[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 1, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E844-E845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DOUG MOORE: LEADER OF THE YEAR

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  Mr. FILNER. Madam Speaker, Doug Moore, executive director of the 
64,000-member UDW Homecare Providers Union and a newly elected 
international vice president of AFSCME, has an outstanding record of 
success spanning nearly 30 years in building and energizing member-
drive unions.
  He began his labor career in 1980 as a rank-and-file member of the 
CWA, becoming a shop steward and, eventually, president of CWA Local 
9586 in Sante Fe Springs, CA. He subsequently worked for SEIU as an 
international representative before becoming Ohio state director for 
the national AFL-CIO, where he was responsible for AFL-CIO programs for 
more than one million members.
  After being recruited by AFSCME and serving as a regional field 
administrator and assistant regional director, Doug assisted in 
negotiating an agreement and helped build a 20,000-strong, member-
driven union. He also created the first statewide Executive Board 
structure for the new ADSCME Local 3299 and developed a strong member 
activist program for the local.
  In 2005, Doug was appointed deputy administrator of UDW. His dynamic 
leadership has helped rebuild UDW from the ground up.

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Among his accomplishments: UDW is now financially secure. Thanks to a 
volunteer member organizing effort, nearly 25,000 new members have 
joined UDW since 2005. For the first time in history, all of the top 
elected leaders in UDW are working homecare providers. Doug has helped 
win the highest wages in the history of the UDW statewide and has led 
the effort to win affordable health insurance in San Diego.
  Due to his efforts, the newly installed UDW Executive Board appointed 
Doug Moore in February 2008 as executive director with full 
responsibility for managing UDW activities and staff on a day-to-day 
basis.
  In his acceptance speech to the UDW Executive Board, Doug said:

       From county board to county board. we will send a clear 
     message that homecare providers matter. We demand to be 
     treated with dignity and respect! We are not second-class 
     citizens and we will fight to end the classism. sexism and 
     racism that we see everyday from those elected boards in our 
     counties. . . . We will do this the old-fashioned way: 
     Organize, organize, organize! Because when we fight. we win!

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