Martindale Center- Policy Briefs on the Future of Work

Essential, Undervalued, and Underpaid: Home Health Care Workers in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic 46 10. National Domestic Workers Alliance. How Coronavirus Impacts Workers. 11. Pattani, Aneri. “For HealthCareWorkers, the Pandemic ‘Is Fueling Renewed Interest’ in Unions.” National Public Radio , 12 January 2021. 12. Rosenzweig, Scot. “Gov. Wolf’s Plan Giving Some Union Rights to Home Health Care Workers Needed.” The Morning Call , 23 August 2018. 13. SEIU 775. COVID-19 Update: Big Win on Hazard Pay, PPE, and Caregiver Funding. 1 October 2020. 14. Sojourner, Aaron. “Unionized Workers Are More Likely to Assert Their Right to a Safe and Healthy Workplace.” The Conversation , 2 September 2020. 15. US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS a). Occupational Employment andWages. May 2019. 16. US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS b). Health Care and Social Assistance: NAICS 62. January 2021. 17. US Census Bureau. PHI Analysis of the American Community Survey. 2015. 18. Weller, Christian, Almeida, Beth, Cohen, Marc, & Stone, Robyn. “Making Care Work Pay: How Paying at Least a Living Wage to Direct Care Workers Could Benefit Care Recipients, Workers, and Communities.” Leading Age, September 2020. We wish to thank the ILO and mentors from Lehigh University and Universidad San Francisco de Quito for their assistance on this Martindale Center and Lehigh University / United Nations Partnership Policy Brief project. Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise Lehigh University College of Business Rauch Business Center, 621 Taylor Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 Tel: (610) 758-4771 / Fax: (610) 758-6549 Executive Director: Todd A. Watkins, Ph.D. Tel (610) 758-4954 / taw4@lehigh.edu Fellowship Advising and United Nations Programs 32 Sayre Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (610) 758-4977 / invpia@lehigh.edu Director: Bill Hunter, Ph.D. Tel (610) 758-4505 / wdh3@lehigh.edu