UDW

What UDW does

UDW (United Domestic Workers / AFSCME Local 3930) is a California labor union headquartered in San Diego that represents more than 220,000 In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers and family child care providers across 39 counties. It operates as AFSCME Local 3930, a chartered local of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and is affiliated with the California Labor Federation and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council. Through Child Care Providers United (CCPU), UDW is the collective bargaining representative for family child care providers and has won statutory collective bargaining rights plus healthcare and retirement funds for 40,000+ providers.

UDW's core offerings are union representation, collective bargaining, legislative advocacy, and member benefits — not technology products. Its service surface consists of: (1) IHSS home care provider representation, (2) child care provider representation through CCPU, (3) a Member Benefits Portal, (4) the CCPU Training Fund for professional development, (5) the UDW Credit Union for member financial services, and (6) a regular member newsletter. Distribution is primarily field-based: local union offices in 39 California counties, the udw.org website, community events, member referrals, and earned media. There is no proprietary technology platform; the union does not publish an app, API, or SDK, and there is no AI/ML capability disclosed.

The business model is recurring membership dues paid by individual providers (classified as a subscription/recurring revenue model). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. As a labor union, UDW is member-funded and not investor-backed; there are no funding rounds, external owners, or M&A activity. Growth is driven by community organizing, grassroots advocacy, member referrals, and political action rather than commercial go-to-market.

Name

UDW

Legal name

United Domestic Workers / AFSCME Local 3930

Website

https://udwa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: UDW generates revenue through membership dues paid by home care providers (IHSS) and family child care providers. As a labor union affiliated with AFSCME, the organization operates as a membership organization rather than a commercial enterprise.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UDW is a labor union that provides collective bargaining representation, advocacy, training, and member services to home care providers (IHSS workers) and family child care providers in California. It negotiates wages and benefits with the state and counties, runs a training fund for child care providers, and offers affiliated financial services through the UDW Credit Union.

Product overview

UDW (United Domestic Workers of America/AFSCME Local 3930) is a labor union offering a single, unified membership platform for home care and family child care providers in California. The organization provides core representation services through two main channels: IHSS provider services and Child Care Provider United (CCPU) services. Members access supplementary benefits including training resources through the CCPU Training Fund, financial services via the UDW Credit Union, and ongoing communications through the member newsletter. The union operates across 39 counties in California, representing over 220,000 providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UDW Home Care Provider Services (IHSS Representation) Collective bargaining representation, advocacy, and member services for individual In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home care providers in California.
• Family Child Care Provider Services (CCPU / Child Care Providers United) Collective bargaining representation and advocacy for licensed family child care providers in California, organized through the Child Care Providers United (CCPU) chapter.
• CCPU Training Fund Training fund providing professional development and training resources for family child care providers who are UDW/CCPU members.
• UDW Credit Union Affiliated credit union providing financial services to UDW members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Won historic collective bargaining rights for child care providers in California
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUDW is AFSCME Local 3930, a chartered local of the international union. This affiliation provides UDW members with access to AFSCME's resources, advocacy infrastructure, and collective bargaining support. Doug Moore serves as an AFSCME International Vice President and Johanna Puno Hester serves as an elected AFSCME International Vice President.
• Child Care Providers United (CCPU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCPU is the collective bargaining representative for family child care providers in California. UDW members who are child care providers participate in CCPU, which has won historic collective bargaining rights and secured healthcare and retirement funds for 40,000+ providers. Johanna Puno Hester serves as Vice Chair of CCPU.
• California Labor FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUDW is affiliated with the California Labor Federation. Johanna Puno Hester serves as Vice-President for the California Labor Federation, providing UDW with representation in the broader California labor movement.
• San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUDW President Doug Moore serves as President of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, representing labor's interests in the regional labor federation.
• CCPU Training FundmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe CCPU Training Fund provides professional development and training resources for child care providers, helping them enhance their skills and professional credentials.
• UDW Credit UnionmajorOthersA financial cooperative offering credit union services to UDW members, providing banking services, loans, and financial education resources to union members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• UNITE HERE: UNITE HERE is a labor union representing workers in hotels, gaming, food service, and related industries, with a strong California presence. It is a regional peer in the broader labor organizing landscape, sharing similar union structures and legislative advocacy functions.
• California Labor Federation: The California Labor Federation is the state labor body that UDW is affiliated with. While not a competing union, it operates as a peer in the broader California labor ecosystem, coordinating legislative advocacy and member mobilization across affiliated unions.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): AFT is a national labor union representing teachers, public employees, and healthcare workers, with significant California membership. It is a regional peer in the public-sector labor space, with overlapping interest in education and care-worker policy.
• National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW): NUHW is a California-based union representing healthcare workers across hospitals, clinics, and home care settings. It overlaps with UDW in the care-worker space but operates primarily in acute-care institutional settings rather than home and child care.

Broad incumbents

• AFSCME International: AFSCME is UDW's parent labor federation and one of the largest public-sector unions in the U.S. It is a broad incumbent that operates across state, county, and municipal workers, with care workers as one segment of a much larger portfolio.
• AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO is the largest U.S. labor federation and parent body for many international unions, including AFSCME. It is a broad incumbent that influences the political and legislative environment in which UDW operates, with greater scale and broader industry reach.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): SEIU is a 2-million-member national union with extensive care-worker representation, including its California local SEIU 2015. It is a broader incumbent in the same care-worker organizing space, with more diversified industries and greater national scale.

Direct peers

• National Domestic Workers Alliance: A national advocacy and organizing body for domestic workers, including home care providers — the same constituency UDW organizes. NDWA parallels UDW's mission of elevating care work through policy advocacy and member organizing, though it operates as a non-union advocacy network.
• SEIU 2015: SEIU 2015 represents long-term care workers, including a large portion of California's IHSS providers, in the same geographic footprint and population that UDW serves. It is the most direct competitor for IHSS bargaining units and member enrollment in California.
• Child Care Providers United (CCPU): CCPU is the historic collective bargaining representative for California's family child care providers and is embedded within UDW as its child care arm. It enables direct comparison on the same child care provider base UDW represents, with shared leadership between the two organizations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UDW3930
• Facebookfacebook.com/UDW
• Instagraminstagram.com/udw_union
• Xx.com/udwa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/united-domestic-workers-of-america

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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