Tag: IHSS

• Press Release | August 26, 2021

  SEIU Contract Victory – Tulare County Press Release

  In-Home Care Providers Win Significant Wage Increases in Contract with Tulare County Tulare County to Support Wages Remaining at Least $0.60 Above Minimum Wage Tulare County, CA - The in-home supportive services (IHSS) caregivers of SEIU Local 2015 ratified their...

  April VerrettIHSSSalary IncreaseTulare County
• Press Release | August 25, 2021

  SEIU Contract Victory – Santa Cruz Press Release

  In-Home Care Providers - Mostly Women of Color - Win Substantive Wage Increases in Contract with Santa Cruz Santa Cruz County to Support Wages Remaining at Least $1.55 Above Minimum Wage Among Other Protections Santa Cruz, CA - The in-home...

  IHSSRegion 3Salary IncreaseSanta Cruz County
• Press Release | August 5, 2021

  Long-term care providers lead the way as Governor mandates vaccines for healthcare workers

  

  Union members develop a set of principles to guide continued vaccine rollout. Los Angeles, CA–The long-term caregivers of SEIU Local 2015 spent the past 18 months on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They saw the ravages up close...

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• Press Release | August 1, 2021

  SEIU Contract Victory – Kingston Skill Nursing Facility Press Release

  SEIU Local 2015 Ratifies Contract with Kingston Skilled Nursing Facility, Guaranteeing Workers A Two Percent Pay Raise Nursing Home That Lost 100 Residents and Workers to Coronavirus Agrees to Raise Wages for All Workers (Bakersfield, CA) - SEIU Local 2015,...

  IHSSPay IncreaseRegion 3
• Press Release | July 28, 2021

  SEIU Contract Victory – Windsor Press Release

  SEIU Local 2015 Implements Contract with Windsor Nursing Home in Sacramento Guaranteeing Personal Protective Equipment and Covid-19 Testing for Employees After a Months Long Worker-Led Bargaining Campaign, the Nation’s Largest Long Term Care Union Reaches Agreement with One of California’s...

  Covid-19 Testing for EmployeesIHSSPPESacramentoWindsor Nursing Home
• Press Release | July 13, 2021

  SEIU Local 2015 7/13 Care is Essential Press Release

  California’s Largest Union of Caregivers Host “Care is Essential” Events Demanding State and Federal Investment in Nation’s Most Essential Workforce Twin Events Held in Los Angeles and Oakland Call for Support of the American Jobs Plan’s $400B Investment in Homecare,...

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• Press Coverage | April 13, 2021

  Vaccinations Lag for Home Health Workers

  Gaudy Baez-Montero, 41, works full-time in Massachusetts as a personal care aide for an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. She wants to get a COVID-19 vaccine to protect herself and the child, but she’s struggling to get an appointment. “My...

  Covid VaccineHomecare WorkersIHSS
• Press Coverage | March 10, 2021

  A Profile of Immigrant Women in the Workforce

  Immigrant women are integral members of U.S. society, working across industries that serve all communities and spur economic growth. As the pandemic continues to disproportionately affect women in the workforce, future policy must consider the contributions and needs of immigrant...

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• Press Coverage | March 5, 2021

  Can Long Term Care Employers Require Staff Members to be Vaccinated?

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• Press Coverage | February 4, 2021

  How the pandemic has affected front-line caregivers

  April Verrett, president of California’s largest long-term care union, discusses the vaccine rollout and how communities of color and nursing home workers have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

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• Press Coverage | December 27, 2020

  Surrounded by death, nursing home workers battle management and fear to protect patients

  BAKERSFIELD — Their faces flickered with hope when she entered their rooms. “Did my daughter forget about me?” asked one woman, over 80 years old. “Does she know I’m here?” “Where is my son?” begged a man down the hall. Her answers...

  CovidIHSSNursing HomesRegion 3