“Eighty-eight percent of us identify as women. Seventy-nine percent of us are people of color. We don’t get any sick leave. We have no health care benefits, and so this is the population of workers that we’re talking about. This is definitely a woman’s issue.”

Over at @deceleration, I interviewed an organizer with a caretakers' and personal attendants' group who are demanding fair wages for their often physically demanding work caring for the #disabled. Also included was legendary #disability rights organizer Bob Kafka of ADAPT of #Texas. Together, they discussed how they're preparing for #Trump and the Texas lege: https://deceleration.news/disability-rights-texas-bob-kafka/

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