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April 18, 2025

News Coverage of Hands off our Medicaid rallies

CBS: Hands off Medicaid Rally in Bakersfield https://youtu.be/8wpziHSouas?si=qBx_00TfoegALS5I Fox News: Hands off Medicaid Rally in Bakersfield https://youtu.be/eVoCwc8gCF8?si=KPtAQ3TINm0TLuFj

Region 3 Bakersfield Medicaid Medicaid Cuts
Mid Valley Times | April 18, 2025

Fresno County reaches tentative agreement with care workers

FRESNO - SEIU Local 2015 has reached a tentative agreement with Fresno County to boost thousands of home care workers' wages and benefits, potentially putting a cap on strenuous negotiations that dragged on for over two years. If approved by...

Livable Wage Fresno Region 3
April 16, 2025

Alameda County 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 Alameda County, over 30,000 IHSS workers provide long-term care services (including household...

IHSS Alameda Region 5
LAist.com | April 16, 2025

LA County budget proposal reflects wildfire effects, landmark sex abuse settlement, federal funding losses

Most Los Angeles County departments would be required to reduce spending by 3% under an austere budget proposal unveiled Monday by the chief executive officer. The $47.9 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1 reflects “extraordinary...

Region 1 LA County Budget
April 16, 2025

Fresno County home care providers—mostly women and women of color— reach a tentative agreement with the Board of Supervisors.

Latest update 4/16/2025 Fresno IHSS care providers work to vote for a strong contract that features better wages and increased healthcare coverage! Fresno County care providers after recently reaching a tentative agreement victory (read more about it here) were mentioned...

IHSS Fresno County Region 3 Livable Wage
April 16, 2025

Los Angeles Home Care Providers–mostly women of color and the county’s largest low-wage workforce–left behind in the county’s budget presentation

IHSS caregivers note that the county is responsible for lifting their wages and insist that paying for the county’s sex abuse lawsuits should not fall on their backs. LOS ANGELES, CA—Yesterday, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU...

Los Angeles Livable Wage Women of Color Region 1
Fresnoland | April 16, 2025

Fresno County’s 25,000 care workers set to get raise under new deal

SEIU Local 2015, which represents Fresno County’s over 25,000 IHSS workers, reached a tentative agreement with the county after over two years of bargaining. SEIU Local 2015 has reached a tentative agreement with Fresno County to boost thousands of home...

IHSS Fresno Region 3 Victory Healthcare Benefits
The Fresno Bee | April 15, 2025

Fresno County in-home caregivers to receive pay increase, union says

After two years of negotiations, thousands of Fresno County in-home care workers are poised to secure a pay bump and increased medical benefits. The union that represents more than 500,000 caregivers across California announced a tentative contract agreement with the...

Victory Fresno County Region 3 Wage Increase
April 15, 2025

Fresno County home care providers—mostly women and women of color— reach a tentative agreement with Board of Supervisors

If ratified, caregivers are expected to earn $18.35 by September 2025 This milestone comes after caregivers used their collective power last November to elect care champions to the Board Fresno County, CA – The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers of...

Fresno County Marcus Mc Rae Region 3
Yahoo News | April 15, 2025

Fresno County in-home caregivers to receive pay increase, union says

After two years of negotiations, thousands of Fresno County in-home care workers are poised to secure a pay bump and increased medical benefits. The union that represents more than 500,000 caregivers across California announced a tentative contract agreement with the...

IHSS Pay Increase Region 3 Fresno County
NPR | April 14, 2025

How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers

As Congress looks for ways to reduce the federal deficit, Medicaid is in the spotlight. Last week, the GOP-led House passed a budget framework that allows both chambers of Congress to work on a major budget plan they expect to pass without...

Medicaid Medicare Trump Cuts