Choose People, not Profits

Two for-profit national home care franchises are leading the fight against the proposed rule to give home care workers minimum wage and overtime pay protections. They try to cover up their self-interest with lofty claims, but, as yesterday's USA Today points out, they're really just protecting their healthy profit margins. Home Instead Senior Care spent at least $362,000 last year to try to stop the rule from being enacted. Meanwhile, home care workers average less than $10 an hour. About a third of these hard-working Americans cannot afford health insurance, and nearly half rely on food stamps or other forms of public assistance to make ends meet. Home Instead and its allies are trying to flood the Department of Labor with comments opposing the rule. Let's show them there are some things money can't buy. If you haven't already voiced your support for home care workers, submit your comment today. Tell DOL home care workers must have minimum wage wage and overtime pay.