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The Care Infrastructure: Building Across Movements
Care is a universal experience that rose to the top of the national agenda during the pandemic. But it has always been devalued, because it is generally performed by women, by Black and Brown women in particular, with roots in the history of slavery. Care workers are invisible, underpaid,
and overworked. It is past time we consider care a part of our country's infrastructure, and support and compensate it accordingly. The Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, and Family Values @ Work are teaming up to change laws, cultural norms, and narratives about
care and caregiving, and to improve the quality of jobs by centering those most impacted by the work of and demand for care.
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Generation X: Being the Change We Need
How ironic that Generation X will be responsible for leading the way toward solutions in this generational shift moment. In the midst of so much change, as the generation before us enjoys new longevity, lies the imperative of thinking boldly to ensure our generation can provide the
support needed for the growing elder population. We have the advantage, as we try to lead, of drawing upon the wisdom of many generations.
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The Age of Dignity
By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of
eighty-five, more than double today’s 5 million, living
longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity
and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society
must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of
building a culture that supports care is a key component to
restoring the American dream, and, as Ai-Jen Poo convincingly
argues, will generate millions of new jobs and breath new life
into our national ideals of independence, justice, and dignity.
This groundbreaking new book from the director of the National
Domestic Workers Alliance offers bold solutions, such as
long-term care insurance and cultural change to get all of us to
value care, which is already at the heart of a movement
transforming what it means to grow old in the United States. At
the intersection of our aging population, the fraying safety net,
and opportunities for women and immigrants in the workforce,
The Age of Dignity maps an integrated set of solutions
to address America’s new demographic and economic
realities.
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Caregiving in America: Supporting Families, Strengthening the Workforce
Caregiving for older adults is an increasingly important issue in the United States. However, there are inherent infrastructural problems with both paid and family caregiving. This article provides the new President and Administration with a guide to eldercare, discusses the current
status of caregiving, and offers recommendations for policy and cultural shifts to accommodate current cultural and societal changes in ways that are sustainable and healthy for the care receiver, and the paid or family caregiver.
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New Business Models Demand New Forms of Worker Organizing
The authors comment on the merits of the Good Work Code and engage with Jay Youngdahl's critique.
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A Twenty-First Century Organizing Model
While the entire economy rests on their work, their labor has long been taken for granted. Because women's work in the home has never been factored into national labor statistics, it is difficult to quantify the economic contributions of this workforce.
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