Three years ago, caregivers from across the entire state of California came together under one statewide local. This gave homecare and nursing home workers a stronger voice  — which we have used to win not only for care providers but for the aging and disabled populations, and all working families in the state. Since 2015 to now we’ve grown by over 75,000 long-term workers, making us the largest union in California. We’ve closed contracts that have raised wages, improved benefits, and increased standards for those we care for and and bettered working conditions for providers.In just 2017 alone, we closed 3 IHSS contracts, 44 nursing home contracts, and 5 contracts with private agencies.