The Latest from Our Union

April 10, 2025

Statement from President of SEIU Local 2015 Arnulfo De La Cruz on Texas Ruling Striking Down Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standards

Ruling overturns first-ever national safe staffing requirement, jeopardizing care for older adults, people with disabilities, and the workers who provide essential care. Press Contact: DKC News, SEIU@dkcnews.comApril 10, 2025 “Last year, we achieved the first ever national standard on ensuring...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Unsafe Staffing Levels
April 8, 2025

Trump Uses IRS to Target Tax-Paying Families,Exposing the Lies Behind MAGA Deportation Machine

SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California responded to the reported agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to share sensitive information about taxpayers and their families with the Trump deportation machine. David Huerta, President of SEIU California and...

Trump Immigration Deportation
Daily Democrat | 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 4 Healthcare Cuts Yolo County
KRCTV-ABC 7 | 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...

IHSS Region 6 Shasta County
Capital & Main | April 7, 2025

A Mother’s Battle to Protect Her Son’s Care

Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand. There is not much Josh Lockwood-Wewer loves more than Disney. The affable 33-year-old speaks almost exclusively in the...

IHSS Medicaid
Capital & Main | April 3, 2025

Have Skilled Nursing Facilities Become Dumping Grounds for the Mentally Ill?

When the 911 call comes from inside the nursing home, health care workers are sometimes the victims. A couple of years ago, the trickle became a flood. Christina Lockyer-White had long known that the skilled nursing facility where she worked in...

Mental Health Care Worker Safety Victory Nursing Homes
April 2, 2025

News Coverage of Rally in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Support Immigrant Rights

People from across California gathered in Delano on March 31 to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrant communities and to celebrate former civil rights advocate Cesar Chavez, who once led a five-year strike challenging California farmers in Delano, demanding fair wages...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Ceasar Chavez Immigrant Rights Livable Wage Delano
Market Watch | April 1, 2025

There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge. At the same time, the Trump administration is ramping up its campaign to deport immigrants, who make up about one-third of such...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Immigration Reform Care Crisis
The Economic Times | April 1, 2025

Is Donald Trump watching? The U.S. is facing a massive healthcare crisis, without immigrants, there’s no one to care for the elderly

America is racing towards a home healthcare disaster, according to a report. As the population in the US ages, the nation confronts an alarming task: employing sufficient personnel to take care of the elderly, as per Off The Front Page...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Care Crisis Immigration
Morningstar | March 29, 2025

There’s already a caregiver crisis. So who will take care of Mom if immigrant workers get deported?

There will be 9.3 million job openings for direct-care workers in the home healthcare sector over the next decade, research says As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge....

Arnulfo De La Cruz Immigration Caregiver Crisis
March 27, 2025

March 2025 Member Newsletter

United to protect Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Beginning last month, SEIU 2015 members have been taking bold action to protect Medicaid from proposed budget cuts. More than 80 million Americans rely on Medicaid (also known as Medi-Cal), including those needing home care...

All Regions Newsletter