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California’s minimum wage increased to $10.50 an hour on January 1st

As of the first of the year, the minimum wage in California has increased from $10 to $10.50 an hour.

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Take Action! Tell Congress to protect home care and our health care

Call 1-866-584-5792, and tell your Congressional Representative to vote to protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid President-elect Trump and

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Governor Brown and the Legislature scored on their support for in-home care for seniors and people with disabilities in 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2016 Sacramento – The 2016 UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 (UDW) Legislative Scorecard is now available. This

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Thank you, caregivers: Home Care Provider Appreciation Month 2016

Home Care Provider Appreciation Month 2016 has come to an end, but our gratitude for caregivers continues far beyond November.

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UDW Executive Director Doug Moore on 2016 election results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016 Statement by UDW Executive Director Doug Moore in response to the 2016 election

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Deadline reinstated for signed In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program Provider Enrollment Agreement (SOC 846)

Earlier this year, the State announced that providers who did not return the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program Provider Enrollment

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Frustrated with Delayed Paychecks, Home Care Providers Seek Fixes to State Payroll System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016 Contacts: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 (English) | Melissa Uribe, 213-590-9091 (English / Spanish) Home care

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Home Care Provider Appreciation Month 2016

November is Provider Appreciation Month, and this year UDW is thanking caregivers for everything we do. UDW caregivers are not

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Soon you’ll be able to fill out your IHSS timesheet online

The state recently announced its plan to offer an option for providers to submit timesheets electronically instead of using the

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What overtime pay has meant to my family

My name is Aurora Viramontes Rivera, and I work as a home care provider for two of my children in

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Overtime pay has kept my family safe at home

My name is Toni Monique Taloa, and I’m a home care provider in Buena Park, California. I initially became a

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UDW Match connects home care providers with those in need of care

My name is Maria Cota, and I’ve been an IHSS caregiver since 1993. In 2013, I had a stroke and

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Caregivers denied path to Social Security and unemployment benefits

For Immediate Release September 30, 2016 Contact: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 The governor’s veto of Assembly Bill 1930 leaves thousands of

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Take action to win better wages for IHSS providers

UDW caregivers are working hard to win better wages and benefits for IHSS providers around the state, because our families need

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Alert! Anti-home care Freedom Foundation is coming to California

The Freedom Foundation, an anti-union and anti-home care organization based in Washington state, has announced its expansion into California. While

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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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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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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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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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Honoring older Americans in May and everyday

May is Older Americans Month, and at 73-years-old, my mother is part of one of this country’s greatest—and largest—generations. In

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