Category: Press Release

• 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...

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• 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...

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• Victory | Press Release | October 10, 2023

  Humboldt County In-Home Care Providers Reach Tentative Agreement with County Board of Supervisors on New Union Contract

  Eureka, CA – On Monday, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 450,000 caregivers across California, reached a tentative agreement  for a new Union contract with the Humboldt County Board...

  Livable WageRegion 6Humboldt County
• Press Release | October 6, 2023

  Fresno County’s long-term care providers escalate their call for a livable wage and improved benefits 

  County continues to hold their healthcare hostage, forcing providers to choose between a modest cost of living adjustment or reduction to healthcare benefits. Fresno, CA – Fresno County in-home care providers and members of SEIU Local 2015 – the nation’s...

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• Victory | Press Release | October 4, 2023

  Bill to Guarantee CA Workers 5 Paid Sick Days/Year Signed Into Law

  SACRAMENTO, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California today applauded Governor Newsom for signing SB 616 (Gonzalez) into law, a bill that will expand the number of paid sick days guaranteed to California workers each year from three to...

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• Press Release | October 3, 2023

  Nursing Home employees call a 3-day ULP STRIKE at troubled nursing home chain

  Rockport/Brius workers are asking for safe staffing levels so they can give adequate care. Southern California—Nursing home workers at Vernon Healthcare Center (Los Angeles), Norwalk Skilled Nursing and Healthcare Center (Norwalk), Montrose Springs Skilled Nursing and Healthcare Center (Montrose), and Gardenview Skilled Nursing and Healthcare Centre (Claremont) submitted a 10-day advance notice...

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• Press Release | October 3, 2023

  Long-Term Care Providers Demand Livable Wages as Neglect from Supervisors Worsens Humboldt’s Caregiver Shortage

  Eureka, 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 – held a rally at the Humboldt County Courthouse...

  Livable WageEurekaRegion 6Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
• Press Release | September 26, 2023

  Sacramento’s long-term care workers launch three-day camp-out, rally with electeds in front of Board of Supervisors building in protest of near poverty wages

  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—spoke out at the Sacramento Board of Supervisors meeting after they launched...

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• Press Release | September 21, 2023

  Stockton Nursing Center workers picket skilled nursing facility to protest dangerously low staffing

  Stockton, CA – Workers from Stockton Nursing Center – members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union – are picketing dangerous working conditions, including high staff turnover and dangerously low staffing levels.  According...

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