Jillavontia Edwards: It’s time to treat home care workers as truly essential

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One thought on “Jillavontia Edwards: It’s time to treat home care workers as truly essential

  1. It goes without saying that anyone who can write so eloquently and on point, not to mention who is doing a truly essential service, not a discretionary one, should earn more than $12 an hour. Our nation’s pay scale is definitely topsy-turvy.

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