News Coverage | February 5, 2025

Trump’s Immigration Agenda Could Gut Key Workforces

Law360 (February 5, 2025, 10:30 PM EST) -- Unannounced U.S. Border Patrol raids in Kern County, California, the day after Congress certified the 2024 election ended up costing the county about $25 million in lost agricultural production after unauthorized immigrants...
Los Angeles Times | January 26, 2025

California’s growing need for caregivers could collide with a crackdown on immigrants

President Trump’s plans to overhaul immigration could reduce the ranks of workers who care for elderly and disabled people at home and in long-term care facilities as California and the country grapple with the needs of an aging population, healthcare...

Immigration Reform Care Crisis
Fight Back News | January 23, 2025

San Jose: 600 march against Trump’s agenda

San Jose, CA – On MLK Day, upwards of 600 San Jose residents came out to protest Trump's inauguration and fight back against his anti-immigrant agenda. The protest mobilized a broad array of progressive organizations in the South Bay, all...

San Jose Region 5 Trump
Calfac.org | January 23, 2025

Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers

In a move that will devastate student recruitment, retention, learning, and success, Sonoma State management announced this week deep cuts to faculty, staff, and instructional and support programs. This decimation of a CSU Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is unconscionable and immoral in...

Sonoma Region 5
Radio Bilingue | January 16, 2025

Labor Activism on the Rise in Fresno

As new labor laws come into effect this year and a new president takes office, labor organizations are bracing for change. Amid a rise of labor union activism, local unions in the San Joaquin Valley are joining forces around an...

Wildfires 2025 Region 3 Fresno Labor
Lookout Santa Cruz | January 16, 2025

New union contract hikes wages for home care workers in Santa Cruz County

The union representing long-term care workers in California has ratified an agreement with Santa Cruz County to boost pay to $20.50 an hour. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2015 represents 3,171 workers in the county who provide in-home and...

Santa Cruz Livable Wage Region 3
The Sacramento Bee | January 14, 2025

Home care workers help California’s aging population. Should they be covered by state unions?

Home care workers who provide assistance to elderly and disabled Californians could see more wage equality, according to a recent labor report, by shifting contract negotiations to the state level instead of bargaining individually with California’s 56 individual counties. Currently,...

Care Crisis Unions All Regions
Rollcall.com | January 9, 2025

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

Demand for direct care workers will grow by 35 percent to 41 percent between 2022 and 2037, according to some projections. President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born...

Trump Staffing Crisis Immigration