sonoma County
Capital & Main | April 12, 2024

Dispelling the Stereotypes About California’s Low-Wage Workers

California’s new $20 minimum wage for most fast-food workers provoked plenty of conversation around the state, most of it focused on the economic impact either to franchise owners or the people who buy food there. Lost in the conversation around those numbers, and...

All Regions
Red Bluff Daily News | April 4, 2024

Tehama County Board of Supervisors approve new union contract for more than 1,200 home care workers

RED BLUFF—On Tuesday, The Tehama County Board of Supervisors approved a new labor contract with SEIU Local 2015’s in-home supportive services workers. The contract includes a first-ever wage supplement totaling $1.50 over its life. Wages will rise to $17 an...

Livable Wage Region 6
News Coverage | March 27, 2024

Media coverage of Sacramento Board of Supervisors approving new union contract for 34,000 home care providers

Sacramento County, CA – The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 450,000 caregivers across California, ratified a new union contract with the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in a...

Region 4 Sacramento Sacramento Board of Supervisors
News Coverage | March 22, 2024

“Ms. Daisy” lives life of service helping San Francisco seniors and people with disabilities remain in their homes

San Francisco, CA – SEIU Local 2015 member Daisy McArthur has received the Bay Area Jefferson Award for her work as an IHSS care provider for over 25 years in San Francisco. For more than 25 years, she has remained committed...

IHSS Member San Francisco
Newsweek.com | March 13, 2024

This International Women’s Month, Honor the Immigrant Workers Powering Our Economy by Expanding TPS | Opinion

I'm proud to contribute to America's economy as an essential worker—it's been a long road to get here. El Salvador was my first home, but after a devastating earthquake struck, I was left homeless and with nothing to call my...

Immigration Temporary Protected Status
CalMatters | March 6, 2024

California’s fast food workers are getting a raise. But the labor-industry truce is fraying

Republicans want to scrap the law, accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of corruption in dealings with a Panera Bread franchisee who is a major campaign donor. McDonald’s franchisees are funding a committee that is attacking Democrats who supported the law and...

Livable Wage Minimum Wage Time for $20
San Francisco Examiner | March 4, 2024

What Proposition 1 could mean for San Francisco

Gov. Gavin Newsom made an appearance Monday in San Francisco to promote Proposition 1, a statewide measure on Tuesday’s ballot that is poised to expand mental-health and substance-use treatment services and housing throughout California — with possible significant effects on how...

Mental Health Prop 1
The Sacramento Bee | February 26, 2024

McDonald’s owners slam California lawmakers in election ads after fast food minimum wage fight

McDonald’s franchise owners are not happy about recent California laws creating a fast food council to improve working conditions and setting a $20-per-hour minimum wage. Now, they are taking out their frustrations on state lawmakers who supported the bills and...

Minimum Wage Time for $20