Tag: Kim Evon

• Press Coverage | October 1, 2024

  Bill Camp, longtime Sacramento labor leader, champion for social justice and workers, dies at 80

  

  Bill Camp, the longtime head of the Sacramento Central Labor Council who left a lasting legacy as a champion of social justice and workers’ rights, has died. Camp died Sept. 23. He was 80. “We have lost a true leader;...

  Kim EvonSacramentoRegion 4Bill Camp
• Press Statement | September 24, 2024

  Statement on the passing of the former head of Sacramento Central Labor Council, Bill Camp

  “SEIU 2015 mourns the passing of Bill Camp, former head of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, who was a steadfast champion of workers and social justice. From his early days in the Civil Rights Movement to his transformative leadership as Executive Secretary...

  Kim EvonCivil RightsBill Camp
• Press Coverage | December 5, 2023

  Health Care Lags Behind

  

  An analysis by the Sacramento Business Journal found that the workers who commanded the most headlines during the pandemic saw some of the lowest pay growth of any industry in the private sector.

  Livable WageKim EvonHealthcare Workers
• Press Coverage | May 26, 2023

  The Call to Increase DSP Wages: With Guest Kim Evon

  

  We're joined by Kim Evon to discuss California caregivers and the large gap in staffing that leads to reliability issues in caregiving. We discuss why family caregivers may have difficulties working full-time and what happens when there's not enough care...

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• Press Statement | January 24, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015’s Kim Evon Addresses the Mass Shootings in California

  

  Los Angeles — SEIU Local 2015 Executive Vice President Kim Evon released the following statement earlier today in response to the mass shootings in California over the last three days... "The three mass shootings that have taken place in California...

  Gun ViolenceAll RegionsKim EvonLos Angeles
• Press Coverage | June 4, 2020

  Caregivers See Threats from COVID-19 and Budget Cuts

  

  As California reopens, essential home care workers may have their hours cut. For workers who provide in-home care for disabled and elderly individuals, reopening the economy is a risky proposition. As a low-paid workforce, they are particularly vulnerable to both exploitation and infection....

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• Press Coverage | Covid-19 News | May 3, 2020

  ‘It’s been a nightmare.’ Inside Chatsworth nursing home’s struggle to contain its coronavirus outbreak

  

  The 132-bed Stoney Point Healthcare Center has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. For several days, Lisa Cook had no communication with her 62-year-old husband, who was confined to Chatsworth’s Stoney Point nursing home after a stroke left him...

  Kim EvonNursing HomesCovid
• Press Coverage | Politics | March 12, 2020

  Caregiver rally temporarily blocks traffic outside San Bernardino County Supervisors meeting

  

  Caregiver rally temporarily blocks traffic outside San Bernardino County Supervisors meeting. SEIU Local 2015 caregivers and supporters for IHSS workers, rallied at the San Bernardino County government building on Tuesday for increased pay and benefits for caregivers.

  Kim EvonSan Bernardino CountyRegion 2IHSS