Tag: IHSS

• Press Coverage | May 23, 2025

  Local in-home support workers at risk due to proposed state budget cuts

  

  Bernadette Walton is a Sacramento resident who is an in-home support service worker for her daughter. She provides for her 11-year-old daughter, who is autistic and needs support at home. Walton said her daughter needs help with everyday living — hygiene,...

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• Union Updates | May 16, 2025

  San Joaquin In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Campaign Updates

  

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a social service that allows people who need long-term care to receive it in the comfort and safety of their own homes. In San Joaquin County, approximately 8,250 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household...

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• Press Coverage | May 14, 2025

  Medicaid cuts threaten California’s in-home caregivers

  

  For Maria Paredez, the slashing of Medicaid funding is no political football, or some abstract argument emanating from Republicans in Congress about the size of government. It hits her where she lives: a small house in a small town in Tulare...

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• Press Coverage | May 8, 2025

  The Unkindest Cut: Slashing Medicaid Threatens the Medically Vulnerable

  

  For Maria Paredez, the slashing of Medicaid funding is no political football, or some abstract argument emanating from Republicans in Congress about the size of government. It hits her where she lives: a small house in a small town in Tulare...

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• Press Coverage | May 5, 2025

  Despite Stalled Contract Negotiations, Shasta’s IHSS Workers Don’t Plan to Strike

  

  Rachel Smith has a psychology degree and gave up her job doing nails to take care of her son with cerebral palsy. She’s one of 11 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers who spoke at an April 8 Shasta County Board...

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• Campaigns | Events | Politics | April 29, 2025

  Our Care Counts 2025

  

  Caregivers are the Defenders and the Future of Care IHSS providers and nursing home workers are coming together to protect, defend and transform the care hundreds of thousands of older Californians and those living with disabilities rely on by: Stopping...

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• Victory | Press Release | April 24, 2025

  San Joaquin County home care workers—mostly women of color—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

  If ratified, IHSS workers will be on a path to $20/hour by 2028 San Joaquin County, CA – In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers...

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• Media | Press Release | April 22, 2025

  Alameda County home care workers urge Supervisors to address the long-term care crisis 

  Low wages are causing a care shortage by driving caregivers out of the profession  Alameda County, CA – Today, Alameda County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half...

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• Union Updates | April 16, 2025

  Alameda County IHSS Campaign Updates

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a social service that allows people who need long-term care to receive it in the comfort and safety of their own homes. In Alameda County, over 30,000 IHSS workers provide long-term care services (including household...

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• Victory | Campaigns | April 16, 2025

  Fresno County home care providers—mostly women and women of color— reach a tentative agreement with the Board of Supervisors.

  

  Latest update 4/16/2025 Fresno IHSS care providers work to vote for a strong contract that features better wages and increased healthcare coverage! Fresno County care providers after recently reaching a tentative agreement victory (read more about it here) were mentioned...

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• Victory | Press Coverage | April 16, 2025

  Fresno County’s 25,000 care workers set to get raise under new deal

  

  SEIU Local 2015, which represents Fresno County’s over 25,000 IHSS workers, reached a tentative agreement with the county after over two years of bargaining. SEIU Local 2015 has reached a tentative agreement with Fresno County to boost thousands of home...

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