Tag: Staffing Crisis

Press Coverage | January 9, 2025

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

Demand for direct care workers will grow by 35 percent to 41 percent between 2022 and 2037, according to some projections. President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born...

Immigration Staffing Crisis Trump
Press Release | February 21, 2023

Home Care Workers from SEIU 2015 and UDW, Saying “Our Care Counts,” Launch Legislation to Transform Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities

Fragmented system and poverty wages have created a crisis-level shortage of home care workers; tens of thousands of seniors and people with disabilities are going without necessary care Caregivers are leading the way to fix the system with AB...

Region 4 Staffing Crisis Caregiving Crisis
Press Release | May 24, 2022

Nursing Home Workers Rally in 4th Statewide Day of Action As Pressure Grows for Response to Staffing Crisis and Low Wages

As the Governor Calls for Nursing Home Worker Empowerment and the Senate Lays the Foundation for Fundamental Reform Through A Quality Standards Board… Members of SEIU 2015 will again mobilize across the state in a series of actions to address...

Nursing Homes Low Wages Staffing Crisis
Press Coverage | March 17, 2022

Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, released results from its worker poll that highlights an industry in crisis. COVID has exacerbated a pre-existing...

Staffing Crisis Covid Nursing Homes