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THREE LEADERS IN LABOR, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ELECTED TO TOP POSITIONS AT CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST UNION

Today, members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 long-term care workers, announced the appointment of Arnulfo De La Cruz as President of the Union, Carmen Roberts as Executive Vice President, and Blanca Carias as First Vice President of Home Care. 

Improving Community Health Outcomes Through Community Health Workers

Community health workers (CHWs), known in Latino communities as promotoras, are community members who provide health education and linkage to health services in their communities. CHWs deliver these services through a cultural lens representative of their community. They help to bridge the gap between the medical providers and communities suffering from poor health outcomes.