The Latest from Our Union

May 19, 2025

San Joaquin County home care workers—mostly women of color—ratify new union contract, raising wages to more than $20 an hour by 2028

San Joaquin County, CA – Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across California, ratified a new three-year union contract with the...

Region 4 San Joaquin
May 16, 2025

Monterey IHSS Campaign Update

Latest update 05/16/2025 Standing Up for Caregivers in Monterey County SEIU 2015 Members at Monterey Community Briefing On May 16th, Monterey County IHSS providers held a Community Briefing hosted by our Executive Vice President Marcus Mc Rae, who spoke on...

Livable Wage Region 3 IHSS
ABC News | May 16, 2025

‘I feel very scared’: Some Americans fear losing coverage due to proposed Medicaid cuts

Key components of the bill to fund President Donald Trump's agenda looks to provide major tax breaks by cutting spending elsewhere, including massive cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans....

Medicaid Cuts Republican Budget Cuts
May 16, 2025

San Joaquin 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 San Joaquin County, approximately 8,250 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household...

San Joaquin Region 4 IHSS
May 15, 2025

Statement from Arnulfo De La Cruz, President of SEIU Local 2015, and Doug Moore, Executive Director of UDW, on Governor Newsom’s May Revise Budget Proposal

“As President of SEIU Local 2015 and Executive Director of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 respectively, representing over 700,000 long-term care workers across California, we want to be crystal clear: proposed cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and Medi-Cal are unacceptable, shortsighted,...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Livable Wage Budget Cuts
May 14, 2025

May Revise Protects the Wealthy And Fails to Address Working People’s Struggles in California

State Budget Proposal Echoes Federal Proposals SEIU Members Are Fighting Against SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California - 750,000 workers strong - today called out the hypocrisy in a state budget that takes money and services from the same working class Californians who ...

Republican Budget Cuts David Huerta
Times of San Diego | May 14, 2025

Medicaid cuts threaten California’s in-home caregivers

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...

Republican Budget Cuts IHSS Medicaid Cuts
May 13, 2025

SEIU California Pushes Back on Department of Homeland Security’s Bullying “Investigation” of California’s Safety Net

LOS ANGELES, CA – David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW (United Service Workers West), made the following statement on the announcement of the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI): “Donald Trump’s...

ICE Immigrant Communities David Huerta Dept. Homeland Security
Capital & Main | 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...

Tulare County Region 6 Medicaid Cuts Republican Budget Cuts IHSS
May 7, 2025

News Coverage of Longtime Santa Cruz resident’s immigration detention sparks protests ahead of court hearing in Washington state

Cliona Ward, a longtime Santa Cruz resident, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on April 21, 2025, after returning from Ireland where she was visiting her sick father. Lookout Santa Cruz:Longtime Santa Cruz resident's immigration detention sparks...

Santa Cruz Region 3 Immigration ICE Green Card
May 6, 2025

LA County IHSS Campaign Updates

LA IHSS Campaign Update Latest update 5/6/2025 LA County IHSS care providers gathered at the Board of Supervisors to make their voices heard and demand to invest in the Future of Care. Los Angeles County IHSS providers returned to the...

Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Livable Wage Region 1 LA