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Candidates Walk a Day in Providers' Shoes

Aspiring CA office-holders walk a day in the shoes of homecare workers

SEIU-ULTCW

On the heels of the the wildly successful 2008 "Walk a Day in My Shoes" initiative, in which then-presidential candidate Barack Obama spent a day working alongside SEIU-ULTCW member Pauline Beck, SEIU-ULTCW continued the program in 2010 by inviting current candidates for California Attorney General and the state legislure to 'walk a day' in the shoes of ULTCW members.

The initiative aims to give aspiring office-holders a deeper understanding of the day-in, day-out realities of members' working lives. Below are pictures of each candidate walking a day in the shoes of an SEIU-ULTCW long-term care worker.

Attorney General Candidate: Assemblymember Alberto Torrico
ULTCW Member: Angelina Olivares
Care recipients: Rosendo and Josefina (Los Angeles)
 

Attorney General Candidate: Chris Kelly
Care provider: Seda Hovsepyan
Care recipient: Samuel (Burbank)

 

Attorney General Candidate: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris
ULTCW Member: Wendy Ko
Care recipient: Wendy's 84-year-old mother (Union City)



Assemblymember: Bonnie Lowenthal (54th District | Parts of Long Beach)
ULTCW Member: Herbert Tammons
Care recipient: Christine (Long Beach)