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Michael Sainato

‘Staff started breaking down’: top US care non-profit accused of reducing workers to tears

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Ai-jen Poo, the executive director of Caring Across Generations, in Los Angeles in November. Photograph: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations

Former employees of Caring Across Generations, a high-profile caregivers association run by one of the US’s leading labor activists, and backed by celebrities including Megan Thee Stallion and Bradley Cooper, have accused the non-profit of reducing staff to tears due to poor management, and of retaliation against union organizers.

CAG, an offshoot of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, is focused on a national campaign to create better care systems for domestic caregivers and recipients, rallying around the tagline “Care can’t wait” – but some workers say that emphasis is not reflected internally at the organization.

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