Tag: Arnulfo De La Cruz

• Press Release | November 1, 2022

  Home Care Providers Shut Down the L.A. County Board of Supervisors’ Latest Public Hearing in Renewed Call for Living Wages

  

  Essential in-home care workers—members of SEIU Local 2015, California’s largest union and the nation’s largest long-term care union—escalate their call for a $20 minimum wage floor  View footage, interviews and b-roll from event here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8n5m7xcgcl56qy3/AACpAWiod-SzU8bCWrhRbvuya?dl=0 LOS ANGELES, CA— Today, Los...

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• Press Coverage | Video | October 18, 2022

  Sactown Talks: Interview with Arnulfo De La Cruz

  

  Sactown Talks welcomes Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU 2015. We discuss home care, fair wages, structural racism, the goals of SEIU, and more. https://youtu.be/1j9zksnWsSI The interview is available on Spotify as well.

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• Press Statement | August 2, 2022

  Care Providers encouraged by health investments; determined to bring back the “better” in nation’s strategies to build the care economy.

  Los Angeles—SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice President Arnulfo De La Cruz made the following statement today outlining the triumphs and failures of the Senate budget agreement… “The spending package passed this week in the Senate—the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—will...

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• Press Coverage | June 23, 2022

  Extra Edition: Dealing with the Nursing Home Crisis

  At the beginning of the pandemic, nursing homes became the epicenter of Covid-19 deaths. This crisis had a disproportionate impact on facilities that serve predominantly Latinos and African Americans. Nursing home workers are feeling demoralized and burned out and thousands...

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• Press Coverage | May 16, 2022

  Roberto De La Cruz, a farmworker activist who was trained by Cesar Chavez, dies at 75

  

  Longtime farm-labor activist Roberto De La Cruz, who dedicated much of his life to helping the poorest and most exploited workers in America, died earlier this month. He was 75 years old upon his passing on May 7. De La...

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• Press Statement | April 14, 2022

  SEIU Local 2015 Enthusiastically Supports the Declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day

  Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 2022 – Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in support of Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis’ declaration of April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day: “We commend Acting...

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• Press Coverage | November 5, 2021

  New contract gives IHSS workers raise, money for supplies and training

  

  LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — After several failed negotiating attempts over the past four years, the county of Lake has finalized a new contract with the In-Home Supportive Services workers’ union. Following a brief discussion on Tuesday morning, the Board of...

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• Press Coverage | August 13, 2020

  In-home health workers plead for better pay

  

  STOCKTON — Anjeneau Ward, an in-home health care worker, stood before the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday morning meeting and made a heartfelt plea for a higher wage. “Between paying rent, utilities, back-to-school clothes, back-to-school supplies,...

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | July 17, 2020

  Coronavirus updates: 366,000 Californians infected, shutdowns ravage local businesses

  

  It was another troubling week in California, as growing infections and hospitalizations prompted state and local officials to announce new widespread closures of businesses and schools across the state to slow the coronavirus pandemic.

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | May 28, 2020

  Coronavirus pone a trabajadores de asilos al filo de la navaja

  

  Aman su trabajo esencial, pero al mismo tiempo han sido de los más impactados por la pandemia. Roberta Rodríguez, una enfermera asistente que se contagió de coronavirus en un asilo de la ciudad de Santa Ana donde trabaja, pasó noches...

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• Press Coverage | April 9, 2020

  Largest Long-term Care Union Raising Awareness Ahead of Labor Day

  

  The nation's largest long term care union SEIU Local 2015 is raising awareness about the rights of frontline workers with labor day just around the corner. Arnulfo De La Cruz, Executive Vice President of SEIU Local 2015, joined Cheddar to...

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