USA: The experience of caregivers in the US underscores inequality today
To National Domestic Workers Alliance Director Ai-jen Poo, the experience of caregivers in the US underscores inequality today. The solution? A social movement.
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"Today my grandmother is 89 and Mrs. Sun takes care of her."
"The average wages of someone like Mrs. Sun in this country is USD13000 per year. Compounding that reality of working incredibly hard and still living in poverty is the fact that tremendous number of caregivers are immigrants, undocumented immigrants trapped in the shadows without basic labour protection."
"That’s what we have to transform."
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