Article 65J8R ‘$15 an hour is not enough’: US domestic workers rally on eve of midterms

‘$15 an hour is not enough’: US domestic workers rally on eve of midterms

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Michael Sainato
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Care workers and cleaners turn out in North Carolina, Nevada and Georgia to urge voters to elect officials who'll listen to their needs

As America heads to the polls, representatives of the more than 2 million workers in domestic jobs - from caring for the sick, elderly and disabled to cleaning homes - are making a last-minute midterms push to make sure their voices are heard.

Diondre Clarke, a certified nursing assistant in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been canvassing in nearby Winston-Salem to boost voter turnout in the critical swing state.

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