McKnight's March 26, 2023
A major union made its long-term care strategy pretty clear in a recent blog. It wants more women to sign up. But one of the piece’s assertions is unlikely to help much.
What’s odd here is that it’s often nursing homes that are portrayed as the bad actors when organizing elections come around. And in many cases, the criticism is earned. More than a few operators have been guilty of intimidation tactics, rule bending and blatant law breaking over the years. In fact, we’ve reported on far too many.
But last week’s AFL-CIO blog shows that both sides can hit below the belt.
The piece starts out well enough. It notes that women workers are generally paid less than their...