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Press Release | July 9, 2026

Nursing Home Workers Picket to Demand Safe Staffing and Better Care at the Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield

Workers are demanding Rockport / Shlomo Rechnitz match the dedication of caregivers with the investment quality care requires Bakersfield, Calif. – Nursing home workers at The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield, represented by SEIU Local 2015, picketed outside the facility Thursday...

Livable Wage Region 3 Rockport-Shlomo Rechnitz Unsafe Staffing Levels
Press Statement | June 30, 2026

Statement from SEIU Local 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on the recent U.S. DOJ Opinion Undermining ADA Integration Mandate

"We are deeply alarmed by this opinion, which is a blueprint for abandoning our family members and loved ones with disabilities. Twenty-seven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. affirmed that people with disabilities have the...

ADA Integration Mandate Arnulfo De La Cruz US Department of Justice
Press Release | March 27, 2026

Amador County home care workers reach tentative contract agreement with IHSS Public Authority

New contract would put IHSS workers on a path to $20/hour and expand access to healthcare Amador County, CA – More than 500 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year union contract with...
Press Release | March 25, 2026

Shasta home care workers file unfair practice charge, declare impasse in labor negotiations with Board of Supervisors amid care crisis

County rescinds wage proposal; SEIU 2015 members demand accountability over worsening caregiver shortage Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers—members of SEIU 2015, California’s largest union representing more than half a million long-term care workers—returned to...
Press Statement | March 7, 2026

Statement from SEIU Local 2015 on Escalating Military Action Against Iran

SEIU Local 2015 stands in solidarity with the people of Iran and Iranian-Americans as they continue a noble fight for justice: standing for democracy in their homeland, freedom for women, religious freedoms — and standing against nearly 50 years of...

Iran
Press Release | February 3, 2026

Siskiyou home care workers demand accountability from Board of Supervisors as long-term care crisis worsens for rural Californians

Yreka, CA — On February 2nd and 3rd, SEIU Local 2015 escalated their campaign for a first-ever union contract between Siskiyou’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers and the Board of Supervisors. Because they’ve never had a union contract, Siskiyou is...

Region 6 Siskiyou
Press Release | December 23, 2025

All We Want for Christmas Is a Fair Contract: Lake Home Care Workers Call for Action

After two years without an agreement, caregivers warn “Grinch-like” delays are harming families and the county’s long-term care system Lakeport, CA – As Christmas approaches, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015, spoke out against...

Lake Lake County Lake County IHSS Livable Wage Region 6
Press Release | November 20, 2025

Nursing Home Workers at Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center Picket to Demand a Union

Alameda, CA – Nursing home workers at Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center continued their picket today as they demand safe working conditions and union recognition. Workers are seeking representation from SEIU Local 2015, the largest union in California, which represents...

Alameda Labor Region 5
Press Release | November 5, 2025

A San Francisco Coalition Introduces The “Overpaid CEO Act” to Protect Critical City Services

Building on recent victories across California and the nation, our San Francisco community has an opportunity to continue standing up to the Trump administration and safeguard critical local programs. (San Francisco, CA) “Stand Up for SF” is a broad coalition of...

Region 5 San Francisco
Press Release | November 5, 2025

Caregivers for Democracy: SEIU Local 2015 Celebrates Passage of Proposition 50

Caregivers mobilized statewide to defend democracy and ensure working families’ voices are heard Los Angeles, CA – SEIU Local 2015, California’s largest union representing more than half a million long-term care providers, today celebrated the passage of Proposition 50, the...

Democracy Politics Prop 50
Press Release | November 2, 2025

Nursing Home Workers Say Management at La Brea Rehab is “Ghosting” Care Improvements & “Working Them to the Bone” at Halloween Picket

LOS ANGELES (October 31, 2025)—Dressed in Halloween costumes but sending a serious message, care workers at La Brea Rehabilitation Center took to the picket line today to demand that management stop ghosting its responsibility to invest in its workforce and...

Nursing Homes Pickets Region 1
Press Release | October 21, 2025

Home Care Workers Speak Out Across California: “Family Values Start with Valuing Caregivers”

IHSS Providers Demand Fair Pay and Dignity from County Leaders SANTA CLARA, CA — Today, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers across California took part in a statewide day of action to call attention to the urgent need for fair pay and dignity...

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