DC Launch Set for Caring Across Generations Campaign

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The national Caring Across Generations Campaign -- initiated by Jobs with Justice, the National Domestic Worker Alliance and other partner groups -- will kick off with a free local event in Washington on July 12 at the Washington Hilton. The campaign is focusing on winning better public policy for home care workers and helping them organize. “Every eight seconds someone in our country turns 65 years old. As our population ages, they’ll need assistance and they deserve to have it in their home and with dignity,” says DC Jobs with Justice organizer Lillian Walker Shelton. “We look forward to working together on the goals of this campaign which include job creation, labor standards, training, citizenship opportunities, and a tax credit for families who have to pay a home care worker to take care of their loved ones.”  Click here for free registration or email Lshelton@dclabor.org.