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Gloria Kim on Addressing Workforce Investment and Fair Compensation Needs in Human Services

5:06:19

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124 sec

Gloria Kim discusses the need for fair compensation and improvements to workforce investments in human services.

  • Gloria Kim represents the Human Services Council in advocating for better compensation for over 170 human services providers' workers in NYC.
  • She thanks the city council for a recent $100 million investment and the promise of another $50 million, but critiques these as insufficient.
  • Kim highlights the sector's challenges such as a high percentage of workers needing food stamps due to low wages.
  • She stresses the disparity between the salaries of human services workers and those in government or the private sector.
  • Kim advocates for a 5% cost of living adjustment (COLA) this year and 3% COLA in the following years for all city-funded human services contracts.