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| Feb 20, 2013 | LA ULTCW Members Urge BOS to ‘Keep Their Promise’On Tuesday, Los Angeles County home care workers congregated at the Board of Supervisors to give testimony and ask that they keep their promise of a $.65 cent raise. These 65 cents would lift home care workers out of poverty … |
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| Jun 27, 2012 | La Opinion: Salario digno para trabajadores de IHSSDespués de estar presente en cada una de las reuniones de la Junta de Supervisores en los últimos dos meses, vistiendo las playeras moradas del sindicato que los representa, los trabajadores del programa de asistencia en casa (IHSS) festejaron ayer … |
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| Jun 27, 2012 | Daily News: LA County Budget Approved with New Spending, No Deep CutsThe Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a $24.53-billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, its first in four years without significant cuts in public services. The budget calls for about $180 million more in spending compared … |
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| Jun 26, 2012 | LA Daily News: L.A. County budget may be up $750MLA Daily News, the second-largest Los Angeles daily newspaper, just released this article outlining our fight for a living wage for home care workers. Read the article below: Los Angeles County’s budget for the fiscal year beginning Sunday may be … |
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| Jun 26, 2012 | Making History in LA: Unanimous Vote for a Living WageToday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a living wage of $9.65 an hour for County home care workers. Hundreds of home care workers were crowded inside the board room awaiting the vote and broke … |
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| Jun 26, 2012 | LOS ANGELES COUNTY HOME CARE WORKERS WIN A LIVING WAGE!Media Contact: Wendy Carrillo 213-321-7085 or Scott Mann 323-333-4850 Boardroom Breaks Out In Applause As Los Angeles County Supervisors Approve Sixty-Five Cent Raise LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today voted to approve a living wage … |
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| Jun 26, 2012 | It’s Not Over: LA BOS Postpone Vote on Living WageYesterday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors decided to postpone a vote that would have finally given home care workers a living wage. Nearly 1,000 home care workers, recipients and community partners attended the event |
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| Jun 11, 2012 | La Opinion: Trabajadores de IHSS exigen un ‘Salario Digno’La Opinion, the nation’s largest Spanish daily newspaper, just released an article on our own LA Wins campaign, to give LA caregivers a living wage. Isaac Perez, a ULTCW organizer and Marisela Serrano, a home care worker, were both quoted. … |
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| May 16, 2012 | Over 400 Gather in Support of LA CaregiversToday, over 400 caregivers and community supporters from Los Angeles County gathered outside the County Hall of Administration and joined a prayer circle held by local clergy prior to the first Los Angeles County Budget Hearing at the Board of … |
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Campaign Status
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for a wage increase of 65 cents for over 140,000 LA County home care workers, bringing them up from $9.00/hour to a living wage of $9.65/hour. However, so far only $0.50 has been implemented. We are writing, calling and attending Board Meetings to ask that they keep their promise and give LA County home care workers the living wage they were promised.Major Players
- Gloria Molina
- LA County Board of Supervisors
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- Mark Ridley Thomas
- LA County Board of Supervisors
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- Zev Yaroslavsky
- LA County Board of Supervisors
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- Don Knabe
- LA County Board of Supervisors
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- Michael D. Antonovich
- LA County Board of Supervisors
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- Notes: District 5