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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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Treating all work with dignity this Labor Day

It’s Labor Day weekend. For many Americans that means a three-day weekend to eat barbecue and enjoy the last days

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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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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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UDWA News Post

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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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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State budget fully funds in-home care for three more years

Statement by UDW Executive Director Doug Moore in response to the 2016-17 California state budget: Today we celebrate another hard-won

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Retirement savings for IHSS providers

When Madera County caregiver Cynthia Wilson’s IHSS paycheck didn’t arrive on time in January, she and her grandson lost their

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I’m denied basic retirement security just because my home care client is my spouse

My husband David’s meningitis caused paralysis on the left side of his body and several neurological problems. For a while

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Home care is real work, and real work deserves real retirement security

When my daughter Delaina was in second grade, an undiagnosed tumor in her brain hemorrhaged and left her with brain

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Victory! State budget stops cuts to IHSS for three more years

Update: On June 27, 2016, Governor Brown signed the state budget into law. The restoration of the 7% cut to

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Our voices: Social Security for IHSS parent and spouse providers

UDW asked and you answered! Hundreds of spouse and parent caregivers have responded to UDW’s survey on how ineligibility for

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Demanding dignity and respect for spouse and parent home care providers

My husband Leon is 69 years old and lives with COPD and cirrhosis of the liver. My full-time job since

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Update on our work to improve overtime implementation

After decades of exclusion from Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections, home care providers won overtime pay for the first

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Without Social Security, I may never be able to retire

My 39-year-old son Jacob was born with a brainstem defect. He relies on me 24/7 to provide for all of

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UDWA News Post

Board of Supervisors to present San Diego County budget with slight decrease

By City News Services, 10 News, May 2, 2016 The Board of Supervisors will be presented Tuesday with a proposed

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UDWA News Post

Timesheet violations start July 1, 2016

URGENT: Starting July 1, 2016*, IHSS providers who submit incorrect timesheets will be subject to violations, including and up to termination

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Medical wait time pay

In addition to overtime and travel time pay, IHSS providers who qualify will receive pay for medical wait time starting

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