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
By Annette Nicholson It’s 5 a.m. and the stars are still bright in the sky. I’ve already been awake for
Los cuidadores a domicilio de California, una fuerza laboral históricamente mal pagada que atiende a una población que envejece rápidamente,
BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN SAN DIEGO — San Diego County home care workers will get $1-per-hour raises for the next three years under
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be implementing a change to the IHSS Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system beginning July 1, 2023.
The last few years of self-growth while we adapted and learned to live with a virus that devastated our communities
Welcome to the 2022 issue of UDW’s annual legislative scorecard. This was a year of transition into a new normal
Let’s take a moment to celebrate our win, but also know that it’s not enough and we’re not done fighting
This January 1, every IHSS provider will receive a $0.50 per hour wage increase, thanks to strong contracts that tie
Earlier this year President Biden announced a program to cancel student loan debt for the majority of borrowers in the
Rene and Bobby Joe Carrasco have been inseparable since they were kids. In a family of 15 siblings, their bond
Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Workers Tax Credit into law, a major victory for worker advocates including United Domestic
Hami Kitsuda was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She was 22, had just given birth to her
This July, 45 UDW delegates joined more than 2,000 union siblings for the first time since 2018 at the AFSCME
Kern County Board of Supervisors will not include competing term limits ballot initiatives on the November ballot Bakersfield, CA –
United Domestic Workers of America (UDW/AFSCME 3930), a union representing 155,000 home care and family child care workers throughout California,
Beginning July 1, IHSS providers will be required to use direct deposit or a pay card to automatically receive their
UDW members in Kern County are celebrating our latest victory in the quest to enact term limits on a Board
The United Domestic Workers of America (UDW/AFSCME 3930) issued the following statement supporting the joint legislative budget agreement: The over
We are excited to announce the official launch of UDW’s very own credit union on May 16 in partnership with
As a union of 145,000 home care and family child care providers, the majority of whom are women and people
It’s not news that our work as care providers and family child care providers is just as stressful as it
