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The rally highlighted the challenges parents and workers face to
improving services for developmentally-disabled clients at Harbor Regional Center. Employees have been meeting with management since
November to negotiate a new contract that will allow them to improve
services.The coalition stood in a unified show of support for bilingual outreach and other critically-needed services to those with developmental disabilities. They are urging management to live up to the center’s mission of being flexible, accessible, responsive and community-based.
“Reina Campos, my social worker, is like a second mom to my son. I want Reina and her co-workers to have a strong voice at work because I know she will use that voice to give my son the best care possible.” – Martha Davila with HRC social worker Reina Campos
“This rally is not about a contract. This rally is about being able to provide the best possible service to our clients. If management treats the workers well, then we can support our clients even better.”-Niima Radford, social worker at Harbor Regional Center
The caseworkers of Harbor Regional Center are the change that we have been looking for as parents. We all want to be able to find ways to work with management to better support individuals in our community with developmental disabilities.” – Marta De La Torre, parent of a 22 year old client who has epilepsy, is blind and wheel chair bound
For more information about the Harbor Regional Center contract, call Yadira Villa (323) 327-2434.