Opinion: Caregivers are essential workers. It’s time we recognize them as such
CNNEditor’s Note: Elizabeth Warren is the senior US senator from Massachusetts and a former Democratic candidate for President in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it clear how caregivers – including child care, home care and nursing home workers – are essential to achieving this vision. Child care workers like Rosa Carreño in California witnessed a system on the verge of collapse with thousands of fellow providers closing their doors as the costs of care during the pandemic, including the additional staff needed to support distance learning, piled up. That’s why any caregiving agenda must finally implement a universal system that provides affordable, high-quality child care, directs support to providers to expand availability and ensures a living wage for child care providers. Moving forward, we must deliver long-term funding and structural reforms to finally create universal child care for all families, regardless of their income, employment or immigration status.
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