December 2000

Welfare Computer System
Will CalWIN?
California is again trying to develop a statewide computer system to both track and determine welfare eligibility payments. Has the department learned from its past mistakes?

California welfare computer systems at a glance
Why past systems failed. An interview with Public Interest Breakthroughs' Dan Mueller.
ISAWS: One of the present marginal systems
Wisdom of the Wise: It is possible to create a good system-You just need to take workers in put seriously.
Will Management Walk the Walk?

New Strength Unity Plan
Preparing for the future Local 535 begins formulating a bold new plan.

Los Angeles childrens social worker Geoff Stephen speaks out at the SEIU Local 535 Executive Board, discussing the New Strength Unity Plan

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Kaiser Partnership National Agreement
Kaiser Permanente has reached a national agreement with 25 unions representing Kaiser workers around the country. The new agreement has been praised as a historical breakthrough. Hear what nurses are saying.

Marin County Chapter President Adrian Fried describes problems with the last attempt at a statewide welfare computer system, ISAWS.

Santa Clara Eligibility Supervisor Terri Perez warns that managment is refusing to take worker in put serriouslly

Past Issues