Response to The Hidden Costs of Collective Bargaining
Joseph Calomino's post misses the point. SEIU's work in Illinois is not about politics - it's about lifting one of the most underpaid and fastest-growing workforces in our state and indeed the nation out of poverty.
Mr. Calomino’s post misrepresents our union’s decades-long history of fighting to raise standards for low-wage caregivers, and the real challenges that caregivers and the families who depend on them have faced during years of underfunding these critical programs.
For more than 30 years, SEIU has united and mobilized home care and home child care workers – the state’s lowest-paid workers, who once earned as little as $1 per hour for providing essential services to Illinois families. SEIU has always been clear in our goal of winning a real voice on the job for tens of thousands of workers who do some of the most critical jobs – providing in-home care for ... Read More...
