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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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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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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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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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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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UDW caregivers express frustration with broken IHSS payroll system

UDW caregivers and caregivers from SEIU 2015 were in Los Angeles yesterday to demand answers and action from the state.

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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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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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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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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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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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