Does the union really think these PCAs are stupid?
The state can increase the subsidy, and has done so periodically for years without the union. The so-called “paid time off” the SEIU claims to have secured for these brave women (and they are mostly women) is also a crock: Who can take time off caring for a sick child? It’s not an assembly line.
Indeed, the collective bargaining contract puts mandatory limits on their hours. As noted in a Daily Caller profile of Kris Greene, a Minnesota PCA who has cared for her daughter for 24 years:
The union…has made it so home health care workers cannot work for more than 40 hours a week, which is nearly impossible for those taking care of loved ones.
Read the whole article by Matt Patterson here.
