Category: Press Release

• Press Release | December 12, 2023

  Fresno County long term care workers rally at Board of Supervisors office, reject poverty wages and scrapped healthcare proposal

  Fresno County, CA – Today, Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers—rallied at the Fresno County...

  Livable WageRegion 3Fresno County Board of Supervisors
• Victory | Press Release | December 7, 2023

  Apple Valley nursing home workers form their union with SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care local

  Apple Valley, California—After months of organizing, nursing home workers at Apple Valley Care Center voted overwhelmingly—94% yes!—to form their union with SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term caregivers union. A total of 93 members of the bargaining unit that included...

  Livable WageUnderstaffingApple Valley Care
• Press Release | December 7, 2023

  PPIC Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Support SEIU Member-led Referendum Reforms

  Sacramento, CA – A new poll released late yesterday from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California found California voters are overwhelmingly supportive of reforms to the referendum process that were signed into law this year.  SEIU members, alongside community...

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• Victory | Press Release | November 28, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015 Celebrates Newly Recognized IHSS Provider Day in 4 California Counties

  

  California – In a historic move, Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, and San Francisco Counties have officially declared November 28th as "In-Home Supportive Services Provider Day" through resolutions passed by the Boards of Supervisors and supported by SEIU Local 2015. These...

  Region 5Alameda CountyContra CostaMonterey CountySan Francisco County
• Press Release | November 21, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015 holds Clovis press conference as Fresno County care providers push for livable wages and healthcare

  Fresno County, CA – Today, SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers—held a press conference at David McDonald Park in Clovis to call upon...

  Livable WageFresnoHealthcare BenefitsRegion 3
• Press Release | November 9, 2023

  Sacramento home care providers kickoff National Family Caregivers Month with countywide community education drive

  

  Sacramento, CA – Today, members of SEIU Local 2015 – the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home workers and home care providers – went door-to-door across Sacramento County to educate the...

  IHSSLivable WageRegion 4Sacramento County
• Press Release | November 7, 2023

  Home care providers—the majority women of color—speak out across California to demand livable wages and adequate healthcare benefits

  SEIU 2015 caregivers mobilized across the state, including rallies in Fresno and Sacramento, to call on elected officials to address these urgent needs Today, In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) care providers of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union...

  Region 3NapaSonomaRegion 5Region 4FresnoLivable WageSacramentoSan Mateo
• Press Release | October 24, 2023

  Low wage home care providers—mostly women of color—cry out to county supervisors across the state for livable wages and adequate healthcare 

  Boards of Supervisors in Fresno, Sacramento, and San Benito counties fail to address urgent needs Today, in-home care providers and members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 nursing home...

  SacramentoFresnoRegion 4Region 3San BenitoLivable Wage
• Press Release | October 17, 2023

  SEIU Statement on Terrorist Attack on Israel and Crisis in Gaza

  WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement today in response to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza: “SEIU believes that all Israelis and Palestinians deserve safety, freedom from violence, and...

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• Victory | Press Release | October 16, 2023

  Historic $25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers Bill Becomes Law

  California Takes Monumental Step to Stabilize Workforce, Fix Patient Care Crisis  SACRAMENTO, CA – SB 525 (Durazo), a bill creating the nation’s first statewide healthcare worker minimum wage of $25/hr was signed into law today by Governor Newsom. The bill represents...

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• Press Release | October 12, 2023

  As their **3-day STRIKE**approaches, nursing home workers speak out about unsafe staffing levels in their facilities

  Workers at four facilities across the Southland plan to walk out to demand safe staffing, an end to safety violations and the dumping of psychiatric patients. Southern California—Nursing home union members from SEIU Local 2015 hosted a press conference at the...

  Unsafe Staffing LevelsRegion 1Brius