Our healthcare is on the line.
Our labor protections are on the line.
Our LIVELIHOODS are on the line.
That’s why, this November 4th, it is beyond important to get out and VOTE.
#CareIsEssential #UnionsForAll #HandsOffMedicaid
Our labor protections are on the line.
Our LIVELIHOODS are on the line.
That’s why, this November 4th, it is beyond important to get out and VOTE.
#CareIsEssential #UnionsForAll #HandsOffMedicaid
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Our healthcare is on the line.
Our labor protections are on the line.
Our LIVELIHOODS are on the line.
That’s why, this November 4th, it is beyond important to get out and VOTE.
#CareIsEssential #UnionsForAll #HandsOffMedicaid
Our labor protections are on the line.
Our LIVELIHOODS are on the line.
That’s why, this November 4th, it is beyond important to get out and VOTE.
#CareIsEssential #UnionsForAll #HandsOffMedicaid
It’s official! Michigan home care workers have won their union! This historic win means a better future where care workers get the respect they deserve, and our loved ones can get the care they need. #CareIsEssential
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It’s official! Michigan home care workers have won their union! This historic win means a better future where care workers get the respect they deserve, and our loved ones can get the care they need. #CareIsEssential
Elijah is 7. He has cerebral palsy. Medicaid pays for his wheelchair and therapies. SNAP helps his family eat. Now cruel federal cuts are taking that away.
This is wrong. #CareIsEssential
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This is wrong. #CareIsEssential
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How California families are already bracing for looming Medicaid cuts
This Orange County family wants the best for a child who has cerebral palsy. Cuts to Medicaid could make it harder to access care.
www.yahoo.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Elijah is 7. He has cerebral palsy. Medicaid pays for his wheelchair and therapies. SNAP helps his family eat. Now cruel federal cuts are taking that away.
This is wrong. #CareIsEssential
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This is wrong. #CareIsEssential
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Echoing what @arnulfoseiu2015.bsky.social said! Trump’s policies around immigration and healthcare will be catastrophic for caregiving—especially in California. #CareIsEssential economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
April 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Echoing what @arnulfoseiu2015.bsky.social said! Trump’s policies around immigration and healthcare will be catastrophic for caregiving—especially in California. #CareIsEssential economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on our communities in California. Nearly half of our state’s care workers are immigrants. Without them, our caregiving infrastructure would be horribly weakened. #CareIsEssential southkernsol.org/2025/04/02/c...
Californians gather in Delano to honor Cesar Chavez and support immigrant rights - South Kern Sol
People from across California gathered in Delano on March 31 to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrant communities and to celebrate former civil rights advocate Cesar Chavez, who once led a five-year strike challenging California farmers in Delano, demanding fair wages and better working conditions for farm laborers. The event was organized by the United Farm […]
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April 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on our communities in California. Nearly half of our state’s care workers are immigrants. Without them, our caregiving infrastructure would be horribly weakened. #CareIsEssential southkernsol.org/2025/04/02/c...
California’s care economy depends on immigrants. Home care, long-term care, nursing home, and other care workers—many of them immigrants—keep our families safe. We need policies that support them, not deport them. #PutCareFirst #CareIsEssential www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Immigration crackdowns disrupt caregivers. Families are paying the price.
The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for nursing facilities and home health agencies that rely on foreign-born workers.
