Category: Press Release

• Press Release | April 25, 2023

  SEIU endorses Biden-Harris for reelection

  WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced its endorsement of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for reelection. “President Biden has consistently backed workers who are fighting to win their unions,” said SEIU President Mary...

  President BidenMary Kay Henry2024 Election
• Victory | Press Release | April 24, 2023

  In-Home Care Providers of Glenn County reach tentative agreement with County Board of Supervisors on New Union Contract

  A Milestone in SEIU 2015’s Statewide “Our Care Counts” Campaign, the Union Calls on Other California Jurisdictions to Join Glenn County in Providing Essential Caregivers with Living Wages Glenn County, CA—Earlier this month, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and Waiver...

  Livable WageRegion 6
• Press Release | April 20, 2023

  California’s Long-Term Care Workers Host Town Hall With Local Elected Leaders In Support of AB 1672—the “Our Care Counts” Bill

  Caregivers are leading the way to fix California’s broken long-term care industry with a new proposal to ensure Californians can receive quality care in the setting of their choice. San Francisco, CA – On Thursday, April 20, SEIU Local 2015,...

  Region 5AB 1672
• Press Release | April 12, 2023

  Assembly Public Employment Committee Passes AB 1672, Bringing Caregivers One Step Closer to Transforming Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities

  Sacramento, CA –  California’s caregivers for seniors and people with disabilities celebrated the passage of AB 1672 (Haney) from the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee today. The bill, championed by California’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers, empowers these critical...

  AB 1672
• Press Release | April 11, 2023

  Vicious Cycle of Low-Wages, Worker Burnout and Short-Staffing are Hobbling San Francisco’s Fight Against Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Crime

  Nonprofit and Home Care Workers Call on the City to “Drive to $25” by Revising the Minimum Compensation Ordinance to Fully Staff Frontline Care Positions to Address City’s Most Difficult Problems (San Francisco, CA) – On April 11, a coalition...

  Livable WageUnsafe Staffing LevelsRegion 5
• Press Release | March 20, 2023

  700,000 SEIU Members in California Commit Solidarity to Striking LAUSD School Workers

  Sacramento, CA – As 30,000 school workers in Los Angeles Unified School District prepare to go on strike over unfair labor practices, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from David Huerta, President of SEIU California...
• Press Release | February 21, 2023

  Home Care Workers from SEIU 2015 and UDW, Saying “Our Care Counts,” Launch Legislation to Transform Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities

  Fragmented system and poverty wages have created a crisis-level shortage of home care workers; tens of thousands of seniors and people with disabilities are going without necessary care    Caregivers are leading the way to fix the system with AB...

  Region 4Caregiving CrisisStaffing Crisis
• Press Release | February 15, 2023

  Community Groups and Labor Join Legal Fight to Defend Measure ULA

  Ballot measure to address homelessness passed with significant support from Angelenos in November but is being challenged in court by special-interest groups  LOS ANGELES, February 15, 2023 – Community groups, affordable housing providers, and organized labor have joined the legal fight...
• Press Release | February 15, 2023

  Sen. Durazo and Health Workers Announce Legislation to Fix Patient Care Crisis, Healthcare Worker Shortage

  SB 525 to raise wages for lowest paid healthcare workers to $25/hr at hospitals, nursing homes, community clinics, and other medical facilities to recruit and retain healthcare workers CALIFORNIA– Today, healthcare workers - from maintenance workers, security officers, medical assistants, nursing home...

  $25 Caregiver Wage
• Victory | Press Release | December 29, 2022

  Private Agency Home Care Providers reach tentative agreement on their first union contract since joining SEIU 2015

  San Luis Obispo/Thousand Oaks/Tustin, CA— Nearly 200 home care providers at BrightSpring/All Ways Caring, a private community health services provider offering a range of long-term care services, have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract as members of...

  Private AgencyHome Care ProvidersAll Regions
• Victory | Press Release | December 28, 2022

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

  Lancaster, CA—Nursing Home workers employed at Desert Canyon Post-Acute in Lancaster, owned Pursue Health, opted last week to form their union with SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s  largest long-term care workers Union. Nearly 100 full-time, regular part-time, and on-call service and...

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