UDW Legislative Update: Winning dignity for home care workers and our clients
UDW is a union for home care providers by home care providers, which means we are committed to the issues that are important to caregivers and our clients and loved ones. Together, we are a strong...
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Caregivers win audit of IHSS payroll system
Yesterday, UDW caregivers joined Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez at a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing at the Capitol to request an audit of the IHSS timesheet system. After hearing testimony...
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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 2000 has been providing him with in-home care, so he can remain in our home where he is happiest...
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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 apartment. Thankfully, they were able to turn to friends and neighbors for...
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Caregivers Never Quit – A report from AFSCME’s 2016 convention
UDW caregivers stood alongside thousands of public service workers to declare we will NEVER QUIT at AFSCME’s 42nd International Convention last week in Las Vegas. “It truly was a learning experience,”...
View ArticleCaregivers demand equal Social Security and unemployment benefits, deliver...
For Immediate Release Thursday, August 25, 2016 Contact: Margitte Kristjansson, 619-548-4304 California home care providers who care for their spouse or child are ineligible for Social Security,...
View ArticleWhat we’re doing to fix Labor Day IHSS paycheck delays
Delayed paychecks, no matter the reason, cause headaches and frustration for IHSS caregivers. When many of our checks from June 15th – 30th were delayed, we were forced to figure out how to stretch our...
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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 delivered petitions signed by over 3,600 IHSS providers and members of our...
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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 of summer with loved ones, but Labor Day represents a lot more. As we go All In for...
View ArticleThe latest on paid sick leave for IHSS providers
In April, UDW caregivers helped secure a historic minimum wage increase for California workers. After years of telling our stories, rallying and marching with fellow underpaid workers, we urged the...
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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 and deserve more. Not to mention, our work is worth more than low pay or...
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Caregivers to Governor Brown: We deserve security!
“It makes you feel like a second-class citizen,” said Claire Kaufman, an IHSS provider for her daughter, Katie, who lives with autism in El Dorado County. Claire was reacting to Governor Brown’s...
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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 unity as part of the Women’s March on Washington. In California, it is...
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March IHSS News You Can Use
Protect Our Care This year UDW caregivers have vowed to fight, protect, and win for our clients and each other. Congress is threatening to make cuts to our health care and home care while anti-home...
View ArticleProtecting IHSS and our loved ones in 2017
UDW caregivers are strong advocates for our IHSS clients – seniors and people with disabilities. That’s why every year we sponsor and support legislation that will protect and improve the IHSS...
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Governor Brown signs budget that protects our privacy and the future of...
This year UDW caregivers have been hard at work in Sacramento to protect our privacy in the implementation of EVV, and get funding for research that will help California better understand how to fix...
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PRESS RELEASE: Trump Administration’s anti-labor agenda threatens home care...
New rule could endanger low-income seniors and people with disabilities and the caregivers they rely on For Immediate Release | July 12, 2018 | Contact Margitte Kristjansson: 619-548-4304. Yesterday...
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ACT NOW: New Attack Threatens Your Health Insurance
A proposed federal rule change will prevent IHSS providers from paying for our health insurance and union dues out of our own paychecks—meaning you could lose your health care if you don’t act now....
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LA Times: Targeting home healthcare workers, the Trump administration opens...
Los Angeles Times | JUL 30, 2018 By MICHAEL HILTZIK Rachelle Lewis, 66, spends about 60 hours a week caring at home for her 40-year-old daughter, who suffers from schizophrenia and a learning...
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Share-of-Cost: When your client pays for IHSS partially out-of-pocket
Most IHSS recipients receive their home care as part of their Medi-Cal benefits. Some people’s income is too high for them to qualify for full coverage of their hours, so they agree to pay a certain...
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