Capital Weekly | April 15, 2022

Caregivers demand a role in fixing nursing homes

Numbers tell one story of COVID-19’s toll on California nursing homes: Some 9,716 nursing home residents and staff died from the virus, amounting to one in eight COVID deaths statewide. But there’s another story that can’t be told in numbers....

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NBC Palm Springs | April 14, 2022 |

NBC Palm Springs Union Workers demand for Better Pay

Union workers from grocery stores, nursing home, and hospitals are demanding for better pay and working conditions. https://youtu.be/xkAwuJjVFxw
Blavity: News | April 13, 2022

Democrats, Show Black Women Our Votes Count With A Game-Changing Investment In Home Care

Primaries for the 2022 midterms are already underway — just look at the hotly contested Texas elections — and Democrats need to buckle down and prove to voters that they’re delivering on promises. That’s especially true for Black women, who made the...

April Verrett Black Women Politics
News Coverage | April 7, 2022

L.A. IHSS providers say it’s “Time for $20” at downtown rally

Home care providers rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' office Tuesday, demanding a $20 an hour living wage. Homecare worker Stephanie Rogers, who was at the "Time for $20" rally, said the current wage of $16 an...

Region 1
News Coverage | April 6, 2022

Humboldt County: Healthcare Workers Protested at Local Facility & Supervisor’s Meeting, Claim Low Wages and Not Enough Staff for Elders Under Their Care

Kymkemp.com: Heroes Work Here! The chant could be heard from Safeway, just down the block from the scene in front of Granada Rehabilitation Center, where staff and local in-home caregivers were demonstrating. About 30 people gathered in front of the...

California Healthcare Region 6 TimeFor$20
News Coverage | April 5, 2022

L.A. IHSS Rally in front of the Board of Supervisors office in downtown Los Angeles

A livable wage isn’t a lot to ask for. Support for in-home care providers isn’t a lot to ask for. Board of Supervisors, it’s #Timefor20. On March 29th, 2022, 300 IHSS providers and supporters rally outside Board of Supervisors, say it’s...

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News Coverage | March 28, 2022 |

Statewide Actions for Nursing Home Quality

The nursing home industry nationwide has lost more than 238,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic. That’s why we’ve worked to create the Skilled Nursing Quality Standards Board and why we’re taking action today up and down the state....

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Law360.com | March 25, 2022

New York, Calif. Bills Would Give Nonunion Workers More Say

A novel legal framework that gives workers in largely nonunion industries a say on their job conditions as members of policymaking councils is gaining steam, with lawmakers in California and New York mulling proposals covering, respectively, the fast food and nail...
The Fresno Bee | March 23, 2022

Kings County home care workers rally for $20 hourly increases for “living wage”

Kings County home care providers of SEIU Local 2015 voiced their struggles to survive on low wages and absence of healthcare Tuesday morning as they advocated for ‘Time for $20’ wages to the board of supervisors. “What do we want?”...

Region 3
ABC30 Action News | March 23, 2022

Kings County home care providers calling for pay raise

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- "Time for $20" signs could be seen at the Kings County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning carried by members of Service Employees International Union Local 2015. Across California, the union represents more than 400,000...

Region 3
Fresno Bee | March 22, 2022

Home care workers rallied for $20 living wage for essential caregivers in Kings County

Kings County home care providers of SEIU Local 2015 voiced their struggles to survive on low wages and absence of healthcare Tuesday morning as they advocated for ‘Time for $20’ wages to the board of supervisors on March 22 in...

Region 3