The Latest from Our Union

CalMatters | March 12, 2025

California has known that disabled people need help in fires. After LA, can it better prepare for the next one?

When strong winds shattered the windows on the top floor of Nancy Busacca’s Pasadena home, Michelle Hollis knew it was time to go. Hollis, Busacca’s caretaker for the past year, packed the essentials. She tried to remain as calm as...

Wildfires Region 1
March 11, 2025

Inyo County home care providers–mostly women of color–continue negotiations for a new contract around healthcare and wages.

Inyo County, CA—Today, Inyo In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers—members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union, and California’s largest labor union representing more than half a million nursing home workers and home care providers—gathered at...

Livable Wage Region 3 Inyo County
March 11, 2025

New survey reveals widespread impact of low wages among Shasta’s 4,300 home care workers, worsening county’s care crisis

Workers continue urging County Supervisors to address crisis by raising wages Shasta County, CA – Today, Shasta’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 Shasta Region 6
USA Today | March 10, 2025

The caregiving industry relies on immigrants. These workers fear deportation under Trump

A homecare worker wakes at 3:30 a.m., showers, and prepares for a more than 10-hour day of attending to her clients. She cooks. She cleans. She replaces catheter bags. She bathes her clients, checks their blood pressure, and ensures they take...

Trump All Regions Immigration Mass Deportations
March 9, 2025

Take action to protect Medicaid

We believe that everyone has a right to healthcare so that our families and communities can thrive. Medicaid is the largest health insurance program in the country, providing healthcare to nearly 80 million people, and has the support of 77%...

Medicaid
March 9, 2025

February 2025 Member Newsletter

The past month has shown that we’ve got our work cut out for us as we continue our push for justice – our embrace of diversity and accessibility, our demand for just immigration policy, our efforts to win unions for...

All Regions Newsletter
February 25, 2025

Media Coverage: Anaheim Hills Medicaid Rally

La Opinión: Residentes y trabajadores de salud en el condado de Orange presionan para evitar recortes al presupuesto. Lea mas aquí. Univision 6pm: Anaheim Hills Medicaid Rally 2/24/2025 https://youtu.be/BZmuqBjC1mk Univision 11:30pm - Anaheim Hills Medicaid Rally 2/24/2025 https://youtu.be/IMA8q0dvUIA

Budget Cuts Anaheim Hills Young Kim
February 25, 2025

CA Workers to House Republicans:You Can’t Hide from Vote to Slash Health Care for Millions

SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California responded to the party-line vote on the Republican House budget resolution today, which pays for Trump’s billionaire tax cuts by slashing $880 billion from health care and safety net programs that more than 15 million Californians...

Health Care Tax Cut All Regions
The New York Times | February 24, 2025

Medicaid Cuts Pose Budget Conundrum for Valadao and Republicans Nationwide

For Rep. David Valadao of California and other Republicans whose constituents depend on Medicaid, a vote for their party's budget could be politically fatal.

Medicaid David Valadao
San Francisco Public Press | February 24, 2025

Mass Deportation Threats Put Caregivers, Seniors, Disabled People on High Alert

President Donald Trump’s promises to implement mass deportations and other potential changes to immigration policies could strain an already-understaffed health care workforce, making it harder for older adults and people with disabilities to receive care at home and in nursing...

Immigration
Lost Coast Outpost | February 20, 2025

Members of Service Workers Union Protest Republican Budget Resolution That Would Slash Medicaid Funding

Local home health care workers gathered outside of Rep. Jared Huffman’s Eureka district office this afternoon to demonstrate against a Congressional Republican budget proposal that would slash billions of dollars in spending on Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the...

Eureka Region 6