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UDW: Juneteenth 2024
April was a busy month at UDW! We traveled to Washington DC to fight for the future of care, made our voices heard at the San Diego Board of Supervisors, spoke to legislators in Sacramento about better wages for child care providers, and more! We will continue to come together to build our strength and discuss important issues for for family child care and home care providers! As we keep fighting for the respect our incredible work deserves, it's crucial that we all stay informed and involved because our voices are most powerful when we stand together!
2024 UDW Member April Recap
UDW child care member, Donise Keller, had the honor of speaking at the White House about the importance of supporting #TheCareEconomy, the many gaps in our current child care systems, and some of the ways we can approach these issues nationwide. An investment in child care is an investment in our future and our economy cannot survive without the work and dedication of family child care providers like Donise and so many others across the state. It’s time for us to be paid for the true cost of care!
UDW Member Donise Keller Makes Remarks About #TheCareEconomy at White House
February was a busy month at UDW! All across the state, we gathered for membership meetings, celebrated Black History Month, attended Tet festivals for Lunar New Year, and continued to fight for fair contracts in Kern and Merced counties! As the year progresses, we will continue to come together to build our strength, discuss important issues for for child care and home care providers, and fight for the respect our work demands! As we keep negotiating across the state, it's crucial that we all stay informed and involved because our voices are powerful when we stand together!
2024 UDW Member February Recap
At just 21 years old, Astrid learned her son Manny was diagnosed with autism. She felt lost trying to navigate it alone, but everything changed once she joined UDW in 2009. Astrid not only transformed Manny's life, she's changed the lives of thousands in California by supporting laws that uplift care workers. Learn more about UDW at udw.org/impact.
Turning Struggle Into Strength: Astrid & Manny's UDW Story
We're thrilled to unveil our new look that reflects the real power of the work we do. As home care and child care workers, we are unsung heroes who do the work that makes all other work possible. UDW is working hard to secure a thriving wage, benefits and a better life care workers, the Californians in our care, and our communities. We believe in a future where everyone has the care they need. We hope you’ll join us in building this future together. Learn more at: http://udw.org/impact
🌟 Big News from UDW! 🌟
Sabrina and Mike began as members of the same church. But when Mike's Alzheimer's diagnosis changed his life, Sabrina stepped up and showed just how powerful a community can be. UDW fights to support care workers like Sabrina, who deserve thriving wages, benefits and better working conditions. Learn more at udw.org/impact.
The Power of Community and Care: Sabrina & Mike's UDW Story
Care work is essential. It's time care workers were treated like it, with thriving wages, benefits and better working conditions. UDW is a social justice union that fights for the rights of care providers, their clients and their communities in California. Learn more about how we support care workers at udw.org/impact.
How UDW is Changing the Future for Care Workers in California
When she struggled to find child care for her daughter, Ivonne decided to start her own child care service. Now, she supports an entire community's children to become the next generation of leaders—and UDW provides her with crucial support, fighting for her quality of life and wages that reflect the impact of child care workers just like her. Learn more about UDW and Ivonne's story at udw.org/impact.
One Care Worker Can Change a Generation: Ivonne's UDW Story
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WHO ARE UDW?

United Domestic Workers of America (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930) is a union made up of over 171,000 home care and child care providers throughout California. UDW home caregivers provide critical services through the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program (IHSS), which allows over half a million California seniors and people with disabilities to remain in their homes with dignity and independence. Our child care members provide quality, affordable, home-based child care for thousands of California’s working families.

UDW home care is made up of 7 districts representing all IHSS providers in these 21 counties:

  • District 1 – San Diego County
  • District 2 – Orange County
  • District 3 – Riverside County
  • District 4 – Alpine, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties
  • District 5 – Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties
  • District 6 – Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, and Sutter Counties
  • District 7 – Imperial County

UDW child care represents family child care providers who provide subsidized care in these 39 counties:

Butte
Colusa
Contra Costa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Lake
Lassen
Marin
Mendocino
Merced
Modoc
Mono
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Shasta
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba

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