‘Staff started breaking down’: top US care non-profit accused of reducing workers to tears ( www.theguardian.com )

Caring Across Generations, run by key US labor activist, accused of poor management and of retaliation against union organizers

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.

CGA, 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.

The group is run by Ai-jen Poo, who serves as its executive director. A high-profile labor activist, Poo was a 2014 MacArthur Genius Award recipient, attended the Golden Globes in 2018 as a guest of Meryl Streep, and was listed on Time’s 100 influential people list in 2012. The non-profit includes a Creative Care Council with celebrity council members including Seth Rogen and Yvette Nicole Brown as well as Megan Thee Stallion and Cooper.

Workers involved in a union drive at CAG claimed to the Guardian they were targeted and pushed out as part of a restructuring at the end of 2023.