California budget deficit could delay new child care funding
By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Every weekday, Patricia Moran has up to a dozen children in her San
By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Every weekday, Patricia Moran has up to a dozen children in her San
State Payment Rates Are Not Keeping Pace with Rising Costs of Caring for Children By Erik Saucedo California’s subsidized child
by Kate Wolffe A new bill proposed in the California legislature would allow in-home care workers to bargain with the
By Andrew Hardy Even though the event was unfortunately delayed, the 26th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity March and Black
By Annette Nicholson It’s 5 a.m. and the stars are still bright in the sky. I’ve already been awake for
Los cuidadores a domicilio de California, una fuerza laboral históricamente mal pagada que atiende a una población que envejece rápidamente,
BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN SAN DIEGO — San Diego County home care workers will get $1-per-hour raises for the next three years under
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be implementing a change to the IHSS Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system beginning July 1, 2023.
The last few years of self-growth while we adapted and learned to live with a virus that devastated our communities
Welcome to the 2022 issue of UDW’s annual legislative scorecard. This was a year of transition into a new normal
Let’s take a moment to celebrate our win, but also know that it’s not enough and we’re not done fighting
This January 1, every IHSS provider will receive a $0.50 per hour wage increase, thanks to strong contracts that tie
Earlier this year President Biden announced a program to cancel student loan debt for the majority of borrowers in the
Rene and Bobby Joe Carrasco have been inseparable since they were kids. In a family of 15 siblings, their bond
Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Workers Tax Credit into law, a major victory for worker advocates including United Domestic
Hami Kitsuda was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She was 22, had just given birth to her
This July, 45 UDW delegates joined more than 2,000 union siblings for the first time since 2018 at the AFSCME
Kern County Board of Supervisors will not include competing term limits ballot initiatives on the November ballot Bakersfield, CA –
United Domestic Workers of America (UDW/AFSCME 3930), a union representing 155,000 home care and family child care workers throughout California,
Beginning July 1, IHSS providers will be required to use direct deposit or a pay card to automatically receive their
UDW members in Kern County are celebrating our latest victory in the quest to enact term limits on a Board