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| Jun 13, 2012 | 5,000 Home Care Workers Call for Justice at the Capitol: 50 Arrested While Others Form Circle of CareToday, just 72 hours before the budget deadline, over 5,000 caregivers and care recipients gathered at the Capitol to turn up the heat on Governor Brown and the legislature, demanding that home care cuts be taken off the table in … |
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| Jun 13, 2012 | A Story of Care: Brenda BlannonMy name is Brenda Blannon and I have been a home care provider for 20 years. I care of my younger brother Jay who is 48 years old and has suffered from 25 strokes in his short life span. He’s … |
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| Jun 13, 2012 | VIDEO: We Sent A Message to Legislators, Projected on the CapitolLast night, hundreds of home care workers gathered on the Capitol’s South Steps for a candlelight vigil filled with prayers and songs. At the end of the evening, we sent one more message directly to legislators by projecting a video … |
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| Jun 12, 2012 | Pixie and Faun’s StoryMy name is Pixi Toso and I care for my daughter Fawn, who is 28 years old and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, autism, and also suffers from lung and walking disorders. Earlier in her life, Fawn lived in … |
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| Jun 12, 2012 | ULTCW Members Attend ‘Courage to Care College’ and Get Arrested in SacramentoToday, nearly 1,000 ULTCW members and consumers, along with a few hundred home care providers and consumers from SEIU-UHW and United Domestic Workers, descended on the State Capitol to teach legislators a lesson. |
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| Jun 11, 2012 | Politic365: Jerry Brown’s Home Care ChallengePolitic365, an online political publication, just released this illuminating article on our work in Sacramento over the last 10 days. Read the article below: As covered last month on Politic365, Governor Jerry Brown’s budget is poised to make some devestating … |
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| Jun 11, 2012 | Home Care Workers ‘Sit-In’ to Send Gov. Brown a MessageToday, California caregivers, and those they provide care to, assembled inside the Sacramento capitol building, right in front of Governo Brown’s office. Watch the video below to see the sit-in and hear about why we were there. Bookmark on Delicious … |
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| Jun 8, 2012 | Home Care Saves. Get It? Giant Aerial Photos Sends This Message to Governor and LegislatorsAll this week, home care workers and the senior and disabled people they take care of, united to make it clear to legislators that Home Care Saves Lives and Saves Money. Check out the video below of how we sent … |
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| Jun 7, 2012 | Caregivers Deliver 75,000 Petitions to Governor BrownMore than 1,000 caregivers, recipients and home care supporters from the state of California, descended on the State capitol today to turn up the heat ahead of the state budget deadline. Boxes spelling out “Home Care Saves Lives & Saves Money,” filled with 75,000 petitions |
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| Jun 6, 2012 | Caregivers & Consumers Deliver Over 100 House Shaped Piggy Banks to LegislatorsToday, caregivers and care recipients from SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, California United Home Care Workers and United Domestic Workers, congregated at the capitol building in Sacramento to deliver a message to the state legislature |
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