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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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• Press 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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• Press Statement | February 8, 2023

  Statement from Arnulfo de la Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015 – Nation’s Largest Long-Term Care Union – on President Biden’s State of the Union

  

  "President Biden's State of the Union address expressed a clear commitment to caregivers everywhere. In particular, his pledge to support in-home caregivers is a needed and welcome development that will help improve the lives of countless dedicated essential workers and...

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• Press Statement | January 27, 2023

  Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU 2015, Issues Statement Regarding the Murder of Tyre Nichols

  

  Los Angeles, CA – The recently released video of the murder of Tyre Nichols is disturbing evidence of what has become an all too common occurrence: extreme police violence against young black men in this country. SEIU 2015 is grieving...

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• Press Statement | January 24, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015’s Kim Evon Addresses the Mass Shootings in California

  

  Los Angeles — SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice President Kim Evon released the following statement earlier today in response to the mass shootings in California over the last three days... "The three mass shootings that have taken place in California...

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• Issues | January 4, 2023

  Stay safe in the storms. Get info here.

  

  Stay informed by signing up for emergency alerts including warnings and evacuation notices. Go to CalAlerts.org to sign up to receive alerts from your county officials. SACRAMENTO – Working to protect Californians from the incoming winter storms, Governor Gavin Newsom...

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• Victory | Press Release | December 29, 2022

  Private Agency Home Care Providers reach tentative agreement on their first union contract since joining SEIU 2015

  San Luis Obispo/Thousand Oaks/Tustin, CA— Nearly 200 home care providers at BrightSpring/All Ways Caring, a private community health services provider offering a range of long-term care services, have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract as members of...

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• Press Coverage | 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...

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• Union Updates | August 23, 2022

  Democracy Schools are back!

  

  Join your fellow caregivers and register for this year’s Democracy schools!  We want to give caregivers the tools they need to empower their friends and family to show up and VOTE. When we all vote, we win by electing champions...

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• Press Release | May 12, 2022

  By Investing in Workers, California Will Show the Nation What Equitable Recovery Looks Like 

  Sacramento, CA – Members of the Service Employees International Union in California responded enthusiastically to Governor Newsom’s announcement that California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50 and applauded his proposal for retention bonuses for health care workers, including nursing home...

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• Press Statement | Union Updates | May 11, 2022

  Remembering Roberto De La Cruz

  

  By Mary Kay Henry The SEIU family has lost a true warrior for workers. Roberto De La Cruz helped transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of working people during his fifty years in the labor movement, including twenty with...

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