Category: Press Release

Press Release | May 12, 2022

By Investing in Workers, California Will Show the Nation What Equitable Recovery Looks Like

Sacramento, CA – Members of the Service Employees International Union in California responded enthusiastically to Governor Newsom’s announcement that California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50 and applauded his proposal for retention bonuses for health care workers, including nursing home...

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Press Release | May 11, 2022

Home Care Providers Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office in Escalation of their “Time for $20” Campaign

Backdropped by a giant banner listing basic necessities they can’t afford, members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 long-term care workers in California, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and...

Homecare Workers TimeFor$20 Region 1
Press Release | May 6, 2022

Town Hall brings nursing home workers face-to-face with legislators moving proposal to transform the industry

Sen. Stern, Asm. Santiago joined SEIU 2015 in championing the Skilled Nursing Quality Standards Board to address the industry’s “Great Resignation” crisis and dangerously low staffing levels to ensure quality care May 6, 2022, Los Angeles, CA – Yesterday, long-term...

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Press Release | April 27, 2022

Alameda County In-Home Care Providers—Mostly Women of Color—Make “Time for $20” a Reality with an 18% Wage Increase in New Union Contract

A Milestone in the Union’s Statewide “Time for $20” Campaign, Union Calls on Other California Counties to Raise Wages as Workers Leave Industry. Alameda County, CA–In response to calls for immediate investments in long-term care workers to put them on the...

TimeFor$20 Alameda County In-Home Care Providers Region 5
Press Release | April 25, 2022

SEIU California’s 700,000 Members Enthusiastically Endorse Governor Gavin Newsom for Reelection this November, Pledge Partnership in Building “A California for All”

Sacramento, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California today announced its 700,000 frontline members in California have endorsed Governor Gavin Newsom for reelection this November. “After leading California through the pandemic, SEIU members in California are determined to...

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Press Release | April 22, 2022

Amid growing unrest in nursing homes across the state, caregivers rise up in a third statewide day of action to denounce intolerable conditions and mark unnecessary deaths during the pandemic.

Members of SEIU 2015—also joined this time by nonunion workers fighting for a union—will again mobilize across the state in a series of actions to address dangerously low staffing levels and the “Great Resignation” that continues to plague nursing homes....
Press Release | April 19, 2022

Home Care Providers—Members of SEIU Local 2015—Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office to Continue the Call for “Time for $20”

Backdropped by a giant banner listing basics they can’t afford, members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 long-term care workers in California, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved...

Region 1 TimeFor$20 LA County Board of Supervisors
Press Release | April 13, 2022

Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility—who were ready to strike—win wage increases they say will slow the skyrocketing turnover

Bargaining Team members shed tears of joy and relief as they reach a deal with facility operators during pandemic. Delano County, CA: Nursing home workers at Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility, who had authorized their colleagues on the bargaining team...

Nursing Homes Delano County Region 3
Press Release | April 12, 2022

Home Care Providers – Members of SEIU Local 2015 – Rally at Alameda County Board of Supervisors Office to Say It’s “Time for $20”

Members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and improved healthcare and training for essential in-home caregivers Oakland, CA,...

TimeFor$20 Labor Alameda County Region 5
Press Release | March 29, 2022

Home Care Providers—Members of SEIU Local 2015—Rally at Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Office to Say It’s “Time for $20”

Members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, host a “Speak Out” event and rally, urgently calling for a $20 per hour wage floor and improved healthcare and...

Region 1
Press Release | March 28, 2022

With Nursing Homes in Crisis & Devastation of COVID-19 Continuing, Workers Propose to Transform Oversight of Industry

Sen. Stern, Asm. Santiago to Champion Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Standards Board to address the industry’s “Great Resignation” crisis and dangerously low staffing levels to ensure quality care March 28, 2022, Sacramento, CA – At an event today at the...

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