4/1 Rally and Press Conference for Consumer Workforce Council in State Capitol, Harrisburg PA

On 4/1, hundreds of people with disabilities, seniors, and home care attendants are gathered for a rally, march, press conference and cabinet visits in Harrisburg despite rain to demand for justice. United for the Consumer Workforce Council!

We are asking Governor Rendell to build the Consumer Workforce Council: a state board of people with disabilities and seniors, who will be charged to protect the rights of consumers to choose and direct their own long term care in their own homes and in their communities; while working with home care attendants that help make the independence for thousands of Pennsylvanians possible, to give them the right to have a voice to advocate for health care benefits and a living wage, so they can support their families.

MC:
German Parodi (leader of PA ADAPT)

Speaker in the video:
Kathleen Kleinman (CEO, Tri-County Patriots For Independent Living)

Sign online petition to support people with disabilities, seniors and home care workers in PA stepping to POWER!
http://www.facts-online.org/campaign/tell_rendell_CWC

For more information:
www.choosehomecare.org
info@choosehomecare.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• PA
• home care
• people with disabilities
• seniors
• direct care workers
• consumers

[HitserOner]

These folks depend heavily on the services they receive from their home care attendants. Therefore I was not surprised that the disabled were advocating for better wages, health care and of course the dignity that comes with receiving quality sustainable and dependable home health care.

Consumers and attendants united, It's a beautiful (and reciprocal) thing my friends.

Go CWC!!!

[HitserOner]

I was incredibly moved by the passion and sincerity of the disabled folks who worked hard on that cold and rainy day to secure for themselves quality home care.

[danielfaithfull]

No CWC!!!!!!!!!

This is nothing more than adding to the bureaucracy. Give the attendants more money per hour. They also can get health care benefits.

The CWC is NOT NEEDED!!!!!!!