In the eight years she’s worked at nursing homes, LaToya Francis, 34, – a member of 1199SEIU Maryland/DC – has been yelled at, kicked at and had feces thrown at her for little more than the minimum wage. She endured it because she loved being a certified nursing assistant. But she’s not sure she can hold out much longer. That’s the lede for Rebecca Tan’s excellent story in last Friday’s Washington Post about how low-wage nursing home workers here and across the country, essential but underpaid and overworked, are “quitting in droves.” Says Francis, “I’ve never, ever felt this disrespected.”
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