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Home health aides rally for improved pay and contract security with the Service Employees International Union.

Date: 2008

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At the time, two-thirds of workers in the union work for agencies with expired union contracts. Aides are often paid minimum wage, and employers request the state for additional reimbursements as a means of providing raises.