Union Files Election with NLRB Amid Trump Administration Funding Cuts for Home Care…
What happened
A union representing home care workers announced it filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election in Albany. The union, 1199SEIU, stated that nearly 200,000 home care workers in New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program are eligible to participate. The union claims to have gathered support from nearly 70,000 of these workers. The unionization drive occurs while the Trump administration has simultaneously cut Medicaid funding.
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Why it matters
The filing introduces significant instability to the CDPAP program and its funding structure in New York. The union seeks to leverage the election outcome to influence policy decisions regarding the essential home care services. The drive is also happening as the union pushes for better pay for workers amid rising costs of living.
Care workers are pursuing unionization under NLRB oversight, supported by consumer support.
From gothamist.com
Who's involved
- National Labor Relations BoardIndependent agency of the U.S. Government where the union filed the election petition.
- New YorkState where the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program operates.
- PPLCompany that manages the CDPAP program under contract with the state.
- Donald TrumpAdministration whose funding cuts are impacting the program.
- AlbanyCity where the union election was filed.
- Joshua FreemanLabor history professor who commented on the scale of the unionization effort.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.