As the Home Care providers Union, we are united around quality care for Consumers and quality jobs for caregivers. Before and during this pandemic, PCAs and our Consumers have worked tirelessly to win the following:
- Raises implemented on July 1st, 2020: PCAs increased to $16.25; those making more received a 1.5% increase
- Hazard pay of 7.5% for all hours worked April 1st – June 30, 2020
- Three million items of PPE (masks and gloves) distributed and counting. Request more PPE for DSS Consumers HERE and for DDS Consumers in English HERE or in Spanish HERE
- Access to COVID related paid leave: Sick Leave Click HERE to download the form (PDF) and in Spanish HERE. Apply for Extended Paid Family & Medical Leave HERE (PDF)
- Time and a half Pay on Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, MLK Day, Memorial Day, and Fourth of July
- Access to Workers Comp Insurance for work-related injury or illness (including COVID-19 contracted at work): Click HERE for more information
- Priority Access to the COVID-19 vaccine for PCAs: Click HERE for more information
File a grievance: Click here to access the form
Help home care workers have a stronger voice and become a member today – Click here to become a member!
Learn more about your rights; click here to view your Home Care Contract
Recent Articles
- Home care workers without health care visit the Governor’s mansion in Greenwich
- Halloween Horror Stories at the Governor’s Mansion with Home Care Workers and Allies
- Home Care Workers Lose Paid COVID Sick Time
- Home Care Workers Rally For Wages, Benefits
- PCAs Tell Governor Ned Lamont: “The Future of Home Care is in Your Hands”
- Long-Term Care Workers Unite in Civil Disobedience Demanding Fair Wages for PCAs
