Most of the people doing this work, this work that has always been heroic, has always been essential, but ever more so in a pandemic when a lot of these workers were going into the homes of people with disabilities or the homes where … Home and community-based services workers, mostly women and women of color, make only $12 an hour. … the greatest country in the world, we should have the best home and community based services in the world, just like we should have the highest quality child care in the world and the best health care system. (16:43–16:57)
CLAIM
Asserts that workers in home and community-based services, primarily women and women of color, earn $12 per hour.
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