How 30,000 People Formed an Impossible Union, with Ethan Bakuli and Rodney Tate
The union is now bargaining for better wages, paid time off, and respite care, highlighting the critical need for dignity and compensation in essential caregiving work.summaryUnionization of home health aids is uniquely difficult because workers are geographically dispersed, often caring for family members in private homes, and lack a communal workplace, requiring strategies like door-knockintakeawayThe campaign demonstrated that material economic concerns (wages, benefits) can unite diverse populations across racial and geographic lines (urban Detroit vs. rural Upper Peninsula), with over 30,000 workers participatitakeaway














