Tag: California

• Victory | Press Release | December 16, 2022

  Nursing Home Workers Across California Celebrate Historic Contract Agreement with the State’s Largest Nursing Home Operator

  

  More than 1,300 skilled nursing home workers across 18 Providence Home and Community Care facilities win better pay/benefits and improved workplace conditions through the new agreement Los Angeles, CA— Nursing home workers and members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s...

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• Media Advisory | August 9, 2022

  Nursing Home Workers Unite Across California in Coordinated Protest of the State’s Largest Nursing Home Operator

  **MEDIA ADVISORY** Alarmed at the snail’s pace in contract negotiations during this “care crisis,” employees of Providence Home and Community Care will unite in coordinated protests to underscore the urgent need to immediately address skyrocketing turnover at Providence nursing home...

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• Press Release | July 8, 2022

  Nearly 200 Home Care Providers vote “YES!” to form their union with SEIU 2015, California’s largest union and Nation’s largest long-term care worker union

  San Luis Obispo/Thousand Oaks/Tustin, CA— Caregivers in San Luis Obispo, Thousand Oaks, and Tustin—all employees of BrightSpring/All Ways Caring—voted today by overwhelming majority to form their union with SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union. BrightSpring is a private...

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• Press Release | June 21, 2022

  Nursing Home Workers to Protest at Providence Home and Community Care facilities — California’s Largest Nursing Home Operator — In Coordinated Picket

  As workers continue to flee the nursing home industry, Providence employees across California will unite in coordinated pickets to improve conditions  10-day intent to picket delivered on June 19th, with actions—including 8 pickets—slated for June 29th at nearly 20 facilities...

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• Press Coverage | June 20, 2022

  A un paso de mejorar el cuidado de pacientes y trabajadores en los asilos y centros de la tercera edad

  

  La semana pasada la legislatura de California aprobó un presupuesto estatal de $300 mil millones el cual está en espera de ser firmado por el gobernador Gavin Newsom antes del 25 de junio. El presupuesto incluye $10 millones que ayudarán...

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• Press Coverage | June 16, 2022

  In California, It Barely Pays to Take Care of Elders in Need at Home

  

  This article also appeared in Sacramento News and Review here.   Sydney O’Connor’s clients have disparate needs. One, a double transplant survivor who is almost blind, requires assistance for most of the critical transactions in his life, including paying bills and staying current...

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• Press Coverage | June 9, 2022

  June 8th: California Nursing Home Workers Demand Industry Wide Standards, Seat at the Table to Address Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

  Members of SEIU 2015 mobilized across California to address dangerously low staffing levels and low wages. Part of a national, coordinated campaign across 12+ states, this is the fifth statewide day of action calling for improvements in California’s nursing homes...

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• Press Coverage | May 17, 2022

  Ad buy urges funding for SNF Board + Schubert endorsement + Min weighs in on shooting

  

  California lawmakers have a little less than a month to hash out a budget to send to Gov. Gavin Newsom, and SEIU Local 2015 is launching a seven-figure ad buy across radio and digital media to call on them to...

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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 Release | April 25, 2022

  SEIU California’s 700,000 Members Enthusiastically Endorse Governor Gavin Newsom for Reelection this November,  Pledge Partnership in Building “A California for All” 

  Sacramento, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California today announced its 700,000 frontline members in California have endorsed Governor Gavin Newsom for reelection this November.   “After leading California through the pandemic, SEIU members in California are determined to...

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• Press Coverage | April 21, 2022

  Fixing the Crisis in California’s Nursing Homes

  

  Normally, Robert Oronia works overnights, from 11 p.m. to 7 the next morning. But lately the certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been logging a lot of 12-hour shifts at Stoney Point Healthcare Center in Chatsworth. He says he could work back-to-back...

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