County budgets and county supervisors
determine local IHSS wages and health benefits

Help us represent you by getting to know your supervisor!

The state budget sets the limit on how much funding is available for the IHSS program. After that, your County Board of Supervisors are the authorities that authorize wage levels and health benefits (up to the state limits) for each individual county. The IHSS program is administered by the County, and UDW Homecare Providers Union must negotiate with the County for increased wages and benefits. As taxpayers and voters, we elect members of this Board, and they are therefore accountable to us. Each County usually has several districts, and each district has one supervisor who represents that district. That means as a taxpayer and a home care worker you have a particular County Supervisor who represents you, and that supervisor is an elected official.

Contact your local UDW office to learn what
the current issue is in your county.

IHSS providers & clients gather outside their county supervisors office.

UDW rally at Board of Supervisors draws attention from the press.

JOIN US!

The power of your union to get you pay raises and medical benefits is directly related to how visible home care workers and their clients are, as a voting block. That is why it is so important you are registered to vote. UDW would never call for workers to strike; instead we need your participation in these activities to compel elected leaders to recognize your importance to the community and grant you a decent working wage.