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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Wisconsin&#8217;s Direct-Care Workforce Examined in New PHI Fact Sheet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct-care workers comprise Wisconsin's largest occupational grouping, yet many earn wages low enough to qualify for public benefit programs, according to a fact sheet released by PHI this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Launched to Improve Direct-Care Worker Image, Boost Job Applicants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 19:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kenosha County (Wis.) Long-Term Care Workforce Alliance has a new look and interactive website to complement its recently launched social marketing campaign "When Caring Is a Career."]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Home and Home Care Workers Would Be Impacted if Wisconsin Bill Passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of public employees and their supporters have been demonstrating at the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin since February 15 to protest a bill that would require public employees to pay more for their health care coverage and pensions -- and eliminate just about all of their collective bargaining rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Home Care Workers Vote to Unionize in Two States</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independent home care workers who provide services to Medicaid-eligible consumers voted to unionize in Missouri and Wisconsin on May 5 and 6, respectively, totaling 17,000 workers who will be represented there. In Missouri, 12,000 self-employed home care workers will be represented by the Missouri Home Care Union (MHSU), which is affiliated with the Service Employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERVIEW: Rep. Moore Says Include Women in Recovery Package</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Toleos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with many economists and advocacy organizations, Rep.  Gwen Moore (D-WI) wants to see women&#8217;s poverty placed at the very top of the nation&#8217;s agenda. And she has exerted her political power as a U.S. representative to pursue this goal by advocating for the inclusion of women in President Obama&#8217;s economic stimulus package. Moore&#8217;s passion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Legislators Learn About Direct-Care Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent “listening session” on the direct-care workforce for Wisconsin legislators demonstrated the power — and the limitations — of capturing lawmakers’ attention with personal testimonials. Family members attested to the importance of paid caregivers, employers discussed the increasing difficulty of recruiting enough workers, and direct-care workers talked about the difficulty of surviving on their [...]]]></description>
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