We need to pivot from treating care as a problem for individuals and toward understanding that it is a shared experience across our society.
St. Paul home care worker Maggie Doran: Why I’m voting ‘yes’
July 24, 2014 by
On July 8, home care workers from across the state came together to file a union petition that triggered what will be the largest union election in the history of our state. Ballots will go out to more than 26,000 home care workers on August 1, and we will have our election results before Labor […]
Home care workers ‘invisible no more’ after filing for historic union election
July 8, 2014 by
When home care workers in Minnesota launched their campaign to form a statewide union less than two years ago, they set out to raise wages, improve working conditions and bring legitimacy and respect to a career path seen as critical to meeting the needs of an aging population. They may not have set out to […]
Health care local celebrates 80th anniversary, welcomes PCAs into union
September 27, 2013 by
The nation’s oldest union of health care workers marked its 80th anniversary Sept. 20 by welcoming a new group of members, home care workers, into the local. For the first time ever, roll call to open SEIU Healthcare Minnesota’s convention included a unit of personal care attendants who are hired by their clients and paid […]
Home care workers rally as lawmakers consider their union rights
March 22, 2013 by
Working to change a state law denying them the right to form a union, home health care workers “made it rain” at the Capitol yesterday, streaming more than 1,000 purple cutouts – each representing a home-care worker who has signed up for the union – from the second level onto the rotunda floor. It was […]
Unions seek organizing rights for Minnesota’s home health care workers
December 13, 2012 by
Karen Urman of Mounds View works as a personal care attendant for her adult son, Ziggy Norberg, who has used a wheelchair since he was 3 years old. The work is a full-time job, one Urman gave up her career as a tax preparer and office supervisor to pursue. For Urman it is rewarding work, […]
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