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Seniors Lifestyle Mag | May 11, 2022

To Fix Nursing Homes, Listen to Nursing Home Workers

Just over two years ago, Californians were ordered to stay at home to halt the spread of COVID-19. Our lives haven’t been the same since. But one thing hasn’t changed—the conditions that made nursing homes more dangerous than any other...

Nursing Homes Covid
May 11, 2022

May 11th: Home Care Providers Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office in Escalation of their “Time for $20” Campaign

Los Angeles, CA, Wednesday, May 11th – Today, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers — joined by their supporters, including Ron Herrera, President of LA County Federation of Labor, Apolonio Morales of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles...

Los Angeles TimeFor$20 Region 1
May 11, 2022

Home Care Providers Rally at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Office in Escalation of their “Time for $20” Campaign

Backdropped by a giant banner listing basic necessities they can’t afford, members of SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than 400,000 long-term care workers in California, rallied for a $20 per hour living wage floor and...

TimeFor$20 Homecare Workers Region 1
May 11, 2022

Remembering Roberto De La Cruz

By Mary Kay Henry The SEIU family has lost a true warrior for workers. Roberto De La Cruz helped transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of working people during his fifty years in the labor movement, including twenty with...

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World Journal | May 6, 2022

Alameda County’s 6,000 Chinese-American nurses are getting a pay rise, expected to take effect in September

阿拉米達縣6000華裔護工要漲薪了預計9月生效長期家庭護理工會（SEIU 2015）本周與阿拉米達縣達成初步協議，家庭護工在未來三年內漲薪18%，在2025年1月1日達到時薪20元的水準。阿縣目前有2萬1000個護工，其中四分之一為亞裔，多數為華裔。華裔護工約6000人。做了20多年家庭護工的華人朱麗霞（Lisa Zhu）5日呼籲更多同事加入工會，也希望工會為會員爭取退休金等更多福利。

IHSS Region 5
May 6, 2022

Town Hall brings nursing home workers face-to-face with legislators moving proposal to transform the industry

Sen. Stern, Asm. Santiago joined SEIU 2015 in championing the Skilled Nursing Quality Standards Board to address the industry’s “Great Resignation” crisis and dangerously low staffing levels to ensure quality care May 6, 2022, Los Angeles, CA – Yesterday, long-term...

Nursing Homes April Verrett
KBLA Radio | May 4, 2022

The Labor Movement Today w/Shakari Byerly & Anetta Wells

As we celebrated International Workers Day on May 1, this time on the Legal Lens Show we welcome Shakari Byerly - Managing Partner and Principal Researcher at EVITARUS - and Annetta Wells - the Statewide Deputy Political Director for SEIU...

International Workers Day Annetta Wells Legal Lens Show
May 4, 2022

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The Guardian | May 4, 2022

‘Poverty-level wages’: California workers fight to reform nursing homes

Jesus Figueroa Cacho, a certified nursing assistant of the Sacramento, California area, has worked in the nursing home industry for about 25 years. She consistently works 16 hour long shifts, 60 to 80 hours per week, often working through breaks...

Nursing Homes TimeFor$20
May 4, 2022

Statement from SEIU Local 2015 President April Verrett on Supreme Court Draft Opinion Regarding Roe v. Wade

Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 2022 – April Verrett, President of SEIU Local 2015, released the following statement in response to the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court announcing the intention to strike down Roe v. Wade: “This Monday,...

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Politico Pro’s “Morning Shift” newsletter | May 4, 2022

Could Roe Ruling Spark a Dem Policy Push?

The SEIU is rolling out a lobbying campaign Thursday around D.C. to ramp up pressure on Congress to advance funding for home- and community-based care services as part of a revived, Democrat-backed budget reconciliation deal. The initiative includes banners and...

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