Category: Press Coverage

• BeyondChron | January 24, 2022

  The Fight for $20 and a Union: Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake?

  CA is Leader in Higher Wage Movement California is the epicenter for a nationwide grassroots movement to raise the wage floor for American workers. On January 1st, the state set $15 an hour as the floor for large employers and $14 an...

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• Black Work Talk, an Orgup Podcast | January 18, 2022

  Black Work Talk, Episode 2: April Verrett

  

  You can link directly to this episode using this URL: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a8072a28-0278-49f8-a0ed-6e970d3c3ec9

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• The 19th News | January 10, 2022

  In 2021, almost twice as many women joined the workforce than men

  

  Last year saw women return from some of the employment depths caused by the pandemic, with the largest gains going to Latinas and Black women. But there are still more than a million jobs to recover before returning to pre-pandemic...

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• CBS Sacramento | January 10, 2022

  Healthcare Workers Push Back On Dangerous New Guidance From CDPH

  

  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Public Health’s decision to allow employers to force COVID-positive healthcare workers and caregivers to work, exposing sick patients, vulnerable elderly people, and the general public to COVID, outraged SEIU California leaders, who represent...

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• The Oakland Post | December 23, 2021

  Alameda County In-Home Caretakers Seek $20 Wage, More Accessible Health Care

  

  According to Lupe Martinez, who is SEIU 2015’s chief negotiator, many caretakers work well over 80 hours a month, but don’t receive healthcare, because much of those hours are off the books. As a result, many caretakers are effectively working...

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• TheNation.com | December 16, 2021

  The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better

  

  As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference. As 2021 races to a close, President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party’s entire domestic...
• The Washington Informer | November 30, 2021

  SEIU Local 2015 President, April Verrett, Joins the Washington Informer for a conversation on the importance of the Build Back Better plan

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• KRCRTV.com | November 17, 2021

  Shasta County IHSS contract expiring, workers ask for better wages

  

  REDDING, Calif. — The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) In-Home Supportive Service (IHSS) contract expires in less than two months.  Several members and union supporters showed up at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. These are people who take...

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• Redding.com | November 16, 2021

  In-home care providers negotiating with Shasta County say they ‘deserve a living wage’

  

  With contract talks in their second month between Shasta County and the union representing 2,700 in-home supportive services workers, some of those caregivers plan to address the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday...

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• The Hill | November 16, 2021

  Congress: Time is running out to prove your commitment to Black women

  

  Coming off a month of historic worker walkouts, Congress is debating a set of budget packages that, depending on how cynical you are, could represent the last major federal investments in working people for another two years...

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• ShastaScout.org | November 15, 2021

  Home Health Care Providers Push for Wage Increase

  

  The union that represents Shasta County’s long-term care workers will continue negotiations with county supervisors on Tuesday. Union representatives say investing in IHSS workers financially will have a positive effect on Shasta County’s economy.