San Diego June 16 and 17, UDW brings together core activists
to discuss the future of UDW

Above, UDW administrator Flora Walker brought members up to date on the Administratorship, the role of the Advisory Board, and gave a financial report to the members present - all of which will be mailed this month to the entire membership body.
Left, Paul Booth, Assistant to AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, gave a historic perspective and first hand account of the relationship between UDW, AFSCME, and NUCCHE.   Paul also reiterated President McEntee's commitment to return UDW to its members as a financially solvent and democratically run union.

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Left, member - activists meet with the Labor Council and other community leaders to discuss UDW issues that impact home care workers.

Below, at a local membership meeting workers are brought up to date on progress at UDW - the Administratorship, how our union is being re-built, where UDW is now, and where we are going.

UDW is actively reaching out to the membership body of San Diego and Chula Vista (and every UDW county) to find and identify local leaders and activists who will get involved and take ownership of their union.  

Union meetings are also a place where home care workers can meet each other and form support networks.

Activist home care workers (along with UDW staff) have engaged over 1500 new members in the San Diego area alone.  It is very important for UDW to find and work with local volunteers, who are the heart of this union.

Below, members discuss the political aspects of how UDW represents home care workers, as well as sharing helpful information about their challenges and victories.  Home care workers get to know each other at union gatherings, and can break the isolation of not having a "common workplace."

Volunteer member-organizers sign up workers at a regional meeting. 

UDW Holds Instructional Workshop for
Riverside Home Care Workers