Tag: Arnulfo De La Cruz

• Press Release | June 10, 2025

   Legislature’s Budget Avoids Most Damaging Cuts; State Leaders Must Go Further to Commit to Working People’s Agenda

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sacramento, CA – California’s 750,000 SEIU members applauded core pillars of a joint agreement announced today by State Senate and Assembly leaders on the FY-26 budget, but remained concerned about others.  The following statement may be attributed to Arnulfo...

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• Press Statement | June 7, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, on the Detainment of David Huerta

  Yesterday and today, ICE carried out aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles, terrorizing our immigrant communities and abducting dozens of community members. SEIU California President David Huerta was assaulted, injured, and detained while peacefully observing.  Let’s be clear: the right to...

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• Press Statement | June 6, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, on the Passing of Luisa Blue

  It is with deep sadness and profound respect that we mourn the passing of our SEIU sister, Luisa Blue—trailblazer, visionary, and beloved leader in our labor family. Luisa was more than a union leader. She was a force for justice...

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• Press Coverage | June 3, 2025

  California’s Vulnerable Communities At Risk Amid Proposed Budget Cuts

  

  Community health advocates are alarmed after Gov. Gavin Newsom released a summary of the May Revision to his proposed 2025-26 California state budget. According to the California Budget & Policy Center, Newsom’s revision aims to close an estimated $7.5 billion deficit for...

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• Press Coverage | June 3, 2025

  First in Politico: Hitting Close to Home

  

  Unions representing in-home caregivers are cranking up the heat on legislative leaders and Newsom by running broadcast and digital ads railing against cuts in the governor’s May budget proposal. A new video spot, airing in the Sacramento market, blasts a...

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• Press Coverage | June 2, 2025

  Labor Organizer: Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate the Nursing Home Workforce

  

  Arnulfo De La Cruz, president of SEIU Local 2015, sees impending Medicaid cuts hitting nursing homes In the wake of the passage on May 22 of the 2026 budget bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, leaders of diverse organizations and alliances...

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• Press Coverage | June 2, 2025

  From Coast To Coast, People Demand Health Care For All, Not Profits

  

  On Saturday, May 31, people across the United States rallied as part of the first National Day of Action organized by National Single Payer to demand Health, not Profit: Put National Single Payer on the Nation’s Agenda. A national single...

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• Press Statement | May 15, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, and Doug Moore, Executive Director of UDW, on Governor Newsom’s May Revise Budget Proposal

  “As President of SEIU Local 2015 and Executive Director of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 respectively, representing over 700,000 long-term care workers across California, we want to be crystal clear: proposed cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and Medi-Cal are unacceptable, shortsighted,...

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• Press Coverage | April 28, 2025

  Univision: Interview with SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on Medicaid

  A clip featuring SEIU President Arnulfo De La Cruz being interviewed by Univision's statewide political show on why Medicaid is so important and we need to protect Medicaid. Un clip con el presidente de SEIU, Arnulfo De La Cruz, siendo...

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• Press Statement | April 18, 2025

  Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU 2015, on RFK Jr.’s harmful autism comments

  “As the president of a union representing more than half a million long-term care workers — many of whom love and care for people with disabilities, including autism — I know that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent remarks...

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• Press Statement | April 10, 2025

  Statement from President of SEIU Local 2015 Arnulfo De La Cruz on Texas Ruling Striking Down Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

  Ruling overturns first-ever national safe staffing requirement, jeopardizing care for older adults, people with disabilities, and the workers who provide essential care. Press Contact: DKC News, SEIU@dkcnews.comApril 10, 2025 “Last year, we achieved the first ever national standard on ensuring...

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