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# One of California's Biggest Unions Just Endorsed Prop 50; Promises Retribution for Medicaid Cuts
- URL: https://ivn.us/one-californias-biggest-unions-just-endorsed-prop-50-promises-retribution-medicaid-cuts-2025/
- Published: 2025-09-17T20:21:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-17T20:22:17.000Z
- Author: Shawn Griffiths
- Tags: Campaigns, California, Gerrymandering

**SAN DIEGO, Calif.** – The United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930), one of California’s largest unions, announced Wednesday that it will mobilize a large-scale voter outreach campaign to support Proposition 50**,** the legislative-drawn congressional map that will go before state voters on November 4.

UDW, which represents over 220,000 home care and family childcare providers, [says the measure is critical to holding members of Congress accountable for cutting Medicaid](https://www.udw.org/press-releases/udw-one-of-cas-largest-unions-representing-over-220000-providers-launches-massive-mobilization-campaign-to-pass-prop-50/?ref=ivn.us) and nutrition assistance funding while approving what the group calls “huge tax giveaways to billionaires.”

The California Legislature [approved a new congressional map](https://ivn.us/posts/breaking-california-democrats-remove-trigger-language-redistricting-bill-will-gerrymander-or) at the behest of Governor Gavin Newsom, who promised to “fight fire with fire” and nullify a Texas mid-decade gerrymander by side-stepping California’s independent redistricting commission. The whole thing has escalated into a [nationwide redistricting fight](https://ivn.us/posts/gerrymandering-wars-escalate-beyond-texas-and-california-national-race-bottom-2025-08-27) mere months before the midterms.

UDW plans to contact more than 100,000 voters through door-knocking, text messaging, social media, ads, and phone calls in the lead-up to Election Day.

“Our hardworking members overwhelmingly support Prop 50 and are coming out *en masse* to kick out those in Congress who slashed Medicaid and nutrition assistance to pay for a massive tax giveaway to billionaires,” said union Executive Director Doug Moore.

> *Together, we’re going to stand up for both those who give care and those who receive it.”*

The endorsement comes not long after former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger [called Prop 50 “insane”](https://ivn.us/posts/schwarzenegger-enters-california-redistricting-fight-says-prop-50-shifts-power-voters) while speaking at a University of Southern California event. He argued that copying the gerrymandering tactics used in Texas does nothing to strengthen democratic norms.

> “This is about taking power away from the people,” he said.

If Prop. 50 is approved by voters in November, the Democratic Party’s representation could increase to 92% of California's congressional delegation until after the independent redistricting commission redraws the map again in 2031\. Though pitched as solely a response to Texas redistricting, it will go into effect even if Texas’ new map is struck down in court.