The Latest from Our Union

June 12, 2020

Listen in to our June 12th tele town halls online!

Every other week we’ve been holding tele town halls to help ensure that our members are informed and up to date in this pandemic time. If you missed the June 12th home care and nursing home tele town halls, you can...

IHSS Nursing Homes
Medium | June 6, 2020

A Win for our Long Term Care Champ, Gavin Newsom!

Home care and nursing home workers throughout California rejoice the first place win of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom for state Governor. At the start of his campaign, Gavin Newsom met with members of SEIU 2015, walked a day in our shoes, and expressed his...

Politics Home Care IHSS
The New York Times | June 6, 2020

Navigating Home Care During the Pandemic
Capital and Main | June 4, 2020

Caregivers See Threats from COVID-19 and Budget Cuts

As California reopens, essential home care workers may have their hours cut. For workers who provide in-home care for disabled and elderly individuals, reopening the economy is a risky proposition. As a low-paid workforce, they are particularly vulnerable to both exploitation and infection....

Kim Evon Covid
La Opinión | May 28, 2020

Coronavirus pone a trabajadores de asilos al filo de la navaja

Aman su trabajo esencial, pero al mismo tiempo han sido de los más impactados por la pandemia. Roberta Rodríguez, una enfermera asistente que se contagió de coronavirus en un asilo de la ciudad de Santa Ana donde trabaja, pasó noches...

Arnulfo De La Cruz Covid
CBSnews.com | May 18, 2020

Understaffing at nursing homes may be making coronavirus crisis worse: “It makes me mad and it makes me scared”

Out of more than 89,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States, over 28,000 are connected to nursing homes, CBS News has confirmed. And a lack of staff at these facilities may have made the problem worse...

Covid Nursing Homes
May 14, 2020

Nursing Home Workers and California’s Largest Union – SEIU Local 2015 – Participate in a “National Day of Action” in Honor of National Skilled Nursing Care Week

Nursing Home Workers Assemble Caregivers Caravan to Make Stops at Nursing Homes to Support Workers and Residents as Employers Neglect to Do Their Part to Flatten the Curve Los Angeles, CA -- May 14 -- Today, Service Employees International Union...
May 11, 2020

California’s Largest Union, Nursing Home Workers, and Elected Leaders Call for Overhaul of Nursing Home Industry as Covid Deaths Continue to Climb

Short-Staffing, Lack of PPE, and Inconsistent Testing are Symptoms of Larger Structural Flaws, Urges Government, Industry and Labor Unity to Improve Care and Working Conditions Los Angeles, CA -- May 11, 2020 -- The President of California’s largest labor union,...
Medium | May 10, 2020

California: Seniors and People with Disabilities Do Not Want To Be Tracked. Do Not Threaten Their Quality Care and Privacy #StopEVV

Imagine being required by law to carry a device with you 24/7 that tracks everywhere you go, everything you do, and shares your information with multi-billion dollar companies. This is a reality that seniors and people with disabilities are currently...

Health Seniors California
APnews.com | May 9, 2020

Focus on nursing home workers amid continued virus outbreaks

For nearly two months, many nursing homes nationwide have been on virtual lockdown. Families of residents are not allowed inside, vendors have to drop deliveries outside and the only people coming in and out are health care workers and assistants. ...

PPE Covid Nursing Homes
Daily News | May 3, 2020

‘It’s been a nightmare.’ Inside Chatsworth nursing home’s struggle to contain its coronavirus outbreak

The 132-bed Stoney Point Healthcare Center has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. For several days, Lisa Cook had no communication with her 62-year-old husband, who was confined to Chatsworth’s Stoney Point nursing home after a stroke left him...

Nursing Homes Kim Evon Covid