Last December, I was invited to Washington, D.C. to stand with President Obama as he announced a proposed rule to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to us home care workers. (That's me in the photo behind the President's shoulder, fourth from the right.) The rule was part of the We Can't Wait initiative, in which the President is bypassing our gridlocked Congress by taking executive action to help America's struggling middle class.
The President is right: We home care workers can't wait any longer for these basic labor protections. For years, we have been excluded from Fair Labor Standards Act protections. Now is the time for that injustice to end.
In collaboration with PHI, NELP, Caring Across Generations, and many other organizations, we have launched a petition to remind the White House and DOL that they must enact the rule now. Please join me and
sign the petition.
We can't wait!
Tracy Dudzinski
Home Care Worker and Direct Care Alliance Board Chair
