Labor Group Fights For Better Pay For Home Care Workers
Americans live longerbase from the statistics,thus making the ...More
Americans live longerbase from the statistics,thus making thepopulation age and as itages the need for homecare workers will growsignificantly. Accordingto the Bureau of LaborStandards, the Home CareWorkforce will grow from1.7 Million to 2.6million in 2018, but thepeople caring for seniorsin their homes earn onaverage less than 10dollars an hour and manydo not get benefits. Anumber of those workersassembled at the Food andMedicine Headquarters inBrewer Thursday toencourage Less
Americans live longer base from the statistics, thus making the population age and as it ages the need for home care workers will grow significantly. According to the Bureau of Labor Standards, the Home Care Workforce will grow from 1.7 Million to 2.6 million in 2018, but the people caring for seniors in their homes earn on average less than 10 dollars an hour and many do not get benefits. A number of those workers assembled at the Food and Medicine Headquarters in Brewer Thursday to encourage