John,
The Department of Labor is taking public comments RIGHT NOW on the Trump Administration’s plan to rollback overtime and minimum wage protections for home care workers. The rule will soon be finalized, giving us just days left to speak out – and we need EVERYONE to join us.
If this rule goes through, its impact will be deadly. Workers who provide essential care for our loved ones will lose the protections they rely on to support their own families. And countless families they serve will be left without the care they need.
Care workers and the millions of families who rely on them are counting on us to stop this. Will you take two minutes to submit your comment to the Department of Labor before the deadline passes?
Submit a comment now, using your own words to explain why this change is important to you, because the Department of Labor will only take note of personalized messages. And if losing these protections would impact you or your friends, family, or community, please include your personal story to illustrate the harm this rollback would cause.
Home care workers make independence possible for millions of families—including Michael’s. Here’s how he describes it:
“The elder care that paid caregivers provide daily for my grandparents, who are in good but fragile health, is physically exhausting and emotionally taxing work…It’s critical that care workers be paid consistent, living wages, and that they can access benefits like overtime and paid sick time, so that they can heal themselves, take care of their own families, and show up to keep doing this highly necessary, challenging work. We must continue to guarantee the minimum wage and overtime pay for work that people’s lives depend on. This cannot be negotiable; it’s essential.”
Care work is skilled, vital, and often invisible. Without fair pay, workers leave the field, creating a crisis for elders, people with disabilities, and everyone who depends on care. Taking away overtime and minimum wage protections means families like Michael’s lose the lifeline they rely on.
Certified Nursing Assistant Tia from Minnesota knows this firsthand:
“These jobs are physically and emotionally demanding, and they require skill, patience, and deep compassion. Taking away basic labor protections from these essential workers is not only unjust, it threatens the stability of care for some of our most vulnerable community members. Fair pay and overtime protections are the bare minimum for valuing the people who provide this life-changing support.”
One thing is certain: this proposed rollback is a greedy attack on home care workers and the families who depend on them. We cannot let that happen – not now, not ever.
Take action now: Submit your comment to the Department of Labor to defend home care workers’ pay.
We have just days to flood the Department of Labor with stories and opposition. Stand with care workers. Stand with our families. Add your comment before it’s too late.
Thank you for taking action,
The NDWA Team
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