Tag: Arnulfo De La Cruz

• Press Coverage | April 2, 2025

  News Coverage of Rally in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Support Immigrant Rights

  

  People from across California gathered in Delano on March 31 to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrant communities and to celebrate former civil rights advocate Cesar Chavez, who once led a five-year strike challenging California farmers in Delano, demanding fair wages...

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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2025

  There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

  As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge. At the same time, the Trump administration is ramping up its campaign to deport immigrants, who make up about one-third of such...

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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2025

  Is Donald Trump watching? The U.S. is facing a massive healthcare crisis, without immigrants, there’s no one to care for the elderly 

  

  America is racing towards a home healthcare disaster, according to a report. As the population in the US ages, the nation confronts an alarming task: employing sufficient personnel to take care of the elderly, as per Off The Front Page...

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• Press Coverage | March 29, 2025

  There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

  

  There will be 9.3 million job openings for direct-care workers in the home healthcare sector over the next decade, research says  As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge....

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• Press Coverage | November 13, 2024

  Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Bring an Economic Toll

  

  Arnulfo De La Cruz is the president of SEIU 2015, a union that represents about 500,000 long-term caregivers in California’s program for low-income seniors. Nearly half of in-home care workers in the state are immigrants, he said, many with temporary...

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• Press Statement | November 6, 2024

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on Trump/Vance Victory 

  

  "Though we were united in our massive effort to elect one of the most pro-union, pro-care champions in history, long-term caregivers are standing strong and remain determined to enact change at the local, state, and national level. In California, 80%...

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• Press Coverage | October 22, 2024

  Experts react to Harris’ Medicare plan for affordable home care for seniors

  

  Harris' proposed 'Medicare at Home' plan could cover in-home care for most seniors for the first time ever. Here's what you need to know. In early October, the Harris campaign revealed a new senior care proposal that, if implemented, could...

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• Press Coverage | October 18, 2024

  Sindicalistas de Nevada se vuelcan a movilizar el voto

  

  “¡Cuando votamos, ganamos!…”  Más de 400 entusiasmados miembros del Sindicato de Trabajadores Culinarios, uno de los más grandes de Nevada, se preparan para salir a tocar puertas y motivar a que todos voten el 5 de noviembre.   “Esta elección es una...

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• Press Coverage | August 26, 2024

  Punching In: Harris Inherits a Labor Agenda Trump Aims to Reject

  

  Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have overlapped in their campaign themes to boost manufacturing jobs and make tips exempt from taxes, however their plans for the US Labor Department and legislative goals are at odds.

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• Press Statement | July 24, 2024

  Statement from SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz on the murder of Sonya Massey

  

  “We condemn the heinous murder of Sonya Massey, a Black woman whose life was brutally taken by police violence in her own home as she sought their protection. This devastating event underscores the urgent need for systemic change and accountability...

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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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