Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council

The mission of the PCA Quality Home Care Workforce Council is to: insure the quality of long-term, in-home, personal care by recruiting, training and stabilizing the work force of personal care attendants (M.G.L. c.118G § 29). As part of this mission the Council negotiated the first ever labor contract for PCAs. There has been a good deal of rumor about what unionizing PCAs will mean for consumers. Listed below are specific facts about the contract. For more information please visit the PCA Workforce Council website.

The new contract will raise the wages of PCAs as follows:

Effective July 1, 2008, the PCA wage rate shall be $11.60 per hour.

Effective July 1, 2009, the PCA wage rate shall be $12.00 per hour.

Effective July 1, 2010, the PCA wage rate shall be $12.48 per hour.

PCAs should have the July 1, 2008 wage increase included in their checks by the end of January, 2009. Another check, for the retroactive pay PCAs are owed, should be mailed directly to them by the end of February, 2009.

This contract preserves a consumer's right to hire, supervise and fire PCAs at their discretion. The grievance procedures in the contract do not apply to consumers. Please note that, from time to time consumers may receive union materials in mail received from the Fiscal Intermediaries. These materials should be given to your PCA.

The Council does not have the staff to answer individual questions by telephone. You can e-mail the Council at pcacouncil@state.ma.us .

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