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Robert & Cindy Thyfault

Homecare workers speak up

Robert Thyfault, a UHW member and activist since the union first organized the Sacramento County IHSS workers in 1999-2000, is committed to keeping UHW as the union for homecare workers.

"When the union came to us, I was making minimum wage and getting no healthcare," says this former electrician who quit his job in 1995 to look after his wife, Cindy, who needs 24-hour care. Read more...


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