Tag: Region 4

• Press Coverage | September 23, 2025

  In Home Support Service workers make passionate appeal to BOS for wage increase

  

  LAKE COUNTY >> Nicol Sullivan is an In-Home Support Services worker for clients residing in Lake County and that means taking care of vulnerable and disabled people throughout the county, she informed the Board of Supervisors at a public comment...

  Region 4Lake County IHSS
• Press Coverage | September 12, 2025

  IHSS providers tell Board of Supervisors low wages are driving caregivers out of the profession

  LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — On Tuesday, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services, or IHSS, workers, members of SEIU Local 2015, returned to the Board of Supervisors meeting to urge elected officials to invest in long-term care. Recent polling reveals low wages...

  Livable WageRegion 4Lake County
• Press Coverage | September 3, 2025

  A strong contract with wages reflecting the value of work

  Many saw the Labor Day holiday as a nice three-day weekend, or a celebration of worker rights won long ago that we take for granted today. But workers in Lake are seeking respect for their critical labor. I’m one of...

  Livable WageRegion 4
• Press Coverage | August 26, 2025

  SEIU members ask supes for fair wages

  

  A group of Solano County In Home Supportive Services providers and SEIU members spoke during public comment at the Tuesday Solano County Board of Supervisors meetings, asking elected officials to pay them a fair and living wage. About ten members...

  Solano CountyIHSSLivable WageRegion 4
• Press Release | August 19, 2025

  Home care providers urge Supervisors to address the long-term care crisis in Lake County

  Low wages are driving caregivers out of the profession, contributing to care shortage  Lake County, CA – Today, Lake 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...

  Livable WageRegion 4Lake County
• Union Updates | Campaigns | July 22, 2025

  Solano County IHSS 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 Solano County, nearly 7,000 IHSS workers provide long-term care services (including household...

  Region 4Bargaining UpdateSolano CountyIHSS
• Press Release | June 6, 2025

  San Joaquin Board of Supervisors approve new union contract for more than 9,300 home care workers

  New contract puts IHSS workers—mostly women of color—on path to earn more than $20 an hour San Joaquin County, CA – Today, the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a new three-year union contract with In-Home Supportive...

  Region 4San JoaquinLiving Wage
• Victory | Press Release | May 19, 2025

  San Joaquin County home care workers—mostly women of color—ratify new union contract, raising wages to more than $20 an hour by 2028

  San Joaquin County, CA – Last week, the 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 across California, ratified a new three-year union contract with the...

  Region 4San Joaquin
• 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...

  IHSSRegion 4San Joaquin
• 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...

  Region 4IHSSSan Joaquin
• Press Coverage | April 8, 2025

  Rep. Mike Thompson, providers and patients warn about healthcare cuts

  On Friday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Chief Behavioral Officer/Chief Community Health Officer for CommuniCare+OLE Health Sara Gavin, Interim Vice Chancellor of UC Davis Health Dr. Bruce Lee Hall, Yolo County Supervisor Sheila Allen, patient advocate Kate Laddish, and Susanna Hernandez...

  Region 4Healthcare CutsYolo County