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LA Home Care Workers To Receive Raise

Wed, 05/24/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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72,000 home care workers in Los Angeles County received news that Governor Gray Davis agreed to meet their demands for a pay raise to $7.50 per hour plus health insurance, and $1 per hour increases in each of the next four years. But the increase won?t be final unless the county Board of Supervisors agrees to chip in more money for the matching fund program, which they indicate they are unwilling to do. Los Angeles County home care workers account for more than half the home care workers in the state. The majority of home care workers in Los Angeles County are African American, or Latino or Asian immigrants, and most are women. Until last year, they earned minimum wage.

72,000 home care workers in Los Angeles County received news that Governor Gray Davis agreed to meet their demands for a pay raise to $7.50 per hour plus health insurance, and $1 per hour increases in each of the next four years. But the increase won?t be final unless the county Board of Supervisors agrees to chip in more money for the matching fund program, which they indicate they are unwilling to do. Los Angeles County home care workers account for more than half the home care workers in the state. The majority of home care workers in Los Angeles County are African American, or Latino or Asian immigrants, and most are women. Until last year, they earned minimum wage.