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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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Caring for you: Quick self-care for caregivers 

As care providers and family child care providers, we know that our work is both rewarding and challenging. The responsibility

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Statement from Doug Moore on the 2024 elections

We are at a critical crossroads for workers’ rights and human rights in America. What we saw last night was

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Caring for People, Caring for the Planet: Our Fight for Environmental Justice

As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, having an emergency plan isn’t just important—it’s essential, especially when we

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Defending care work at the ballot box

This week members across the state came together to celebrate National Register to Vote Day at local events. Together, we

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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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Happy International Workers’ Day!

May 1 is celebrated around the world as International Workers’ Day. The U.S. chose to celebrate Labor Day in September

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UDW members join care workers across the country to say #CareWorkersCantWait

This week UDW leaders and members joined hundreds of care workers from across the country in D.C. at the first-ever

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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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Modesto caregiver fights for better system in California | Opinion

Author: Astrid Zuniga My son, Manny, is the reason I get up every morning determined to fight for people with

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California seniors bring the fight for Social Security to Kevin McCarthy’s door

Members of the California Alliance for Retired Americans and supporters from across the state gathered in Bakersfield to demand Speaker

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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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Heroes Pay for IHSS providers is here!

Union membership is powerful! The work we have done together to lift up caregiving over the past year made legislators recognize how valuable our work

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UDWA News Post

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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