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Click on this image to see DCA's Dudzinski in a DOL video.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the end of the comment period for a proposed rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) to extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. The comments that poured in from the public were overwhelmingly positive, with more than 20,000 people writing in to voice their support.

In mid-January, the rule moved to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), creating new and important opportunities for advocacy. Review by OMB is the last step in the process the rule must go through before it is finalized. Now more than ever, we need you to tell President Obama and OMB that home care workers can't wait any longer.

Got two minutes? Here are two things you can do:   

1. Sign an open letter to President Obama from The Nation.
2. Sign the new petition from MomsRising. Hard copies of the signatures will be delivered to OMB, DOL and the White House.

• DCA Board Chair Tracy Dudzinski on her visit to OMB to advocate for the rule.
• Bruce Vladeck, the former head of the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid, on why we need the rule.
• The New York Times calls on the President to uphold his promise.