Working Partnerships USA

Working Partnerships USA Working Partnerships USA brings together public policy innovation and the power of grassroots organizing to drive the movement for a just economy.

WPUSA's accomplishments include:

• Launching Healthy Workers, comprehensive, affordable health care coverage for small businesses and their employees designed to be a model in serving uninsured adults in California and the rest of the nation.
• Winning the 1998 San José Living Wage ordinance, subsequently expanding it to more than 8,000 workers.
• Pioneering the Children’s Health Initiative, whic

h now provides health coverage to more than 120,000 Santa Clara County kids and has been replicated in most California counties.
• Developing LeaderNet, a three-month community popular education and leadership training institute that has trained more 250 community leaders since 1997.
• Anchoring the Partnership for Working Families, a national coalition of progressive community organizations emphasizing the creation of high quality jobs, affordable housing, environmental health and career pipelines for shared prosperity.

08/18/2026

LIVE NOW: “Now We Build”, the Working Families Housing report launch! Join 70+ community leaders as we unveil a plan for permanently affordable, union-built homes across Santa Clara County.

When our neighbors needed them, they answered 💪This year, we're honoring the first group people call when ICE activity i...
08/12/2026

When our neighbors needed them, they answered 💪

This year, we're honoring the first group people call when ICE activity in our region threatens the safety of a family member or worker in our County—the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network.

Since 2016, RRN has grown from a handful of volunteers to over 3,000 strong, running a 24/7 hotline that dispatches trained legal observers to verify and document ICE activity in real time.

They organize and empower the community—running know-your-rights education across all 15 cities in Santa Clara County and standing publicly with immigrant families so no one is pushed into the shadows. Every day, they demonstrate people power that doesn't ask the government for permission.

Join us at Champions For Change 2026 on Sep 17 as we celebrate the SCC Rapid Response Network as one of this year's Champions.🏆⁠

🎟️ Get your tickets today at https://wpusa.org/champions-for-change-2026/

This year, we're honoring a leader who's spent 30 years protecting working people in California and across the country—D...
07/29/2026

This year, we're honoring a leader who's spent 30 years protecting working people in California and across the country—David Huerta.⁠
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As President of SEIU-United Service Workers West, David's spent his career (since joining SEIU in 1996) defending immigrant workers and working families, often before it was safe or easy to do so.⁠
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He and SEIU-USWW have long been partners of ours here in Santa Clara County—standing together to make sure the thousands of workers who power the tech industry have dignity and a voice on the job.⁠ David reminds us that courage means acting before it's safe, before it's easy, and finding joy and power in doing it together. ⁠
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Join us at Champions For Change 2026 on Sep 17 as we celebrate David as one of this year's Champions. 🏆⁠
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🎟️ Get your tickets today at https://wpusa.org/champions-for-change-2026/

07/28/2026

460,000 people in Santa Clara County rely on Medi-Cal. A new rule could 129,000 of them at risk of losing their coverage by 2028. 25 states are suing to stop it.

Its time to speak up. Tell us how this new rule would effect you: https://forms.gle/ogVkVJjyxKYyC7iC8

AI feels like it's everywhere right now. Let's talk about it!Join us for a conversation with Alex Hanna, leading researc...
07/24/2026

AI feels like it's everywhere right now. Let's talk about it!

Join us for a conversation with Alex Hanna, leading researcher and thinker in AI and tech!

We'll dig into the real challenges you're facing with AI, hear from Alex about her work, and have an open conversation about where we go from here.
This is an opportunity to find shared values, common goals, and ways we can act together.

RSVP at the link in our bio! 🔗

07/14/2026

When Savannah learned the program was free, it changed everything.

TOP is a no-cost apprenticeship-readiness program that prepares individuals for careers in the trades—combining classroom instruction, hands-on training, and direct pathways to union opportunities.

For many, it’s the first step toward a stable, long-term career.

wpusa.org/top

Every county needs somewhere that can't say no. For Santa Clara County, that's VMC.When a private ER hits capacity, pati...
07/09/2026

Every county needs somewhere that can't say no. For Santa Clara County, that's VMC.

When a private ER hits capacity, patients get redirected. When VMC hits capacity, there's nowhere left to go. Cutting this system doesn't just hurt VMC's patients. It raises the risk for everyone who needs an ER bed in this county.

This is the hospital holding the whole system together. . Protect Santa Clara Valley Healthcare.

Today for ,We're highlighting our public healthcare system that ensures anyone can get care when they need it: the Sant...
07/08/2026

Today for ,

We're highlighting our public healthcare system that ensures anyone can get care when they need it: the Santa Clara County hospital system doesn't ask what insurance you have—it just treats you.

But this model is under direct attack. H.R. 1 is gutting the Medi-Cal funding it runs on, and we're still $270 million short this year—not from mismanagement, but because Washington pulled the floor out.

Swipe to see what's at stake.



Protect Santa Clara Valley Healthcare.

07/07/2026

Everyone starts somewhere.

Different backgrounds. Different paths.

One shared decision, to build something more. For their future.
Hear why they chose TOP and took the first step toward a career in the trades.

Interested in starting a career in the trades? Apply to TOP today!

Learn more by attending an info session: https://wpusa.org/top

An airport can't run without its workers. ✈️Yesterday, we joined airport workers at San José Mineta International Airpor...
07/02/2026

An airport can't run without its workers. ✈️

Yesterday, we joined airport workers at San José Mineta International Airport to stand with them in their fight for a fair contract. Every worker deserves dignity on the job, fair wages, and working conditions that respect the essential role they play in keeping our communities connected.

When workers stand together, they build the power to win not just for themselves, but for all working people. ✊🏽

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