The Latest from Our Union

March 27, 2025

March 2025 Member Newsletter

United to protect Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Beginning last month, SEIU 2015 members have been taking bold action to protect Medicaid from proposed budget cuts. More than 80 million Americans rely on Medicaid (also known as Medi-Cal), including those needing home care...

All Regions Newsletter
Shasta Scout | March 27, 2025

Shasta County’s IHSS Workers are Asking for a Livable Wage. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Amidst a County-wide healthcare shortage, more than 4,000 IHSS workers are serving on the frontlines for $18.10 an hour. They’re negotiating for more. In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers rallied outside Shasta’s Administrative Building for the second time this year on...

IHSS Livable Wage Region 6 Shasta Board of Supervisors
March 25, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Alameda County’s over 30,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Alameda County, CA – Today, Alameda County’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers across...

IHSS Alameda County Press Release
March 25, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Santa Clara’s over 36,000 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers urge County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Santa Clara County, CA – Today, Santa Clara’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) workers, members of SEIU Local 2015—the nation’s largest long-term care union representing more than half a million workers...

Santa Clara County Region 5 Santa Clara Santa Clara IHSS IHSS
March 20, 2025

Trump’s Dept. of Education Shutdown Advances Billionaire Agenda, Making Our Students & Schools Pay

SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California today rebuked Trump’s Executive Order attempting to shut down the U.S. Department of Education in all but name without Congressional approval. According to Ed Source, California schools received $8 billion in federal funding last budget year,...

Department of Education Trump
March 19, 2025

Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services

SEIU CaliforniaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2025 Watch press conference recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7_iLEUJ64 Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that...

Statewide Bargaining All Regions IHSS
March 19, 2025

News Coverage, Home Care Workers Advance Plan to Protect Life-Saving Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Fight Federal Cuts to Medi-Cal, Strengthen In-Home Supportive Services

Sacramento, CA – Home care workers were joined today by Assemblymember Matt Haney for a news conference celebrating a critical step forward for their plan to protect the life-saving care that 829,000 seniors and people with disabilities depend on in California:...

IHSS Medi-Cal Budget Cuts AB 283
March 18, 2025

News Coverage of the Hands off Medicaid Rallies in Southern California

ABC7: Hands off Medicaid RallyConcerns over potential Medicaid cuts have spurred rallies and demonstrations across the state and the country. In the Inland Empire, Representative Pete Aguilar held an event Tuesday in San Bernardino. And the SEIU staged a rally...
March 17, 2025

Shasta 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 Shasta County, approximately 4,300 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

IHSS Shasta Region 6
March 14, 2025

Yolo 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 Yolo County, approximately 3,400 IHSS workers provide long-term care services—including household work,...

IHSS Region 4 Yolo
Los Angeles Times | March 12, 2025

If Trump cuts Medicaid, this California Republican’s House seat would be imperiled

Rep. David Valadao faced a no-win decision last month: Fall into line behind President Trump and vote for a budget resolution that would almost certainly cut into Medicaid funding, risking his constituents’ wrath; or vote against it, catapulting his party...

Trump Region 3 Budget Cuts Medicaid