Thousands of Home Aides Begin a Strike

[robnycny]

Unlike Reagan, tens of thousands (of i suppose millions) of the American elderly live with suffering debilitation in poverty as they experience their final months and years on our planet. The angels who care for them would like to earn $10.00 an hour, vs. $7.00. It is unthinkable to me anyone would deny them this reasonable, ridiculously low wage, yet...

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Thousands of home health care aides went on strike yesterday in New York City, leaving many sick and elderly patients without care for at least part of the day.

Home care agencies scrambled to send nurses or other aides to care for the patients as the city's largest health care union, 1199/S.E.I.U., called a three-day strike. The union is seeking raises of 43 percent, hoping to increase the wages of 23,000 aides to $10 an hour from the current $7.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/nyregion/08strike.html