The Latest from Our Union

January 22, 2024

SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry Statement on War in Gaza

WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement today: “SEIU’s almost two million members believe that wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot. We condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and hate...

Palestine Gaza
ABC 27 | January 17, 2024

$5 Million Grant to San Francisco Nonprofit Homebridge Aims to Remove Language Barriers for Home Care Workers

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco-based Homebridge - California's only nonprofit dedicated to providing both direct in-home supportive services and workforce training to home care providers - has received a two-year, $5 million grant to develop an immersive, on-the-job English language training program for...

Region 5
Salon | January 15, 2024

MLK’s dream fulfilled: Why the labor movement is suddenly surging

As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King on what would have been his 95th birthday, I’m reflecting on how much further we have to go to achieve his vision of racial and economic justice. These...
January 10, 2024

Tehama IHSS providers and allies speak out for wage increases

Click here to see press coverage! As negotiations between Tehama County IHSS providers and the Board of Supervisors continue, caregivers are standing strong in their solidarity and calling upon the County to address the urgent care crisis and grant IHSS...

Region 6 Tehama
KQED Radio Feature | January 7, 2024

Napa County In-Home Care Providers Win $20 Wage by April 2024

Featuring Napa IHSS Provider Joela Trujillo, January 7, 2024. https://youtu.be/3menCR9V__E?si=ezVhW4KFG3qMF7y9

Region 5 Napa
North Bay Business Journal | January 4, 2024

New contract with Napa County home health workers includes pay boost, training

Napa County appear to be close to a new contract for more than 1,550 local in-home care workers. The union representing caregivers for seniors and those with disabilities said on Wednesday that it reached a tentative agreement the last week...

Livable Wage Region 5 Time for $20 Napa
January 3, 2024

Napa County In-Home Care Providers—mostly women—reach tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors on new union contract

If ratified, would put caregiver pay at $20/hr Napa, CA – Last week, the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing nearly 450,000 caregivers across California, reached a tentative agreement for...

Napa Region 5 Time for $20
December 29, 2023

‘Time to get to work’ As Corporate Fast Food Interest Groups Drop Referendum Efforts, California Workers, SEIU Leaders Prepare for Implementation of Landmark Statewide Fast Food Council ‘Time to get to work’

CALIFORNIA — As the new year approaches, California fast food cooks and cashiers, organizing with the Service Employees International Union, are preparing for the implementation of the nation’s first-ever Fast Food Council. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1228, a...

Livable Wage AB 1228 FAST Recovery Act
ABC 7 - KRCR | December 28, 2023

‘Please show us that you care.’ Tehama County caretakers once again plea Supervisors for higher wages

Tehama County, CA -- ‘In-Home Supportive Services' (IHSS) caretakers plead, once more, to Tehama County Supervisors for a pay raise during Tuesday morning's supervisor meeting. IHSS workers in the county have been without a contract for 11 years now, and their...

Region 6 Tehama County
KZYX Mendocino | December 22, 2023

SEIU 1021 reaches tentative agreement; caregivers still waiting for deal with county

The county and its largest employees union have made a tentative agreement for a three-year contract, after months of negotiations. But the caregivers union is still waiting for a deal.

Region 6 Mendocino 1021
December 20, 2023

Brius Nursing Home Campaign: Contract Ratification!

Click here to see our latest KTLA press coverage Click here to see photos PRESS RELEASE on Tentative Agreement In 2023, after months of bargaining and delivering a 10-day notice of intent to strike in October 2023, nursing home union...

Nursing Homes Livable Wage Region 1