ILWU Lobbies for Improvements for Licensed Caregivers in Hawaii


ILWU has 6 Bills submitted to help Caregivers

After forming the Caregivers Union, ILWU Local 1000, the elected officers and trustees worked with ILWU representatives to understand, research, and formulate proposals for bills that would help Caregivers receive improvements to pay, working conditions, and regulation of their services to the community and State.

Working with elected members of the Hawaii legislature, ILWU had several bills introduced at the 2023 Hawaii State Legislative Session.  Other versions of the bills were also submitted on behalf of the ILWU and Caregivers.  

To support the bills, ILWU Local 1000 collected hundreds of letters supporting the bills and submitted them to the various committees of the Legislature that were in charge of vetting and approving the bills that would help Caregivers.

Through the course of the hearings it became clear that some of issues that some bills addressed would be better if handled directly between the ILWU and the Dept. of Health and the Dept. of Human Services. 

ILWU Local 1000 members are licensed caregivers for CCFFH, ARCH,  EARCH, or DD/ID home operators in Hawaii.

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