Category: Press Statement

• Press Statement | February 8, 2023

  Statement from Arnulfo de la Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015 – Nation’s Largest Long-Term Care Union – on President Biden’s State of the Union

  

  "President Biden's State of the Union address expressed a clear commitment to caregivers everywhere. In particular, his pledge to support in-home caregivers is a needed and welcome development that will help improve the lives of countless dedicated essential workers and...

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• Press Statement | January 27, 2023

  Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU 2015, Issues Statement Regarding the Murder of Tyre Nichols

  

  Los Angeles, CA – The recently released video of the murder of Tyre Nichols is disturbing evidence of what has become an all too common occurrence: extreme police violence against young black men in this country. SEIU 2015 is grieving...

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• Press Statement | January 24, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015’s Kim Evon Addresses the Mass Shootings in California

  

  Los Angeles — SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice President Kim Evon released the following statement earlier today in response to the mass shootings in California over the last three days... "The three mass shootings that have taken place in California...

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• Press Statement | January 22, 2023

  Long-term care providers are horrified and enraged by the senseless deaths in Monterey Park

  Los Angeles—SEIU Local 2015 President-elect Arnulfo De La Cruz made the following statement today in response to the Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting… “The senseless violence we saw in Monterey Park is terrifying, maddening and despicable all at...

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• Press Statement | August 2, 2022

  Care Providers encouraged by health investments; determined to bring back the “better” in nation’s strategies to build the care economy.

  Los Angeles—SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice President Arnulfo De La Cruz made the following statement today outlining the triumphs and failures of the Senate budget agreement… “The spending package passed this week in the Senate—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—will...

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• Press Statement | July 28, 2022

  SEIU’s Henry: Budget breakthrough in Senate is an important step towards lowering costs for working people and families and addressing our climate crisis

  WASHINGTON, DC — SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry made the following statement today reacting to the news that Congressional Democrats have reached a budget agreement:  “Congress must advance the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as quickly as possible. The package will reduce the...

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• Press Statement | Union Updates | May 11, 2022

  Remembering Roberto De La Cruz

  

  By Mary Kay Henry The SEIU family has lost a true warrior for workers. Roberto De La Cruz helped transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of working people during his fifty years in the labor movement, including twenty with...

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• Press Statement | May 4, 2022

  Statement from SEIU Local 2015 President April Verrett on Supreme Court Draft Opinion Regarding Roe v. Wade

  Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 2022 – April Verrett, President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in response to the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court announcing the intention to strike down Roe v. Wade: “This Monday,...

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• Press Statement | May 2, 2022

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President April Verrett on her appointment as co-chair of United to House Los Angeles

  

  “I’m honored to formally join United to House Los Angeles as campaign co-chair in their work to confront the city’s affordability crisis, reduce homelessness, and protect our most vulnerable community members. This cause is close to my heart as President...

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• Press Statement | April 14, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 Enthusiastically Supports the Declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day

  Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 2022 – Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in support of Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis’ declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day: “We commend Acting...

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• Press Statement | April 7, 2022

  CADEM Controller April Verrett Released Statement on the Confirmation of Judge Jackson to the US Supreme Court

  

  Sacramento, CA - Today, April Verrett, Controller of the California Democratic Party, the nation's largest state Democratic Party representing 10 million Democrats, released the following statement on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court: Today, Judge Ketanji...

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