Care Workers Recognition Month
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Care Workers Recognition Month
Care is the work that makes all other work possible.
Care is the work that makes all other work possible.
Join us this April for Care Workers Recognition Month, a time to honor the millions of Black, Brown, Latinx, and immigrant care workers who support our families and communities every day!
Last year, President Biden signed historic executive actions for care and a proclamation for care workers, helping put care at the forefront and acknowledging its essential nature. But the reality is stark: many care workers are still underpaid, without benefits or time off, struggling to support their own families. As the demand for care grows, so must our support for those who provide it. This April, let’s come together to ensure care jobs are dignified, living wage positions. Stand with us in recognition and action for our caregivers.
Honor a care worker or caregiver in your life and share how they have impacted your life.
In second week of April 2024, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) along with congressional champions and partner organizations, wrapped up a week-long series of events which coincided with The White House’s second proclamation declaring April “Care Workers Recognition Month” and the one-year anniversary of the signing of the White House Executive Order on Care, which strengthened paid leave and child, aging, and disability care, addressing all of the pillars of the Care Can’t Wait agenda, including good jobs for care workers.
Throughout the week, advocates were joined by President Joe Biden, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, and several lawmakers, including Senators Bob Casey, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, Whip Katherine Clark, and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to discuss the critical need for Congress to take swift action to invest more in childcare, aging, and disability care, expand paid family and medical leave, and better support the care industry. Celebrate the strides made under the Biden-Harris administration in prioritizing care, from raising direct care worker wages to supporting family caregivers to making care more affordable for families. Together, we’re building a future where care is accessible, affordable, and honored as a cornerstone of our society.
Thank you to all the care workers that have made an impact in our lives!
