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Updated Feb. 1, 2010
Unfortunately, AB 1125 did not make it out of committee under the legislative rules for two-year bills. However, you can still continue to contact your legislator and ask them to support similar legislation. A new bill (with a new bill number) will be filed in the coming weeks and Local 1000 will be a co-sponsor of that bill. Once a bill number is given we will contact you with that information.

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Haiti relief effort

Help Haiti relief effort

Updated Jan. 21, 2010
The Committee of Interns & Residents (CIR) is working with SEIU to develop Help Haiti, a relief initiative to direct donations from our members, our locals and the general public to assist the three million Haitians affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake. At the same time, SEIU Healthcare members are mobilizing to determine the types of direct support needed by the people of Haiti, as well as recruiting healthcare workers for possible deployment.

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Why the health care bill is the greatest social achievement of our time

The New Republic

The New Health Care BillAdded Dec. 24, 2009
... The sum total effect of this legislation is fairly simple. It would redirect a large chunk of the money sloshing around the health care system away from ineffective treatments and toward providing care for the uninsured. On top of that, it would prod the system, in dozens of ways large and small, to adopt cutting edge methods. It is not the kind of plan liberals would create if they could design it from scratch. Rather, it is a centrist compromise of the best variety, combining the ideas of the now nearly-extinct moderate wing of the Republican Party with the smartest bipartisan technocratic reforms.

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Cobra benefits expanded

The Wall Street Journal

Added Dec. 22, 2009

President Barack Obama on Monday signed a measure to extend a federal subsidy for continued health-insurance coverage for involuntarily terminated workers under employer group plans.

The law extends the subsidy an additional six months for a total of 15 months, up from the current nine. The subsidy applies only to workers let go by employers.

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COBRA fact sheet

Local 1000 protests track record of big banks

Updated Dec. 21, 2009
On Thurs., Dec. 17, members from SEIU Local 1000 joined members from other SEIU locals demanding change at Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco.

It’s time big banks are held accountable for their horrendous track record. SEIU is taking action all across the United States to raise awareness about the harm the banking industry is causing with their greed.

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Bailout California Now! - The Top 10 Reasons

The Huffington Post

Added Dec. 16. 2009
1. CALIFORNIA PROVIDES CRITICAL SERVICES:
The recent State budget is deeply flawed. It relies upon questionable income assumptions and possibly illegal raids of county and city funds. But, to our thinking, the worst problem is that California has balanced its budget on the backs of those least able to pay: the poor, children, senior citizens, the disabled... California is cutting critical services to the least fortunate in a time when services are the most needed.

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Study finds upside in Calif. budget cut failures

Associated Press

Updated Dec. 9, 2009
California officials' failure to cut as much spending as they planned during this year's budget negotiations will put a drag on the state's economic recovery when deferred job cuts are enacted to plug a still-gaping deficit, according to an economic forecast released Wednesday.

But the quarterly Anderson Forecast from the University of California, Los Angeles, also said the delay in implementing those cuts has an upside, since it will keep state workers employed until the economy is better able to put them back to work.

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Help is needed now more than ever for health insurance reform

Updated Nov. 17, 2009
The fight to protect our benefits has been won in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now it’s time to focus on the Senate. Without comprehensive reform, the cost of health insurance for public and private sector employees will outstrip inflation, benefits will be reduced, and co-pays will increase.

Today, tomorrow, and in the weeks to come, we need your help to finish the tough battle in the Senate. The Senate will be hearing from insurance companies who value profits over people. It's even more important they hear from you -- their constituents.

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Health insurance reform passes the House -- but the Senate is an even bigger hurdle

Updated Nov. 11, 2009
On Saturday night, health insurance reform cleared a significant hurdle when the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, by a vote of 220 to 215.

Only one Republican representative backed the landmark bill.  

Expect an even bigger battle ahead in the U.S. Senate.

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New law protects businesses that help furloughed workers

Updated Nov. 5, 2009
A new law will allow California businesses to offer discounts to furloughed state workers without fear of being sued.

SB 367 was introduced at the request of the Consumer Attorneys of California after a San Diego lawyer sent letters to some businesses warning of possible civil rights lawsuits if they continued offering furloughed state workers special discounts.

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Political Feeds

Headlines from The State Worker

  • IRS to audit state vehicles; Health Care Services' info breach

    2/8/2010 11:25:15 PM

    The IRS wants a peek at how state employees used state-owned and state-leased vehicles in 2008. A Jan. 27 memo from Department of General Services Acting Director Ron Diedrich lays out the info that federal auditors want: The Department of...

  • SEIU president fires off holiday letters to state executives

    2/8/2010 10:26:43 PM

    The day before a San Francisco judge said the Department of Personnel Administration was within legal bounds when it told state workers to treat Columbus Day and the upcoming Lincoln's Birthday like any other workday, SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne...

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