(Jefferson City, MO)- As part of their ongoing fight for union representation members of the Home Care Union, a joint project of AFSCME Council 72 and SEIU Missouri State Council, held their first of many political actions.
Home Health Care workers from across Missouri called their State Senators and demanded that they fight to restore $350,000 of funding for the Home Care Council included in Governor Jay Nixon’s proposed State Budget. This funding was slashed to nothing by the proposed budget cuts of the Missouri House of Representatives.
In addition, the workers made commitments to continue their advocacy with a petition drive back home. “It is important for all Home Health Care workers to speak with one loud and united voice, and that is exactly what they did today and will continue to do in the future. Today Home Health Care workers sent the message that it is unacceptable for the state to shortchange the needs of its most vulnerable citizens and their caregivers.” said Don Zavodny, Director of AFSCME Council 72. “The people receiving in home health care deserve to know they have a fully funded Home Care Council overseeing their care.”
