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Caregivers to Gov. Brown: We deserve Social Security (and more)

Yesterday, UDW caregivers from around the state gathered in Sacramento to urge Governor Brown to sign Assembly Bill 1930. We

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What we’re doing to fix Labor Day IHSS paycheck delays

Delayed paychecks, no matter the reason, cause headaches and frustration for IHSS caregivers. When many of our checks from June

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UDW Legislative Update: Winning dignity for home care workers and our clients

UDW is a union for home care providers by home care providers, which means we are committed to the issues

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Caregivers demand equal Social Security and unemployment benefits, deliver petitions to Governor Brown

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 25, 2016 Contact: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 California home care providers who care for their spouse

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San Diego providers are fighting back against wage theft in the city

“Why should we be left out?” That’s the question San Diego caregiver Nicanora Montenegro asked the crowd of IHSS providers

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San Diego IHSS home care workers denied minimum wage, file wage theft claims with the city

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 18, 2016 Contact: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 An estimated 10,000 home care workers in San Diego

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President’s Report, Summer 2016

What a summer it has been so far! We helped win full funding of the IHSS program for three more

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UDW wins audit of broken IHSS payroll system

Lawmakers call late IHSS paychecks “an abomination” Too many IHSS providers know what it’s like to wait days, weeks, or months

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Budget Victory! IHSS hours restored for three more years

UDW caregivers have worked diligently for years to fight for full funding for the IHSS program. “When they cut IHSS,

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Beat the heat this summer with these tips!

By Karen Bennett, IHSS provider, Madera County California sure is beautiful, but in the hot summers it can also be

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Meet the caregivers who are leading our union

By Editha Adams, UDW President and IHSS provider UDW is strong because we are a union led by caregivers, for

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IHSS providers in San Diego are being denied minimum wage

In June, San Diego voters passed Proposition I, which increased the minimum wage for those working within the city limits

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Caregivers are worth it

We need your help to win better IHSS pay and benefits “United we bargain; divided we beg!” It’s a union

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2016 summer caregiver issue

Summer 2016

In this issue: Caregivers are worth it – We need your help to win better IHSS pay and benefits Meet the

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Caregivers Never Quit – A report from AFSCME’s 2016 convention

UDW caregivers stood alongside thousands of public service workers to declare we will NEVER QUIT at AFSCME’s 42nd International Convention

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Calls for Social Security expansion grow louder in Washington

by Mark Miller, New York Times, July 15 Jana Panarites was about to make a midlife career shift in 2010 when

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Important update on late IHSS paychecks and the future of the payroll system

UDW recently discovered that numerous IHSS providers were still awaiting their June 15th – 30th paycheck. When we demanded answers

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Parent and spouse providers deserve the same benefits as all other workers

My oldest son Ronald was studying to become a professor when one day he had a catastrophic stroke that left

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UDW Culinary Arts Academy teaches IHSS providers valuable new skills

On Saturday, UDW held a graduation ceremony at our headquarters in San Diego for the first class of the UDW

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UDW Culinary Arts Academy offers formerly incarcerated free training to reenter workforce

For Immediate Release Saturday, July 9, 2016 San Diego – Today at the United Domestic Workers of America/AFSCME Local 3930

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Turning sadness and rage into collective action

Statement by UDW Executive Director Doug Moore in response to the deaths of police officers in Dallas, Texas on Thursday

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