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5 steps to creating good habits

Habits make up a huge part of our everyday lives, good and bad. Waking up early every day and meditating

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Martha’s Strength, Reimagined

For Martha Guzman, December 9, 2023, began like any other day—but ended with her life forever changed. A routine trip

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Letter from UDW President

Dear UDW Members,  We play an essential role in our communities. Beyond being the foundation of care—supporting our seniors, people

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Letter from UDW President

UDW family,  This year has been marked by ups and downs, testing our strength and bringing us closer together to

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Member Highlight: Monica Escalante 

Monica Escalante’s journey as a home care provider began at a young age. Growing up, she supported her grandparents—her grandmother

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Join UDW’s new credit union

Dear fellow UDW members, I am so excited to announce the official launch of UDW’s very own credit union! We

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Women’s History Month 2024

March was Women’s History Month, and as a union made up mostly of women, every year we celebrate and uplift

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Black History Month 2024

February was Black History Month, and every year we celebrate and uplift not just Black history but also those making

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Statement from UDW Executive Director Doug Moore on Governor Newsom’s 2023-2024 State Budget

SACRAMENTO – UDW/AFSCME Local 3930, a union representing over 171,000 home care workers and family child care providers in California,

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Biden order is ‘major milestone’ in resolving the crisis facing care workers

By Pablo Ros President Joe Biden this week signed a major executive order to improve care for working families and support care

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Domestic Worker Solidarity Across the Globe: Doug Moore attends the IDWF Pre-Congress in Tanzania

As home care workers and family child care providers, there is one thing that unites us – we are domestic

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Californians tell Speaker McCarthy: Preserve, improve, expand Social Security

BY JANICE ROTHSTEIN BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—In between the historic storms directly hitting this area of California, members of the Communist Party’s San

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Home care workers could get more bargaining power with proposed bill

by Kate Wolffe A new bill proposed in the California legislature would allow in-home care workers to bargain with the

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Residents gather for MLK celebration

By Andrew Hardy Even though the event was unfortunately delayed, the 26th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity March and Black

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Los cuidadores a domicilio de California buscan poder de negociación a escala estatal

Los cuidadores a domicilio de California, una fuerza laboral históricamente mal pagada que atiende a una población que envejece rápidamente,

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green background with faded neighborhood homes, smart phone with a check mark on screen and blue letters saying electronic visit verification beginning July 1, 2023

Everything you need to know about Electronic Visit Verification, so far

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be implementing a change to the IHSS Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system beginning July 1, 2023.

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The latest on paid sick leave for IHSS providers

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF UPCOMING WEBINARS ON PAID SICK LEAVE. In 2016, UDW caregivers helped secure a historic

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UDW caregivers rally in Placer County to protect our care

“I was so proud to be an American,” said Vicky Coursey, an IHSS provider and UDW member from Placer County.

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Fight, Protect, Win: Our Legislative Priorities in 2017

With a new president in office and a new administration at work, changes are coming that will affect IHSS providers,

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Why I Marched – UDW caregivers attend the Women’s March

On Saturday, January 21st, millions of women, men, and children in hundreds of cities around the world stood together in

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UDW Executive Director Doug Moore’s response to Governor Jerry Brown’s 2017-18 state budget proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 11, 2017 “After years of battling cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) that cause tremendous

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