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...

Labor Fresno Region 3 Wildfires 2025
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,...

Unions All Regions Care Crisis
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
Local News Matters | December 13, 2024

Sonoma County in-home care workers will receive 14.4% pay increase over two years

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved pay and benefit increases for 7,200 in-home care workers who assist seniors and people with disabilities. A contract with workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 2015 will raise hourly wages...

Region 5 Sonoma County
Pagesuite.com | December 9, 2024

Butler makes way for Schiff amid identity politics debate

With Black LGBTQ+ senator’s exit, 2 men will represent state for first time in decades. WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, as Republicans sought to ban books with Black history and LGBTQ+ themes from schools across the country, the nation’s first...

Adam Schiff Laphonza Butler US Senate
Fresnoland | November 26, 2024

SEIU won big on election night. Will Fresno County IHSS workers finally get a raise?

The union helped oust two incumbents on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. But the two incoming supervisors have shown varying support for union proposals. Service Employees International Union Local 2015 scored some of the biggest wins in Fresno County elections this...

Victory Victories Livable Wage Fresno County Board of Supervisors
Dollars & Sense | November 22, 2024

Domestic Workers: A New Face of Solidarity

When it passed the U.S. Congress in 1935, the National Relations Act recognized the collective bargaining rights of U.S. private-sector workers and established a process to require employers to bargain with their unions. The law carried a political price, however....

Workers Rights
Fresnoland | November 20, 2024

The real winners and losers in Fresno County’s 2024 general election, explained

The Fresnoland team analyzed endorsements and campaign finance contributions to see which groups came out on top. Here’s our analysis. Who holds power in Fresno politics? That’s the question we’re always trying to answer before, during and after every local...

Fresno Region 3
The New York Times | November 13, 2024

Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Bring an Economic Toll

Arnulfo De La Cruz is the president of SEIU 2015, a union that represents about 500,000 long-term caregivers in California’s program for low-income seniors. Nearly half of in-home care workers in the state are immigrants, he said, many with temporary...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Trump Immigration
The Fresno Bee | November 6, 2024

Change coming to Fresno County Board of Supervisors as challengers oust incumbents | Opinion

Times are a-changin’ on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Not since 1996, and only two times since 1980, has an incumbent Fresno County supervisor lost a reelection bid. In Tuesday’s general election, the practically unheard of happened twice. In...

Fresno County Board of Supervisors Election 2024