Tag: IHSS

Press Coverage | April 8, 2025

Shasta County supervisors meet in temporary location and see high turnout

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — The Shasta County Board of Supervisors convened their first meeting in a temporary location at the Shasta Lake City Council Chambers on Tuesday, drawing a significant crowd despite a routine agenda. The regular board chambers in downtown...

IHSS Region 6 Shasta County
Press Coverage | April 7, 2025

A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care

Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the...

IHSS Medicaid
Press Coverage | March 27, 2025

Shasta County’s IHSS Workers are Asking for a Livable Wage. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Amidst a County-wide healthcare shortage, more than 4,000 IHSS workers are serving on the frontlines for $18.10 an hour. They’re negotiating for more. In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside Shasta’s Administrative Building for the second time this year on...

Shasta Board of Supervisors IHSS Livable Wage Region 6
Press Release | March 25, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Alameda County’s over 30,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages 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 a million workers across...

IHSS Alameda County Press Release
Media | Press Release | March 25, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Santa Clara’s over 36,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Santa Clara County, CA – Today, Santa Clara’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers...

Santa Clara County Santa Clara Santa Clara IHSS Region 5 IHSS
Press Release | March 19, 2025

Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services

SEIU CaliforniaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2025 Watch press conference recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7_iLEUJ64 Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that...

Statewide Bargaining All Regions IHSS
Press Coverage | March 19, 2025

News Coverage, Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services

Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that 829,000 seniors and people with disabilities depend on in California:...

IHSS Medi-Cal Budget Cuts AB 283
Union Updates | March 14, 2025

Yolo 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 Yolo County, approximately 3,400 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

IHSS Region 4 Yolo
Press Release | Union Updates | March 11, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Shasta’s 4,300 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers continue urging County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across...

IHSS Shasta Region 6
Union Updates | February 13, 2025

Modoc 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 Modoc County, nearly 200 IHSS workers provide long-term care services (including household...

Modoc IHSS Region 6
Press Release | February 4, 2025

Home care workers launch campaign to address Shasta’s long-term care crisis

If successful, would positively impact more than 8,000 community members Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across California—rallied at...

IHSS Shasta Region 6

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