May 9, '12 Now more than ever we need a homeowner’s bill of rights. We need to make sure that our voices are heard over big-bank policies that only hurt homeowners and our communities. California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has proposed 6 new ...
Apr 27, '12 The Los Angeles based publication, the Wave, recently went to a ULTCW member, Cynthia Villareal’s, home to discuss what being a caregiver really means. An excerpt from the article is below: WHITTIER — Cynthia Villarreal follows the daily routine of ...
Apr 27, '12 In a recent article by Gary Passmore, vice president of the Congress of California Seniors, he outlines the problem with the current IHSS system and the solution currently being proposed through the Let’s Get Healthy at Home legislation. Mr. Passmore ...
Apr 17, '12 UCLA study finds that most lack access to health insurance, adequate food. The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of the state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found.
Apr 5, '12 Our own member, Jaime Reyna, had the the opportunity to highlight some of the downfalls in the current health insurance coverage offered to LA county caregivers. Access to quality healthcare is one of our top priorities as we continue to ...
Mar 29, '12 Hripsime Tamazyan, our own vice president and executive board member, was able to share her story and the stories of other home care workers with the Glendale paper, Asbarez. Read the excerpt below: Currently, the largest contract held by the ...
Mar 15, '12 Vice president and LA contract committee member, Julie Chow, outlines the harsh realities that caregivers face in LA county in a recent article in
The Frying Pan, an online news source. Read the excerpt below:
Mar 12, '12 The LA County Federation of Labor recently posted a great article on Labor’s involvement in the Selma to Montgomery march. Last week, voting rights, immigrants’ rights and labor supporters from around the U.S. joined hundreds of Alabamans to reinact the ...
Mar 12, '12 Our own member, Michele Reed, recently had the opportunity to tell her story to The Frying Pan, an online news source. Within her story she outlines the need for a living wage for home care workers. Read the excerpt below: ...
Mar 6, '12 On Monday March 5th, I found myself walking alongside my brothers and sisters from SEIU United Long Term Care Workers (ULTCW) and over 300 other local union members, activists, and supporters in Selma, Alabama commemorating the historical 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march.
