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IHSS caregivers press board for livable wages as negotiations continue; closed session yields no reportable action
Summary
In-home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers and a union organizer urged the Board of Supervisors to raise wages to retain caregivers and support 4,500 local recipients; the board recessed to closed session on IHSS bargaining and later reported no reportable action.
Multiple IHSS providers and an organizer asked the Board of Supervisors to raise wages and invest in the county's IHSS program, which provides in-home care for older adults and people with disabilities.
Speakers and message: Susan McMains, who identified herself as an IHSS caregiver of 17 years speaking on behalf of a recipient, asked the board to "invest in IHSS, raise raising wages for workers to help ensure what Tina went…
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