Tag: Region 1

• Press Release | July 9, 2025

  LA County’s Largest Low-Wage Workforce Demands Dignity, Not “Zero”: Caregivers Share Poverty Data and Call for Urgent Contract that reflects their worth

  64% of LA County IHSS workers rely on public assistance with thousands teetering on the brink of homelessness LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2025) — Amid a growing care crisis, Los Angeles County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, represented by SEIU...

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• Press Release | July 2, 2025

  SEIU 2015 Blasts LA County’s $0 Wage Offer to Homecare Workers: “The County Is Making A Choice to Turn Its Back on Caregivers and Those Needing Care.”

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers speak out against the county’s insulting offer of ZERO. LOS ANGELES, CA — SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing over 240,000 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers in Los Angeles...

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• Press Coverage | June 19, 2025

  Left Behind in the Budget: L.A. County’s Home Care Workers Deserve Better

  

  Los Angeles is in the midst of a crisis. We have an aging population that increasingly relies on in-home support to age in their homes with dignity. Yet, as the county presented its latest budget, it left out the very...

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• Press Coverage | May 27, 2025

  News Coverage Los Angeles County Home Care Providers call for an investment in long-term care at Board of Supervisors

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers—members of SEIU Local 2015, California’s largest labor union and the nation’s largest long-term care union—returned to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to demand investment in home care and improve the lives of the County’s...

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• Press Release | May 27, 2025

  Los Angeles County Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–call for an investment in long-term care at Board of Supervisors. 

  In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers speak out again that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs.  LOS ANGELES, CA—In-Home Supportive Services...

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• Media Advisory | May 27, 2025

  Los Angeles County Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–call for county CEO representation at the table and an investment in care at Board of Supervisors. 

  **MEDIA ADVISORY**   In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers speak out again that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs.  WHEN: Tuesday, May...

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• Press Coverage | April 16, 2025

  LA County budget proposal reflects wildfire effects, landmark sex abuse settlement, federal funding losses

  

  Most Los Angeles County departments would be required to reduce spending by 3% under an austere budget proposal unveiled Monday by the chief executive officer. The $47.9 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1 reflects “extraordinary...

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• Press Release | April 16, 2025

  Los Angeles Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–left behind in the county’s budget presentation

  IHSS caregivers note that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs. LOS ANGELES, CA—Yesterday, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU...

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• Press Coverage | March 12, 2025

  California has known that disabled people need help in fires. After LA, can it better prepare for the next one?

  

  When strong winds shattered the windows on the top floor of Nancy Busacca’s Pasadena home, Michelle Hollis knew it was time to go.  Hollis, Busacca’s caretaker for the past year, packed the essentials. She tried to remain as calm as...

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• Issues | January 8, 2025

  Los Angeles Fires 2025

  

  Please know that your union is here for you during the devastating fires in Southern California. We urge all of our members to follow all evacuation warnings and safety orders from your local authorities. For the most up-to-date information, including...

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• Victory | Press Release | November 15, 2024

  George Whitesides Wins CA’s 27th Congressional District Seat with Support from Long-Term Care Workers and the We Decide 2024 Initiative

  Lancaster, CA—SEIU Local 2015 and Mi Familia Vota came together today to celebrate the victory of George Whitesides in California’s 27th Congressional District, a win that underscores the power of mobilized long-term care workers and the importance of supporting immigrant...

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