Tag: Region 6

• Union Updates | February 12, 2026

  Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County, approximately 490 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

  IHSSRegion 6Siskiyou
• Press Coverage | February 5, 2026

  News Coverage of Siskiyou home care workers demand accountability from Board of Supervisors as long-term care crisis worsens

  

  Yreka, CA — On February 2nd and 3rd, SEIU Local 2015 escalated their campaign for a first-ever union contract between Siskiyou’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers and the Board of Supervisors.  Because they’ve never had a union contract, Siskiyou is the...

  Livable WageRegion 6Siskiyou
• Press Release | February 3, 2026

  Siskiyou home care workers demand accountability from Board of Supervisors as long-term care crisis worsens for rural Californians

  

  Yreka, CA — On February 2nd and 3rd, SEIU Local 2015 escalated their campaign for a first-ever union contract between Siskiyou’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers and the Board of Supervisors.  Because they’ve never had a union contract, Siskiyou is...

  Region 6Siskiyou
• Campaigns | January 27, 2026

  Lake County 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 Lake County, approximately 2,400 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

  IHSSRegion 6Lake County
• Press Release | December 23, 2025

  All We Want for Christmas Is a Fair Contract: Lake Home Care Workers Call for Action

  After two years without an agreement, caregivers warn “Grinch-like” delays are harming families and the county’s long-term care system Lakeport, CA – As Christmas approaches, Lake County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015, spoke out against...

  Livable WageRegion 6LakeLake CountyLake County IHSS
• Union Updates | November 19, 2025

  Trinity 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 Trinity County, approximately 200 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

  IHSSRegion 6Trinity
• Press Coverage | August 29, 2025

  Protesters in Ukiah challenge healthcare cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

  

  UKIAH, CA., 8/29/25 — During Tuesday’s evening rush hour, about 60 protesters lined East Perkins Street near Hospital Drive waving signs and chanting. Cars often honked, people waved, and the protesters bobbed their signs and cheered.  The protest was intended...

  Region 6Budget Cuts
• Press Release | August 26, 2025

  As union contract negotiations near a possible impasse, home care workers demand fiscal responsibility from County Supervisors

  More than $6 million in state and federal funding are available for wage increases to help address Shasta’s healthcare crisis Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers—members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union...

  IHSSShastaRegion 6
• Press Coverage | August 18, 2025

  Bomb robot, other county funding questioned

  

  The Trinity County Board of Supervisors met Aug. 6 for a regular meeting where most business was done through the consent agenda.

  Trinity CountyRegion 6
• 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...

  Region 6IHSSTulare CountyMedicaid CutsRepublican Budget Cuts
• Press Coverage | May 5, 2025

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

  More than 4,000 Shasta County community members work for a program known as In-Home Health Services. While IHSS workers are legally allowed to strike once their contract expires, local workers are pursuing other forms of negotiation instead — out of...

  Region 6Shasta County