Tag: Santa Clara

• Press Coverage | July 23, 2025

  Aging population will further stress in-home support network

  New numbers point to coming crisis in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties Natascha Walker works full-time as her 22-year-old autistic daughter’s caregiver. Walker is a provider through California’s In-Home Support Services program, which enables disabled people and older adults to...

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• Union Updates | June 18, 2025

  Santa Clara County 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 Santa Clara County, over 36,000 IHSS workers provide long-term care services (including...

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• Press Coverage | June 18, 2025

  News Coverage of Santa Clara IHSS rally

  On June 17, 2025, over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge county officials to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers amid months-long negotiations for a new...

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• Press Release | June 17, 2025

  Home care workers urge Santa Clara County Supervisors to invest in long-term care and support immigrant workers  

  IHSS workers, many of whom are immigrants, rally for fair pay to address care crisis Santa Clara County, CA – Today over 100 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside of the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors meeting to urge...

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• Media Advisory | June 17, 2025

  Santa Clara County home care workers, many of whom are immigrants, rally to address Santa Clara County’s growing long-term care crisis in the wake of escalating raids in immigrant communities

  **MEDIA ADVISORY**  WHEN: Tuesday, June 17, 20258:00 AM: Over 400 home care workers and allies rally outside of the Santa Clara County Government Center. SEIU 2015 home care workers are available for media interviews.9:30 AM: Home care workers provide public comment at the...

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• Media Advisory | May 5, 2025

  Home care workers rally for livable wages to address Santa Clara County’s growing long-term care crisis

  **MEDIA ADVISORY**  WHEN: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 8:30 AM: Over 150 home care workers and allies rally outside of the Santa Clara County Government Center. SEIU 2015 home care workers are available for media interviews. 9:30 AM: Home care workers provide public comment at...

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• Media | Press Release | March 25, 2025

  New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Santa Clara’s over 36,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

  Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Santa Clara County, CA – Today, Santa Clara’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 million workers...

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