In Carson City, Nev., home health care workers will be at the statehouse on Tuesday asking lawmakers for a big raise, citing growing demand as the state’s population rapidly ages.
It’s the second such request in two years. A campaign in 2023 delivered a $16 minimum wage for home caregivers, who are employed by private agencies that are funded through Medicaid. Prior to that, their wages had been stuck between $10 and $12 an hour for more than a decade.
“It was just ridiculous,” says Regina Brown-Ross, a home care worker and union organizer with SEIU Local 1107. “People can’t function on $12 an hour.”…