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Speaker Bass, Assemblymember Furutani, Homecare Workers Call for End to Budget Blockade
Homecare workers will join Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblymember Warren Furutani, (D-Gardena) in a community town hall forum urging the Governor and legislative Republicans to end California’s current budget blockage.

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7/28/2008

ALAMEDA COUNTY HOMECARE WORKERS WIN HISTORIC CONTRACT AGREEMENT
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday an historic contract for homecare workers that brings increased wages, additional transportation funds and protects quality health benefits for care providers.

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7/23/2008

In historic month, SEIU-ULTCW Organizes 347 New Nursing Home Employees
Los Angeles – From May 23 to June 20, 347 employees at five different nursing homes throughout the state voted overwhelmingly in favor of uniting with SEIU Healthcare United Long-Term Care Workers’ Union.

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7/1/2008

SAN BERNARDINO AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY SENIOR AND DISABILITY ADVOCATES HOLD FORUM ON GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED CUTS

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6/19/2008

Thousands of UHW Members Support Uniting All California Long-Term Care Workers
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Thousands of petition cards signed by United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) members, were submitted today at a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) hearing to determine the jurisdiction of long-term care workers--nursing h

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5/7/2008

Local Candidates To Attend SEIU-ULTCW ‘Pancake Breakfast
Los Angeles County Supervisorial candidate Mark Ridley Thomas highlights an impressive group of elected officials and political hopefuls who will join Local 6434 members for the annual Pancake Breakfast served by union staff at ULTCW headquarters on Satur

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5/2/2008

State Senate Candidate Carol Liu Walks a Day in the Shoes of Pasadena Homecare Worker
South Pasadena, Calif. – Carol Liu, a former member of the State Assembly and a candidate for the State Senate, found out what it is like to be a homecare worker when she spent her Tuesday morning “walking in the shoes” of SEIU member and caregiver Suzann

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4/29/2008

Home Care Workers Rally at State Capitol to Protest Proposed Budget Cuts
SACRAMENTO – Over 250 homecare providers from SEIU Local 6434, the United Long-Term Care Workers’ (ULTCW) union assembled at the state capitol Wednesday to protest a proposed 18 percent cut to the budget of the In-Home Supportive Services program.

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4/17/2008