
Holiday Wellness Toolkit
Finding Balance During the Holidays The holidays can be such a special time, but for many home care and child

Finding Balance During the Holidays The holidays can be such a special time, but for many home care and child

President’s Letter This is What Care Worker Power Looks Like Go Back to School with UDW Family Child Care Providers

Members Voted 99% to Protect Benefits, Win Stabilization Pay and Ongoing COLAs On September 22, 2025, child care providers overwhelmingly

As members of our union, our families and us have access to free and low-cost higher education through the UDW

This year, we showed California—and the country—what happens when care workers stand together. From protecting our overtime, twice, to defending

UDW family, As Provider Appreciation Month ends, I want to take a moment to recognize each and every one of

As we embark on a new year, we are excited to build upon our 2023 victories by working to make

To my fellow UDW members, As we begin a new year together, I hope you are as excited as I

Home care providers around the state are rallying to demand the wages and benefits our work calls for! Here’s the

For nearly 50 years, we’ve worked tirelessly to build a strong union of care workers across California. Together, we’ve made

as of June 21, 2023 February 23- Speaker at the D1 membership meeting in Escondido February 28- Attended the Legislative

Table of Contents: Letter from Editha UDW members tell the President #CareworkersCantWait 2023 UDW Spring Wrap Up Childcare Providers Fight

Dear Fellow UDW members, Since the formation of our union more than 40 years ago, we’ve had to fight tooth

In April, UDW members joined hundreds of care workers from across the country in D.C. at the first-ever Care Workers

Our care counts each and every day and we are fighting around the clock to protect our rights and build

In March, CCPU-UDW began our second-ever statewide bargaining negotiations. Our top priority is to fight for and win a new

We’ve struggled for decades with a broken county-by-county bargaining system that lets hard-working IHSS providers slip through the cracks. That’s

Presidents Report October to December 2022 (Q4) October 27 Attended the in-person PAD and membership meeting in Santa Maria October

Table of Contents: Growing Our Power by Coming Together New Member Highlights Wonderful Winter Wrap-Up Letter from Editha, Statewide Union

Welcome to the 2022 issue of UDW’s annual legislative scorecard. This was a year of transition into a new normal

Our livelihoods are at stake, and we need your help to elect candidates who put people first today and every