California lawmakers have a little less than a month to hash out a budget to send to Gov. Gavin Newsom, and SEIU Local 2015 is launching a seven-figure ad buy across radio and digital media to call on them to include funding for a Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Standards Board aimed at giving workers a seat at the table in developing wage, safety and equity standards along with employers and the state.
“Low pay, dangerous conditions, and the crushing stress of working in understaffed nursing homes have already driven 16,000 California nursing home workers away from the work they love since the start of the pandemic,” said SEIU Local 2015 President April Verrett in a statement.
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