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May 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
California’s care economy depends on immigrants. Home care, long-term care, nursing home, and other care workers—many of them immigrants—keep our families safe. We need policies that support them, not deport them. #PutCareFirst #CareIsEssential www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Dany Fleurantus is one of hundreds of Florida nursing home workers who is uniting with her peers through @1199seiu.org to fight for a fair contract. It’s time for employers to be fair to those who care. #Unite4Care #careisessential
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dany Fleurantus is one of hundreds of Florida nursing home workers who is uniting with her peers through @1199seiu.org to fight for a fair contract. It’s time for employers to be fair to those who care. #Unite4Care #careisessential
💪 All care workers are essential—providing vital support to your loved ones every day, but are too often overworked and underpaid. That’s why we fight for better pay, benefits, and the right to join a union. #CareIsEssential
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
💪 All care workers are essential—providing vital support to your loved ones every day, but are too often overworked and underpaid. That’s why we fight for better pay, benefits, and the right to join a union. #CareIsEssential
3 out of 4 people using Medicaid-funded long-term care receive it at home, not in an institution. That’s what people want. That’s what communities need. And that’s why we fight to fully fund home care. #CareIsEssential
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5 Key Facts about Medicaid’s Share of National Health Spending | KFF
To provide historical context for how changes to Medicaid spending may impact national health spending trends, this brief explores how Medicaid spending contributes to national health spending and how different service areas contribute to Medicaid costs.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
3 out of 4 people using Medicaid-funded long-term care receive it at home, not in an institution. That’s what people want. That’s what communities need. And that’s why we fight to fully fund home care. #CareIsEssential
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ake County’s caregivers are holding the line, while barely getting by.
They’re caring for our elders and people with disabilities, yet can’t afford groceries or gas.
Supervisors, it’s simple: raise the rate.
#CareIsEssential
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They’re caring for our elders and people with disabilities, yet can’t afford groceries or gas.
Supervisors, it’s simple: raise the rate.
#CareIsEssential
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IHSS providers tell Lake County supervisors pay must cover rising costs
Multiple In-Home Supportive Services providers told the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 21 they need a new contract with livable pay to retain caregivers and avoid leaving clients without in-home care.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ake County’s caregivers are holding the line, while barely getting by.
They’re caring for our elders and people with disabilities, yet can’t afford groceries or gas.
Supervisors, it’s simple: raise the rate.
#CareIsEssential
citizenportal.ai/articles/639...
They’re caring for our elders and people with disabilities, yet can’t afford groceries or gas.
Supervisors, it’s simple: raise the rate.
#CareIsEssential
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Cutting Medicaid means cutting care. That’s not just bad policy, it's devastating for families, communities, and caregivers. #CareIsEssential
September 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Cutting Medicaid means cutting care. That’s not just bad policy, it's devastating for families, communities, and caregivers. #CareIsEssential
The weight of the pandemic hasn’t lifted for caregivers. Five years after COVID-19 began, many care workers are still dealing with PTSD, financial insecurity, and exhaustion. They stepped up for us—now we must continue stepping up for them. #CareIsEssential
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Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help - KFF Health News
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandem...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The weight of the pandemic hasn’t lifted for caregivers. Five years after COVID-19 began, many care workers are still dealing with PTSD, financial insecurity, and exhaustion. They stepped up for us—now we must continue stepping up for them. #CareIsEssential
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“If there are not folks here to take care of our loved ones, that means folks are going to have to choose: Do I go to work? Do I stay home with my aging parents?” -April Verrett, @seiu.org #CareIsEssential #ImmigrantsAreEssential
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The caregiving industry relies on immigrants. These workers fear deportation under Trump
Although immigrants comprise 17% of the total American labor force, they make up 31% of the home care workforce.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“If there are not folks here to take care of our loved ones, that means folks are going to have to choose: Do I go to work? Do I stay home with my aging parents?” -April Verrett, @seiu.org #CareIsEssential #ImmigrantsAreEssential
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Thank you to every provider and ally who stood with us today. Our message is clear: You can’t cut care and expect silence! We’re just getting started.
#HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #CareIsEssential #StopTheCuts #UDW
#HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #CareIsEssential #StopTheCuts #UDW
May 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank you to every provider and ally who stood with us today. Our message is clear: You can’t cut care and expect silence! We’re just getting started.
#HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #CareIsEssential #StopTheCuts #UDW
#HandsOffIHSS #ProtectAndDefend #CareIsEssential #StopTheCuts #UDW
Medicaid isn't a handout. It's a lifeline—for caregivers, our families, and the people we serve. Slashing it while handing tax breaks to billionaires? That’s not policy. That’s violence. #CareisEssential
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Medicaid isn't a handout. It's a lifeline—for caregivers, our families, and the people we serve. Slashing it while handing tax breaks to billionaires? That’s not policy. That’s violence. #CareisEssential
The Department of Labor is trying to reverse history. They’re trying to say that home care workers are not deserving of overtime protections or minimum wage… that sets us back into a whole other era. #CareIsEssential
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September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Department of Labor is trying to reverse history. They’re trying to say that home care workers are not deserving of overtime protections or minimum wage… that sets us back into a whole other era. #CareIsEssential
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More than half of all long-term care funding comes from Medicaid. Cutting it means cutting the care families rely on. Home care and nursing home workers are already stretched thin, we need more investment, not less. #CareIsEssential
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What Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts mean for caregivers
Caring for a family member who’s aging or disabled can take a huge toll on caregivers.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
More than half of all long-term care funding comes from Medicaid. Cutting it means cutting the care families rely on. Home care and nursing home workers are already stretched thin, we need more investment, not less. #CareIsEssential
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Trump wants to roll back decades of progress by gutting Medicaid, the single largest source of long-term care funding. That means less care for older adults and people with disabilities, and more impossible choices for caregivers. #CareIsEssential
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What Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts mean for caregivers
Caring for a family member who’s aging or disabled can take a huge toll on caregivers.
the1a.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump wants to roll back decades of progress by gutting Medicaid, the single largest source of long-term care funding. That means less care for older adults and people with disabilities, and more impossible choices for caregivers. #CareIsEssential
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Elon Musk's reckless cuts to research, health, and education aren't just numbers on a budget—they're LIVES ON THE LINE. #CareIsEssential
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How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers
The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on.
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April 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Elon Musk's reckless cuts to research, health, and education aren't just numbers on a budget—they're LIVES ON THE LINE. #CareIsEssential
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#moralmondays #itisMORALtoconfronttheIMMORAL #povertyisapolicychoice #moraldocument #GOPbudget #trillionsondebt FOR 10 Y E A R S #entrenchedpoverty #doyourjob #CareIsEssential #schoolchoicescam #zealots can not lead
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“A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill”: Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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May 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When we speak out, our state legislators listen. We need to keep raising our voices everyday until June 15 to make sure Gavin Newsom adopts a budget that honors our essential work. Call now to make your voice heard! #CareIsEssential
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When we speak out, our state legislators listen. We need to keep raising our voices everyday until June 15 to make sure Gavin Newsom adopts a budget that honors our essential work. Call now to make your voice heard! #CareIsEssential
Indigenous care workers have always led with courage — healing, protecting, and fighting for justice. 💜
We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity.
#CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity.
#CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Indigenous care workers have always led with courage — healing, protecting, and fighting for justice. 💜
We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity.
#CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
We honor that legacy by defending truth, protecting history, and standing for every worker’s dignity.
#CareIsEssential #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
$600 BILLION. That’s the value of unpaid care work in the U.S. every year. Caregivers are doing essential, life-sustaining work—yet they are underpaid or not paid at all. We must demand policies that support and compensate care work. #CareIsEssential
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February 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
$600 BILLION. That’s the value of unpaid care work in the U.S. every year. Caregivers are doing essential, life-sustaining work—yet they are underpaid or not paid at all. We must demand policies that support and compensate care work. #CareIsEssential
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Long-term care workers go above and beyond every day, often sacrificing their own safety and well-being to protect those they care for. Their dedication is the backbone of our communities. #CareIsEssential
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Column: As Eaton fire advanced, here's how employees rescued 45 elderly and disabled patients
As the flames approached a nursing home, these employees navigated smoke, ash and embers to push hospital beds or carry patients to safety
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February 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Long-term care workers go above and beyond every day, often sacrificing their own safety and well-being to protect those they care for. Their dedication is the backbone of our communities. #CareIsEssential
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