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Your E-board members-elect at work in the Capitol

Your
E-board members-elect at work in the Capitol

January 16, 2008 – Sacramento

Newly
elected leaders meet with legislators to bring home care workers front
and center; defending our jobs during the budget crises.

Newly elected E-board members in Sacramento

– Some of your UDW Executive Board members-elect,
in action —

From left to right in the front row is Teresa Cuin, Margareta Jaramillo,
Editha Adams,

Feel Good, and Russell Jones. From left to right back row Amy Debraga,
Rudy Lopez,

William Reed, Laura Reyes and Brooks Ashby

With California facing a budget shortfall, the Governor is once
again calling for cuts to the IHSS program.  Schwarzenegger
has proposed an 18% reduction in hours of non-medical domestic
services, effective July 1, 2008.  Hearings on his proposed
cuts are being held this month in the Capitol.

Your UDW executive board elect, — all of who are real home care
providers — know the impact that ANY
cuts have in the lives of providers and their clients.  Some
of your E-Board members-elect and UDW staff met with legislators
at the Homecare Council Legislative Reception on January 16th, to
put faces with the stories of home care providers and let these representatives
know we need and appreciate their support of home care and IHSS.

Laura Reyes

President Elect of UDW Laura Reyes spoke
to decision makers in Sacramento about the

lives of home care providers
and why

the IHSS program is so important.
Doug Moore

Doug Moore, Deputy Administrator of UDW

represented us and communicated with legislators
about how home care is an important part of the new healthcare system
that is so badly needed in this country.

IHSS
activists protest
the Governor’s veto

of bills that would have helped IHSS
Crowd of protesters

 

UDW activists, senior organizations, disability groups, homecare
workers and community leaders, joined with IHSS recipients to speak
out against Governor Schwarzenegger’s across-the-board vetoes of
bipartisan legislation written to protect and enhance the State’s
In-Home Supportive Services Program.

 

 
IHSS activist

IHSS activist
Message to Schwarzenegger:
You’re vetoing our lives!
IHSS activists

Family protesting IHSS vetoes.

Learn more about how your union supports home care workers, and
how this work impacts your life: UDW’s
Work in Sacramento

News reports about State-wide protests
to the Governors IHSS vetoes.

We must keep writing, phoning, and emailing our legislators –
let them know we are watching, and we are registered voters.

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Kristine Loomis, Webmaster

Community activist. Advocate for the disabled, elderly, and their care providers -- specifically through California's In-Home Supportive Services Program. Associated college degree and employment experience: communications, computer applications, website design & administration.




Date: January 16th, 2008
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