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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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Filipino American Heritage Month 2024

We’re celebrating Filipino American Heritage Month! Together, we’ll continue celebrating and uplifting contributions of our Filipino community across California every

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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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Honoring the Legacy of Ms. Terry Walker-Dampier

UDW member and activist Ms. Terry Walker-Dampier passed away earlier this month after a long battle with cancer. A UDW

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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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Eleven of UDW's members wearing their UDW shirts raise their fists and pose for a photo.

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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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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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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A friendship for the ages: Franklin and James’ IHSS story

In 1989, Franklin Vermillion watched as a group of friends gathered around a booth at his local burger joint communicated

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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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Rene and Bobby Joe Carrasco standing side-by-side, smiling.

“I take care of my best friend”: Rene and Bobby Joe Carrasco’s successful fight for more hours

Rene and Bobby Joe Carrasco have been inseparable since they were kids. In a family of 15 siblings, their bond

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Member spotlight: Magdalena Castillo

Magdalena Castillo cares for her 38-year-old daughter, Leticia, through the IHSS program. Leticia is the oldest of three siblings and

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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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