Facing critical shortage, bipartisan legislation would hike wages for direct care workers

Dozens of direct care workers on Tuesday testified in support of a new bipartisan proposal to help raise chronically low ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Many US Health Care Workers Face Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Housing Instability

Financial hardship is widespread among health care workers, particularly in direct care roles, amid a workforce crisis and challenging job conditions. Direct care workers face the highest levels of ...

GTA care home resident attacked, mother says, as support worker strike approaches 2 months

The mother of a resident of a care home west of Toronto says he was attacked by another resident while support workers from the facility remain on strike after almost two months. The attack comes ...
Virginia Mercury

Home health workers, ‘backbone’ of public health work, support collective bargaining legislation

While the bill broadly applies to public employees like government workers, it would also create the Virginia Home Care ...
Opinion

Opinion: A call to action — protecting our health care heroes from workplace violence

The Utah Legislature must enact more stringent penalties against individuals that harm health care workers.
abc27

Child care workers could get a raise under Shapiro plan to address shortage

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