FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2020 Contact: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 Gov. Newsom vetoes AB 1993, denies rights to unemployment insurance
Find out which propositions will help UDW members—and which ones will harm us and our communities. Proposition 14: Stem-Cell Research
Our union was there for IHSS provider and UDW member Traci Getsinger-Elam of Oceanside when she needed more IHSS hours
In this issue: Union Strong Summer Facing Racial Injustice – for caregivers, empathy can be the path to racial healing
Don’t let “pandemic fatigue” make you drop your guard. The coronavirus is still spreading in our communities and is still
When a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd on May 25, it wasn’t the first time a white man acting
Coronavirus. Racial injustice. A federal government in disarray. Years from now, people will ask “What was the summer of 2020
To my UDW Family: We are living through a difficult time. Hundreds of thousands of people have died of COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2020 Contact Kobi Naseck 214-609-2439 kobi@vision-ca.org, Cherie Parker 619-806-4677 cparker@udw.org UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 to
After a historic vote, thousands of California child care workers are now eligible to join the Child Care Providers United
By an overwhelming margin, and after a 17-year campaign that started with lobbying and ended with successful organizing, AFSCME
In a union election victory 17 years in the making, child care providers across California have voted overwhelmingly to be
A 17-year organizing campaign in California culminated this week in the successful unionization of 45,000 child care providers—the largest single
Publicly funded child care providers in California have voted overwhelmingly to form a union, marking what organizers believe is the
43,000 workers who care for the kids of state-subsidized poor families have gone union in the nation’s largest organizing victory
A pair of protests collided in front of State Sen. Toni Atkins’ downtown San Diego office Friday morning, and joined
The pandemic is here to stay for a while. Make sure you are protecting yourself and your client. The COVID-19
Faced with a 7 percent cut to hours, we fought back—and won There are many great things that workers can
Dear Fellow Caregivers, The past three months have been unlike any we’ve experienced in this country. With the pandemic upending
As you know, earlier this year our union, CCPU, handed more than 10,000 petitions into California state officials declaring our
On behalf of the over 118,000 IHSS caregivers we represent, I want to thank the Senate and Assembly for coming
