World Socialist Web Site

Australian disability support worker denounces big-business attacks on “sleepover” rates and other hard-won rights

The Australian Industry Group and NDIS providers are attacking hard-won penalty rates of disability support workers. [Photo: Facebook/People with Disability Australia] In late 2023, the big business ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian community support worker speaks on surge of homelessness

The Australian working class confronts a deepening social crisis on multiple fronts. The cost of living continues to rise, with the price of basic goods and services such as food, fuel, housing and ...
Center for American Progress

Community Navigators Can Increase Access to Unemployment Benefits and New Jobs While Building Worker Power

Evidence from the Maine Peer Workforce Navigator program shows that workers and government can benefit from well-designed community partnerships. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits do not reach all ...
The Conversation

Overlooked and undervalued, New Zealand’s community caregivers have become the ‘invisible’ essential workers

This project is funded by the Health Research Council's 'Wellbeing of Essential Workers during Covid-19: Community Support Workers', in partnership with the E tū and PSA Unions. The findings here ...
Capital Public Radio

Local in-home support workers at risk due to proposed state budget cuts

Bernadette Walton is a Sacramento resident who is an in-home support service worker for her daughter. She provides for her 11-year-old daughter, who is autistic and needs support at home. Walton said ...