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Upcoming Meetings & Strike Pledge The past week has been an incredible show of solidarity for the safe, sustainable and equitable working and learning conditions we all deserve. Together we can build on this momentum to win a fair contract…

SEIU 503 In-Home Care Providers Vote to Ratify New Contract! Members have voted, ballots have been counted, and we’re thrilled to share that our new contract was ratified. The contract contains some big victories for Homecare and Personal Support workers!…

We are now meeting with management each week as we work on getting closer to winning a new contract. We convened for a virtual session this week, engaging in a back-and-forth discussion at the table for more than ten hours.…

State Makes Some Movement on Language Justice, Hours Cap We resumed meeting with State Management this week and were cautiously optimistic that they are finally starting to listen to our demands, thanks to you sending emails, attending our Speak Outs…

We’ve just wrapped up our second bargaining session. While this session was productive in that we were able to get many of our proposals on the table, we were disappointed to see management propose several takeaways. The takeaways they proposed…

Your bargaining team met with the State on Tuesday, and this meeting was different. When we sat down at the table we were joined by the more than 1,900 SEIU 503 members who took time last week to send a…

Your bargaining team has been hard at work on getting proposals ready to pass to management. We couldn’t have done this without your voice at the center of our discussions, through all of the key issues you helped identify in…

Your member-elected Homecare/PSW bargaining Team met with the State on Tuesday, June 8 for our third bargaining session.  In this session, we continued negotiations over the State’s new Paid Time Capture/E-Voucher system, launching this summer for APD Homecare workers and…

Español abajo   When workers negotiate a new contract with the State, we have an opportunity to raise wages, protect consumer hours, and fight for changes at DHS that will make it easier for us to care for seniors and…