Tag: All Regions

• Press Coverage | October 1, 2024

  California Home Care Workers Seek Greater Bargaining Power

  

  Jesus Saavedra, 71, began picking cotton in California’s Central Valley when he was just 16 years old. Now retired, he has difficulty both standing and lying down due to constant pain from nerve damage in his hands and head and fibrosis...

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• Union Updates | August 1, 2024

  July 2024 Member Newsletter

  

  As you’ve probably heard, we received some big news recently: President Biden stepped aside from the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. SEIU International is grateful for Biden’s leadership and is pleased to support Harris as a champion...

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• Press Statement | July 23, 2024

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on Biden endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for President

  

  The day after President Biden’s announcement that he’s withdrawn from the race and endorsed Vice President Harris, you could already feel the excitement at our union—a union made up primarily of women of color who are energized by the prospect...

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• Union Updates | July 5, 2024

  June 2024 Member Newsletter

  I hope you had a powerful month of June celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ Pride and Juneteenth.  And now that it’s July, we are excited to observe Disability Pride Month by lifting up and honoring the diverse experiences and contributions of people with...

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• Press Release | June 24, 2024

  SEIU Members Support Budget Agreement That Protects Children, Struggling Families, Immigrants, and Workers & Commit to Keep Fighting

  SACRAMENTO, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in California, 700,000 workers strong, expressed support for the budget agreement announced today by Governor Newsom and legislative leaders and vowed to continue working to rebuild the state government’s vital workforce and...

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• Issues | June 24, 2024

  Protect Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Medicaid Access!

  

  On June 5, nursing home workers from our Union and other allies spoke to congressional leaders in Washington DC, calling on them to protect two new recently-announced rules that will positively impact long-term care workers  and our families. Click here to...

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• Union Updates | June 20, 2024

  Democracy School is Back!

  

  To help us prepare for this year’s General Elections, SEIU 2015 will be hosting Democracy School this summer!  Our wide-ranging political program is a series of classes that the union hosts to inform members about how our government—of the people,...

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• Union Updates | June 6, 2024

  May 2024 Member Newsletter

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhz7AOwfzvs Click to watch a special message from President Arnulfo De La Cruz at the SEIU International Convention in Philadelphia A Historic SEIU International Convention Last month SEIU International held its quadrennial Convention, and over a hundred of our 2015...

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• Press Release | May 2, 2024

  At May Day, “Future of Care” Events, Hundreds of Seniors, People With Disabilities, Care Workers, and Advocates Call for Strengthening Workforce that Cares for Aging and Disabled Californians

  

  Getty images from the reception are available here Sacramento, CA – On May Day, legislators joined California caregivers and advocates for older and disabled Californians to demand California fix our broken long-term care system, which leaves far too many disabled and...

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• Press Coverage | May 2, 2024

  Happy May Day

  

  On May 1, 2024, SEIU Local 2015 members celebrate worker's rights. KCAL: Activists call for immigrant rights, justice reform, and street vendor's to be able to sell their products https://youtu.be/2SuRZjoy8VY?si=Or7u0-2Yfix-xQfO KTLA: Labor rallies on May Day 2024 for worker's rights,...

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• Victory | Press Statement | April 23, 2024

  SEIU’s Henry applauds new nursing home staffing standards, Medicaid access rule: ‘It is time to put care workers, residents and consumers first’

  

  SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement regarding the announcement of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ WASHINGTON — SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement regarding the announcement of the Centers for Medicaid...

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