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LA Sentinel | March 17, 2022

Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, released results from its worker poll that highlights an industry in crisis. COVID has exacerbated a pre-existing...

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PoliticoPro.com | March 11, 2022

‘You will see the wrath’ — Progressives warn Biden against cutting down agenda

President Joe Biden’s vision for building a vast "care economy" has collapsed — and Democrats fear their party’s political advantage with parents and caregivers could end up as collateral damage. “They cannot return home for a midterm election without bringing...
The 19th | March 11, 2022

Nursing home workers react to Biden’s ‘game-changing’ call for reform

Nursing home staffers — the majority of whom are women, disproportionately women of color — have kept centers running through unprecedented times. Now help could be coming. President Joe Biden last week rolled out an ambitious set of proposals to...

Nursing Homes Reform Bills President Biden
March 10, 2022

Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months.

SEIU 2015, the Nation’s Largest Long-Term Care Union, Releases Data Days after President Biden Outlines Industry Crisis in State of the Union Address. March 10, 2022, Los Angeles, CA — Today, SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union...

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March 2, 2022

In State of the Union, Biden Looks toCaregivers to Transform Nursing Home Industry

SEIU CaliforniaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Roth, 916.444.7170Maria Elena Jauregui, Spanish-language, 818.355.5291 Sacramento, CA – Members of the Services Employees International Union (SEIU) California warmly embraced the nursing home industry reforms President Biden released Monday and referred to in his...

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AL DÍA | February 23, 2022

La manifestación de Los Ángeles da el pistoletazo de salida al esfuerzo por naturalizar a 2 millones de ciudadanos estadounidenses este año

Hay aproximadamente 9 millones de residentes legales permanentes en EE.UU. con derecho a la ciudadanía que aún no la han solicitado. El martes 22 de febrero, los alcaldes de Los Ángeles y Long Beach (California) se unieron a representantes de...

Region 1
February 25, 2022

SEIU’s Henry: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Nomination to the Supreme Court is a Win for Working People

SEIU members, Fight for $15 worker leaders ready for the first Black woman justice to claim her seat on bench WASHINGTON, DC – Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement today in response...

Supreme Court Politics
The Washington Post | February 24, 2022

Black women are overrepresented and underpaid in health care’s toughest jobs, study shows

Black women are more overrepresented in health-care jobs than any other demographic groups, and are concentrated in its lowest-paid and most dangerous roles — disparities that are products of structural racism and sexism, according to a new study published this month...

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LA Sentinel | February 17, 2022

California’s Largest Labor Union Announces Endorsements for Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors District 3, and Other Local Races

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, announced their candidate endorsements for several open elected positions in 2022 in Los Angeles County, including the...

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Times Standard | February 14, 2022

Eureka nursing home staff demand better conditions

Residents at a Eureka nursing home got a special Valentine’s Day card this year. The workers at the facility wanted to let residents know their fight for better staffing levels would improve the lives of residents, too.

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The Bakersfield Californian | February 14, 2022

Union says higher wages will lead to better conditions at skilled nursing facility in Delano

Employees of a skilled nursing facility in Delano are pushing for higher wages, saying their low pay is creating “unsafe staffing levels” in nursing homes. Certified nurses assistants from the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility took part in a Valentine's...

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