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Home care and nursing home workers, including members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Service Employees International Union, will also take solidarity action on Tuesday. Alongside the $15 minimum wage, they ll demand better wages, benefits, and training, Fight for $15 said.
The care workers will be taking action outside agencies that oversee Medicaid in at least 15 cities, including Atlanta and Los Angeles, calling for a major investment in Medicaid, it said. As a home care worker who has been told I m essential but treated like I m expendable, this fight is about pay but it s also about respect and a voice on the job for all workers, Joyce Barnes, a home care worker from Richmond, Virginia, said in a statement provided by Fight for $15.