Category: Press Coverage

• News Coverage | March 16, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015 hosts SEIU Worker Roundtable with Minority Leader Jeffries on social safety net

  

  La Opinion: Inmigrante retirada denuncia grandes descuentos en su cheque de Seguro Social Angelinos advierten a legisladores que la pensión que reciben es insuficiente; demócratas salen al rescate ante la advertencia de algunos ‘republicanos extremistas’ de hasta querer eliminar el...

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• Fast Company | March 13, 2023

  Why fast-food workers, ride-hail drivers, and nail technicians are fighting for this new form of labor organizing

  

  Sectoral bargaining—where workers in an entire industry negotiate as a whole—is common in Europe. Now, organizers are trying to make it work in the U.S.

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• Radio Bilingüe | March 9, 2023

  Radio Bilingüe: Caregiving Crisis in California

  Listen to this interview with SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz and L.A. IHSS provider Patricia Santana as they sound the alarm on the tens of thousands of elderly people not receiving the care they need. This crisis is...

  Caregiving Crisis
• News Coverage | February 23, 2023

  Press Coverage: Launch of “Our Care Counts” (AB 1672) Legislation to transform home care for seniors and people with disabilities

  

  California’s caregivers for seniors and people with disabilities kicked off a new initiative to keep the promise of living and aging at home for a rapidly growing senior population. At a State Capitol news conference, home care workers from SEIU...

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• The Sacramento Bee | February 17, 2023

  ‘They’re only getting more essential.’ California home caregivers seek statewide bargaining power

  

  California’s in-home caregivers, a historically underpaid workforce that serves a rapidly aging population, could receive a significant boost in bargaining power under a new bill introduced Friday. The In-Home Support Services Employee-Employer Relations Act, authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney, D-San...

  Statewide Bargaining
• News Coverage | January 17, 2023

  SEIU 2015 Celebrates MLK Jr. Day

  SEIU Local 2015 celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. Wendy Duchen explains the gratitude home care workers have for the legacy of Dr. King. https://youtu.be/43V0l3BPAsY

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• KQED Newscast | December 19, 2022

  Nursing home workers announce agreement with Providence Health

  

  This new agreement covers over 3,000 nursing home workers in the San Francisco Bay area. The 3-year contract includes health benefits, enhanced retirement benefits, and retention bonuses. You can find the podcast online at  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqed-newscast/id1474287154?i=1000590694235.

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• LA Daily News | December 9, 2022

  SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz named as part of LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass’ transition advisory team.

  

  Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass on Tuesday, Dec. 6, announced the individuals serving on her transition advisory team, which will be headed up by five honorary co-chairs, including famed labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta. “The team is composed...

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• LA Times | December 9, 2022

  California Politics: Oil, housing and labor spent big on 2022 legislative races 

  

  A new legislative session kicked off in Sacramento this week after interest groups dumped nearly $78 million in independent expenditures into California Senate and Assembly races in the election.  Much of the money was directed to races interest groups perceived...

  PoliticsAll Regions2022 Elections
• LA Sentinel | December 8, 2022

  Three Leaders in Labor, Racial, and Economic Justice Elected to Top Positions at California’s Largest Union

  

  Today, members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 long-term care workers, announced the appointment of Arnulfo De La Cruz as President of the Union, Carmen Roberts as Executive...

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• LA Times | December 6, 2022

  L.A. County to set aside money to boost wages for caregivers for elderly and disabled

  

  Caregivers who attend to elderly and disabled people in their homes in Los Angeles County could get a wage boost under a proposal approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors. Workers with the In-Home Supportive Services program have been pushing...

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