Tag: Region 6

• Campaigns | September 11, 2025

  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,...

  Region 6IHSSLake County
• Union Updates | September 8, 2025

  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 | 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.

  Region 6Trinity County
• 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...

  IHSSTulare CountyRegion 6Medicaid 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...

  Shasta CountyRegion 6
• Press Coverage | April 11, 2025

  Working and Middle Class Revolt at Shasta County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Board Writes More Letters

  

  Local In-Home Support Services workers and attorneys from the Public Defender and District Attorney’s offices urgently pleaded for higher wages at Tuesday night’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. The IHSS workers, under the purple banner of Service Employees International Union...

  Region 6Shasta County
• 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...

  Shasta CountyRegion 6IHSS
• 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...

  IHSSLivable WageRegion 6Shasta Board of Supervisors
• Union Updates | March 17, 2025

  Shasta 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 Shasta County, approximately 4,300 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

  IHSSShastaRegion 6