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Now accepting 2020 Culinary Arts Academy Applications

By on March 6, 2020   /   District 3, Riverside  
Now accepting 2020 Culinary Arts Academy Applications

The World Health Organization has officially declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. If you feel you may have contracted the virus, please click here for guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), or visit their website at cdc.gov. Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County Public Health Officer has issued an order restricting public gatherings to no more than 10 people.  The order also restricts gatherings with fewer than 10 people must have enough available room to maintain six feet of space between attendees — known as social distancing. Residents are urged to visit www.rivcoph.org/coronavirus for updated information. As a result of this pandemic, the Culinary Arts Class scheduled to […]

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Protecting IHSS and our loved ones in 2019

By on March 14, 2018   /   Budget & Legislation, CUHW, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, El Dorado, Imperial, Kern, Madera, Merced, News, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus  

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 program as well as the quality of life for IHSS providers and our clients. We also support legislation that promotes social justice and improves the lives of working families in our communities.  

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March IHSS News You Can Use

By on March 3, 2017   /   All in for Care, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, El Dorado, Homecare & IHSS, Imperial, Kern, Madera, Merced, News, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus  
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 care groups like the Freedom Foundation are trying to weaken our union. But we will not back down, because we know we are stronger together. Click here to read UDW member Terry Walker-Dampier’s moving story about the importance of protecting our care. Join us on March 28th at 3 pm for a special telephone town hall to discuss these issues and more! RSVP today at […]

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Why I Marched – UDW caregivers attend the Women’s March

By on January 26, 2017   /   District 4, News, Orange, Riverside, San Diego  
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 estimated that 880,000 or 1 in every 45 residents attended a local march in dozens of cities across the state. For UDW members, the reasons to march were as diverse as the nearly 98,000 IHSS providers our union represents, but a sense of urgency and a passion to fight for our rights united us all. We were among the huge crowds of people standing up for the […]

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Treating all work with dignity this Labor Day

By on September 2, 2016   /   All in for Care, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, El Dorado, Homecare & IHSS, Imperial, Kern, Madera, Merced, News, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus  
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 Care at the bargaining table to win better pay and benefits for caregivers, we should keep in mind the history of the holiday. Labor Day was created by union members in the late 1800s to recognize the contributions workers have made to building our country, and making it prosperous. Home care workers and other domestic workers have cared for our nation’s seniors […]

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