Category: Press Coverage

• Politico | May 11, 2022

  Biden’s personal recovery plan: Pump up unions, squeeze Big Business

  

  Joe Biden has long identified as a proud union man, having cultivated relationships with top labor leaders over decades in Washington. Now, with his presidency facing intense peril, Biden is hoping those bonds and that image can lift his fortunes...

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• Seniors Lifestyle Mag | May 11, 2022

  To Fix Nursing Homes, Listen to Nursing Home Workers

  

  Just over two years ago, Californians were ordered to stay at home to halt the spread of COVID-19. Our lives haven’t been the same since. But one thing hasn’t changed—the conditions that made nursing homes more dangerous than any other...

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• News Coverage | May 11, 2022

  May 11th: Home Care Providers Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office in Escalation of their “Time for $20” Campaign

  Los Angeles, CA, Wednesday, May 11th – Today, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers — joined by their supporters, including Ron Herrera, President of LA County Federation of Labor, Apolonio Morales of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles...

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• World Journal | May 9, 2022

  Alameda County’s 6,000 Chinese-American nurses are getting a pay rise, expected to take effect in September

  

  阿拉米達縣6000華裔護工要漲薪了 預計9月生效 長期家庭護理工會（SEIU 2015）本周與阿拉米達縣達成初步協議，家庭護工在未來三年內漲薪18%，在2025年1月1日達到時薪20元的水準。 阿縣目前有2萬1000個護工，其中四分之一為亞裔，多數為華裔。華裔護工約6000人。做了20多年家庭護工的華人朱麗霞（Lisa Zhu）5日呼籲更多同事加入工會，也希望工會為會員爭取退休金等更多福利。

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• KBLA Radio | May 4, 2022

  The Labor Movement Today w/Shakari Byerly & Anetta Wells

  As we celebrated International Workers Day on May 1, this time on the Legal Lens Show we welcome Shakari Byerly - Managing Partner and Principal Researcher at EVITARUS - and Annetta Wells - the Statewide Deputy Political Director for SEIU...

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• The Guardian | May 4, 2022

  ‘Poverty-level wages’: California workers fight to reform nursing homes 

  

  Jesus Figueroa Cacho, a certified nursing assistant of the Sacramento, California area, has worked in the nursing home industry for about 25 years. She consistently works 16 hour long shifts, 60 to 80 hours per week, often working through breaks...

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• Politico Pro’s “Morning Shift” newsletter | May 4, 2022

  Could Roe Ruling Spark a Dem Policy Push?

  The SEIU is rolling out a lobbying campaign Thursday around D.C. to ramp up pressure on Congress to advance funding for home- and community-based care services as part of a revived, Democrat-backed budget reconciliation deal. The initiative includes banners and...

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• ABC News | May 3, 2022

  Facing labor shortages and cost hikes, many long-term care facilities are shuttering

  Advocates say things will worsen when federal assistance expires in July. In the sun-baked 66 miles between Tucson and Nogales at the Arizona-Mexico border, there's only one place that's able to provide the intensive, hands-on care so many patients need...

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• News Coverage | May 1, 2022

  May Day, 2022: News and Press

  Telemundo 52: May Day Esenciales y Unidos x Justicia Los trabajadores inmigrantes son el motor de este país, pero no se encuentran con la misma apreciación de los Estados Unidos. Es hora de valorar las vidas, la seguridad y los...
• The Sacto Politico | April 27, 2022

  Guest essay: To fix nursing homes, listen to nursing home workers 

  

  Just over two years ago, Californians were ordered to stay at home to halt the spread of COVID-19. Our lives haven’t been the same since. But one thing hasn’t changed—the conditions that made nursing homes more dangerous than any other...

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• News Coverage | April 22, 2022

  April 22, 2022: Statewide Action

  

  Today, SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home workers and home care providers, is holding a statewide day of action—the third in as many months—rallying at nursing...