Category: Politics

• Union Updates | Politics | September 15, 2025

  LA IHSS: Vote Now to Secure Quality Wages for Quality Home Care

  

  After months of standing strong together, your LA IHSS Bargaining Team has reached a one-year tentative agreement with Personal Assistance Service Council (PASC) for LA, running from January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026. In spite of a fiscal crisis...

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• Campaigns | Events | Politics | April 29, 2025

  Our Care Counts 2025

  

  Caregivers are the Defenders and the Future of Care IHSS providers and nursing home workers are coming together to protect, defend and transform the care hundreds of thousands of older Californians and those living with disabilities rely on by: Stopping...

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• Victory | Politics | November 6, 2024

  We have a lot to celebrate coming out of the 2024 General Election…

  

  Click here to read the statement from SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on the White House outcome; click here to read SEIU President April Verrett's statement. SEIU 2015 members worked hard up and down the state to elect...

  Democracy For AllElection 2024
• Politics | October 1, 2024

  Ballot Recommendations 2024

  Join your fellow caregivers and elect champions for long-term care this November, Volunteer Today! Yes, I want to volunteer to elect champions for long-term care! National Candidates OfficeCandidateUS President & Vice-PresidentKamala Harris & Tim WalzUS SenateAdam Schiff Propositions PropositionsPositionProp. 2:...

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• Politics | July 24, 2024

  Caregivers for Kamala

  

  The Biden-Harris White House is the most pro-union and pro-care that this country has ever had. We are so grateful to President Biden for his commitment to working Americans. As SEIU President April Verrett—our former 2015 President—said in a statement...

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• Politics | February 26, 2024

  Electing caregiver champions up and down California

  SEIU 2015 is committed to electing care champions to office who will work to put care first and make sure long-term care workers’ voices are heard in the halls of power.  This upcoming election will be one of the most...

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• Press Coverage | Politics | October 3, 2023

  News Coverage of Former President of SEIU Local 2015, Laphonza Butler, appointment to fill the US Senate Seat of the late Dianne Feinstein

  

  Monday, October 2, 2023, is a proud day for SEIU 2015 and hundreds of thousands of caregivers across California as our dynamic and inspiring former President of over a decade, Laphonza Butler, was appointed by Governor Newsom to fill the...

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• Issues | Politics | February 27, 2023

  The “Our Care Counts” bill (AB 1672)—a huge expansion of collective power for IHSS providers

  

  On February 17, 2023, California Assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco introduced the “Our Care Counts” bill (AB 1672)—with Principal Co-Authors Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago and Wendy Carillo of Los Angeles. This bill would lead to our ability to strengthen the...

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• Union Updates | Politics | January 24, 2023

  Los Angeles County IHSS Personal Assistance Services Council (PASC) Tentative Agreement Summary

  Everything in the current Agreement remains the same except as listed below: Wages: On January 1, 2023 total Provider pay will increase by $.50 from $16.00 to $16.50 per hour as a supplement that stays $1 above minimum wage. Early...

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• Issues | Politics | November 14, 2022

  TPS and EADs extended for certain TPS holders

  Automatic Work Authorization Extension for TPS Holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan until June 30, 2024 On November 10, 2022, DHS announced an automatic extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status and employment authorization until June...

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• Politics | September 16, 2022

  The White House celebrated Labor Day making sure workers know how to form a union

  Just glancing at a few tweets from the official @WhiteHouse Twitter page, you can see that this was no ordinary Labor Day. One tweet said “The most pro-union Administration in history and proud of it.” Another pointed to a web page filled with...

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