SACRAMENTO, CA – SEIU California members today celebrated the signing of AB 1876 (Ting), a huge step forward in the inclusion of California’s immigrant communities in our economic safety net. AB 1876 will expand California’s tax credit for people with low incomes (CalEITC) to include all undocumented immigrants who qualify by income. Hundreds of thousands […]
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Assembly Labor Committee Passes Comprehensive PPE Legislation as COVID-19 Cases Resurge
Sacramento, CA, July 29, 2020 – As hospitals are again facing a crippling shortage of capacity to care for a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, and health officials have pinpointed workplace transmission as a primary source of coronavirus transmission, the Assembly Labor Committee voted 5 to 1 in support of SB 275 by Senator Richard Pan […]
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CA’s Largest Labor Union Warns Border Wall Funding & Reckless Emergency Declarations Will Only Hurt Families
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2019 – As Congress is set to approve a federal spending bill to avert a second government shutdown, the Trump Administration proves again it is set on ruling by chaos, abusing power and is eager to create more devastation by declaring a national emergency for a border wall that Americans are […]
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SEIU Calif. Joins State of Calif. to Stop Trump Administration from Overturning Immigrant Worker Protection Act
SACRAMENTO, May 18, 2018 – SEIU California, along with a coalition of workers, community advocates and Sacramento City Council Member Eric Guerra, gathered Friday to stop the Trump Administration from overturning a state law that protects all workers from discrimination. SEIU California filed an amicus brief to join the state of California in defense of […]
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SEIU California: Attorney General Sessions Seeks to Wipe Out Immigrants, People of Color with Census Tampering
SACRAMENTO, CA, March 28, 2018 – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from Riko Mendez, Executive Board Member of SEIU California and Chief Elected Officer of Local 521, in response to Attorney Jeff Sessions’ and the U.S. Department of Justice’s move, in concert with the Department of Commerce, to add […]