Benny's World

Thursday, May 11, 2006

JRE Rallies the Home Healthcare Workers in NYC

JRE was part of a SEIU rally yesterday to bring awareness of the poor wages and lack of benefits for home health workers.

CBS) NEW YORK Sen. John Edwards joined scores of home healthcare workers on the steps of New York's City Hall Wednesday to demand better pay and benefits for home healthcare workers. "All they ask is to be treated with some level of dignity and respect," said Edwards, a Democrat from North Carolina.

Rest of transcript here--and you can press the > button on the video clip next to the story. JRE-TV!

Great work, JRE! Hat-tip to NCDem at OAC blog.

Hunter College Commencement tonight--JRE is the keynote, and he speaks at another commencement at University of Maine on Saturday.

Update: more clips or as I call it, JRE-TV; JRE thinks it's kinda weird, but Elizabeth thinks it's great. Listen to their latest podcast.

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