It was nearly impossible to hear Margaret Glover’s speech over the cacophony of whistles, noise makers, shouting and chanting coming from the protesters behind and beside where she stood on the podium just outside the gates of City Hall. But for those who could make out the 45-year homecare worker's speech, they heard an impassioned plea for the City Council not to pass a bill that would prevent home healthcare aides from working 24-hour shifts.
“There’s a whole lot of clients that need 24-hour shifts,” Glover, president of Home Care Employees Local 389, a union that represents around 5,000 home healthcare aides in the city, told The Chief just before her speech. “If it gets passed, a lot of clients would have to go into nursing homes."
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