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Media Advisory | April 29, 2025

Join us in Santa Cruz County to celebrate International Workers’ Day!

**MEDIA ADVISORY** WHEN:Thursday, May 1st, 4:30 PM WHERE:358 Main Street, Watsonville 95076 WHO:Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT:Santa Cruz In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers and nursing home...

Santa Cruz Region 3
Media Advisory | April 29, 2025

Join us in Monterey to celebrate International Workers’ Day!

**MEDIA ADVISORY** WHEN:Thursday, May 1st, 12:00 PM WHERE:334 Monterey Street, Salinas 93901 WHO:Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT:Monterey In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers and nursing home workers—members...

Monterey Region 3
Media Advisory | April 29, 2025

Join us in Fresno to celebrate International Workers’ Day!

**MEDIA ADVISORY** WHEN:Thursday, May 1st, 4:00 PM WHERE:Blackstone & Alluvial, Fresno 93650 WHO:Long-term care workers (members of SEIU 2015); Supporters and allies of the SEIU Local 2015 community. WHAT:Fresno In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers and nursing home workers—members...

Fresno Region 3
Victory | Press Release | April 24, 2025

San Joaquin County home care workers—mostly women of color—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

If ratified, IHSS workers will be on a path to $20/hour by 2028 San Joaquin County, CA – In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers...

IHSS Region 4 San Joaquin
Media | Press Release | April 22, 2025

Alameda County home care workers urge Supervisors to address the long-term care crisis

Low wages are causing a care shortage by driving caregivers out of the profession Alameda County, CA – Today, Alameda County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half...

IHSS Alameda County Region 5 Alameda IHSS
Press Statement | April 18, 2025

Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU 2015, on RFK Jr.’s harmful autism comments

“As the president of a union representing more than half a million long-term care workers — many of whom love and care for people with disabilities, including autism — I know that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent remarks...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Autism
Press Release | April 16, 2025

Los Angeles Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–left behind in the county’s budget presentation

IHSS caregivers note that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs. LOS ANGELES, CA—Yesterday, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU...

Los Angeles Livable Wage Women of Color Region 1
Victory | Press Release | April 15, 2025

Fresno County home care providers—mostly women and women of color— reach a tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors

If ratified, caregivers are expected to earn $18.35 by September 2025 This milestone comes after caregivers used their collective power last November to elect care champions to the Board Fresno County, CA – The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of...

Region 3 Fresno County Marcus Mc Rae
Press Statement | April 10, 2025

SEIU Members Will Hold Republican House Members Accountable for Rushed and Reckless Vote to Terminate Healthcare for Millions of Californians

SACRAMENTO, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California slammed today’s vote in Congress to rush through a budget plan that recklessly slashes $880 billion from Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California): Carmen Roberts, SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice...

Medicare Carmen Roberts Medicaid Social Security
Press Statement | April 10, 2025

Statement from President of SEIU Local 2015 Arnulfo De La Cruz on Texas Ruling Striking Down Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

Ruling overturns first-ever national safe staffing requirement, jeopardizing care for older adults, people with disabilities, and the workers who provide essential care. Press Contact: DKC News, SEIU@dkcnews.comApril 10, 2025 “Last year, we achieved the first ever national standard on ensuring...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Unsafe Staffing Levels
Press Statement | April 8, 2025

Trump Uses IRS to Target Tax-Paying Families,Exposing the Lies Behind MAGA Deportation Machine

SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California responded to the reported agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to share sensitive information about taxpayers and their families with the Trump deportation machine. David Huerta, President of SEIU California and...

Deportation Immigration Trump
Press Release | March 25, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Alameda County’s over 30,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Alameda County, CA – Today, Alameda County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across...

Press Release Alameda County IHSS