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 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Two unions — the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — say low pay is common among the 300,000 home care workers who have government contracts nationwide. The unions are trying to organize workers in Maryland and other states.
If it weren't for the daily visits from home health care worker Linda Davis, Donald Barnes believes he would be living in a nursing home rather than his own apartment.
"She fixes me food. She makes sure I take my medicine like I'm supposed to. She makes sure I'm bathed and have clean clothes to put on," said Barnes, a 64-year-old stroke victim. "If I didn't have her, I'd just be a lost soul."
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