On June 17, 2025, over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge county officials to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers amid months-long negotiations for a new contract and recent escalation of federal immigration enforcement. The IHSS workers are members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across California.

In Santa Clara County, more than 36,000 IHSS workers provide essential long-term care (including paramedical, personal care, and household services) to older adults and people with disabilities. Immigrants play a large role in the home care workforce, making up one in three workers in home care settings.  

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