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Supervisors Approve Wage Increase for In-Home Support Service Workers (VIDEO)
Maria Quintero, who receive in-home support service in Baldwin Park will be one of the people who will benefit from the decision.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved recently a wage increase for in-home supportive service workers, bringing their hourly rate to $9.65 an hour.
Maria Quintero, who receive in-home support service in Baldwin Park will be one of the people who will benefit from the decision.
Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Zev Yaroslavsky co-authored the motion amidst severe budget challenges.
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“This wage increase will help to get Los Angeles County healthy,” said Laphonza Butler, president of SEIU United Long Term Care Workers’ Union representing 180,000 in-home care providers and nursing home workers throughout California.
In this video, workers and advocates give moving testimony as to how a living wage will improve their lives.
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More information can be found at http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/
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