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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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Domestic Worker Solidarity Across the Globe: Doug Moore attends the IDWF Pre-Congress in Tanzania

As home care workers and family child care providers, there is one thing that unites us – we are domestic

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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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California’s indefensible failure to adequately pay child care providers

By Annette Nicholson It’s 5 a.m. and the stars are still bright in the sky. I’ve already been awake for

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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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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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Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is First Target in #Fight4OurHealth; Broad Coalition Launches Fight Against Trump/GOP Proposals to Strip 30 Million Americans of Health Care

Fight for Our Health Coalition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2016 CONTACT:   Mike Roth, 916.444.7170; Maria Elena Jauregui, 818.355.5291

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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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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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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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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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