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March for California's Future Kick-off Rally

Today in Los Angeles, 500 members of SEIU ULTCW and others packed the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church at a rally to kick off a 48-day “March for California’s Future” and to launch their own campaign to fight the Governor’s cuts to in-home care - also known as IHSS.

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SEIU Members Defeat Governor Schwarzenegger's Attempt to Cut Homecare Wages

SEIU Members Defeat Attempt to Cut Homecare Wages

On Wednesday, March 3, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower courts preliminary injunction which stopped Governor Schwarzenegger's 2009/2010 budget cut to reduce the state's maximum contribution toward in-home caregiver wages from $11.50 to $9.50 an hour.

"This ruling by the Court is a great victory for all Californians," said Laphonza Butler, President-Elect of SEIU-ULTCW. "It sends a clear message to the Governor that he can't balance the state's budget on the backs of thousands of hardworking in-home caregivers."

ULTCW members played a major leadership role in this lawsuit as hundreds provided written testimony or attended the hearings that were held in Oakland last fall and in Pasadena in February.

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Hundreds Turn Out for Immigration Reform at SEIU-ULTCW

(February 20, 2010 – Los Angeles) Over 400 community members, clergy, students and SEIU members crammed into the offices of SEIU ULTCW for a Community Accountability and Planning Session on Immigration Reform. Congressman Xavier Becerra and SEIU ULTCW Trustee Laphonza Butler were in attendance, hearing the stories, fears, and hopes of many in the crowd on why we need Immigration Reform. Organized in conjunction with local partners CHIRLA and others members of the Reform Immigration FOR America.coalition, this event was the first in a series of engagements with elected leaders.

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ULTCW Members and In-Home Care Recipients Featured In News

(Feb 8, 2010) ULTCW members Olga Marquez and Carla Eastman were featured in news stories this weekend with their in-home care recipients. Olga Marquez and Frances Deeds were featured in Sunday’s Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, while Carla Eastman and Dorothy Liedtke were featured in the The Sun. Both stories focused on the Governor’s desire to eliminate the in-home care program and the profound and devastating affect this would have on the 465,000 low-income senior and disabled citizens who receive in-home care and the 350,000 caregivers who provide it.

Special thanks to Olga, Carla, Francis and Dorothy for taking the time to share their stories to ensure that San Bernardino County residents understand the dangers of the Governor’s proposed cuts to IHSS.

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CARLA & DOROTHY
OLGA & FRANCES