Unionization could help home health care workers with wages, experts say

Unionization could help home health care workers with wages, experts say For Susie Young, the days before she was a unionized caregiver weren’t ones to cheer about.   “Before the union came in, we had nothing,” she said. “No training. Forget about a paid holiday or vacation. … There’s many workers in this country today… Continue reading Unionization could help home health care workers with wages, experts say

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since.

These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since. President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan contains one particular provision that looks much different from physical infrastructure: $400 billion to make long-term care cheaper and raise care workers’ wages. For health care policy experts, the need… Continue reading These workers were left out of the New Deal. They’ve been fighting for better pay ever since.

Capitalism and the Caring Economy

Capitalism and the Caring Economy Joe Biden’s American Families Plan is something of a miracle. It carries out goals that advocates have only dreamed of. These include $225 billion for day care, so that no family pays more than 7 percent of its income on child care; universal pre-kindergarten; paid family and medical leave; as well as… Continue reading Capitalism and the Caring Economy

To Achieve Equitable Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes, Address Key Workforce Challenges

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Lantsman Milena Berhane James Hernandez

SUBJECT: racial equity, safe staffing, poor job quality, nursing homes, pandemic, occupational segregation, turnvover, career mobility, wages & benefits, BIPOC women, essential workers, care crisis

Shoring Up the Long-Term Care Workforce

AUTHOR: Kate Bradford

SUBJECT: quality jobs, racial equity, economy, policy development, financing solutions

Investing in Care: A Strategy for Effective and Equitable Job Creation

AUTHOR: Rania Antonopoulos, Kijong Kim, Thomas Masterson, Ajit Zacharias

SUBJECT: racial equity, economy, BIPOC women, quality jobs, care infrastructure

A Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders

AUTHOR: Workforce Matters Funders Network

SUBJECT: framework, toolkit, racial equity, occupational segregation, policy development

Targeted Universalism: Policy & Practice

AUTHOR: A Primer

SUBJECT: Targeted universalism, policy development, policy implementation, racial equity, structural racism

Black Women Best: The Framework We Need for an Equitable Economy

AUTHOR: Kendra Bozarth, Grace Western, Janelle Jones

SUBJECTS: Black women, economy, policy implementation, policy development, racial equity, sexism, structural racism

Principles for Racially Equitable Policy Platforms

AUTHOR: raceforward.org

SUBJECTS: policy development, toolkit, racial equity