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		<title>Home Care Workers Talk About the Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/home-care-workers-talk-about-the-proposed-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked some of our home care worker members and allies how they felt about the proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections to home care workers. Here’s what they said: Carolyn Gay, CNA and home care worker I have been a CNA since 1992, working in private duty with some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/celebrating-dr-king%e2%80%99s-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Martin Luther King. Jr. Day approached, we here at the Direct Care Alliance found ourselves reflecting on Dr. King&#8217;s influence on our lives and work and wondering what he would think about today&#8217;s campaign for better jobs for direct care workers. We asked some of our current and past board members to share their thoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment Update: Early Feedback on DOL&#8217;s Proposed Home Care Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/comment-update-early-feedback-on-dols-proposed-home-care-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/comment-update-early-feedback-on-dols-proposed-home-care-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The comments on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protection to home care workers are surging in faster than DOL staff can post them. Negative feedback seems to be in the majority at the moment, but there are plenty of eloquent comments from supporters of the proposed rule. We’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New DCA Resources Make It Easy to Comment on Proposed Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/new-dca-resources-make-it-easy-to-comment-on-proposed-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/new-dca-resources-make-it-easy-to-comment-on-proposed-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By proposing to grant home care workers basic labor rights, the Department of Labor (DOL) has taken an important step to correct the longstanding injustice done to these crucial workers. Now it&#8217;s up to us to make sure that happens, by registering our support for DOL&#8217;s proposed rule to extend Fair Labor Standards Act protections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCA to Build on Momentum in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2012/01/dca-to-build-on-momentum-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Thanks to the hard work of our direct care worker leaders and allies, we made a lot of progress in 2011, and there are many opportunities for continued success in 2012. As DCA’s board chair, I am incredibly proud of the leadership and vision of DCA’s executive director, Leonila Vega, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Now Accepting Comments on Proposed Home Care Rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/dol-now-accepting-comments-on-proposed-home-care-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/dol-now-accepting-comments-on-proposed-home-care-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to extend basic labor protections to home care workers is now open for public comment. DOL will collect comments on the rule for the next two months. It will then weigh all the comments it has received and decide whether to amend and/or enact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Landmark Day for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday was a big day in the history of the fight for direct care worker rights, and I was lucky enough to be right there in Washington, DC, representing DCA and my fellow home care workers when President Obama made the announcement. (That’s me in the video, right behind the President’s left shoulder). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Temporarily Blocks 20% Pay Cut for Family Caregivers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/judge-temporarily-blocks-20-pay-cut-for-family-caregivers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/judge-temporarily-blocks-20-pay-cut-for-family-caregivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As home health agency owner Tim Plant explained in a September 20 DCA blog post, Minnesota’s new budget included a 20 percent pay cut for personal care assistants who provide care to a relative. The cut was to have gone into effect October 1, but a dedicated group of activists worked hard to convince lawmakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Without Overtime: I Wish I Could Take Weekends Off</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-i-wish-i-could-take-weekends-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/life-without-overtime-i-wish-i-could-take-weekends-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The home care worker whose story you are about to read chose to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job. I receive $7.75 per hour. We home care workers don’t get paid overtime in Texas, so I usually work 50 or 60 hours a week. Sometimes it’s less, but sometimes it’s more. Usually I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting the Social Safety Net</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/help-protect-the-social-safety-net/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/11/help-protect-the-social-safety-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Help us fight to preserve these crucial programs by emailing your elected representatives. Our action alert makes it easy to send them a letter. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are under attack. Over the past several months, these social safety programs have become the focus of a political battle over what our government needs [...]]]></description>
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