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Thousands of aged care workers in three states are set to strike weeks out from the Federal Election over poor staffing levels and inadequate pay as unions warned of a mass exodus of "heartbroken" caregivers.

For a home—care company in norfolk. like many providers supporting older and disabled people, they went into this latest wave of covid with staff shortages. its katie, ivejust come to do your pcr. difficulty getting enough tests, and slow pcr results are adding to the companys problems. so weve got our last five boxes of lateral flow tests — are you able to access any more? im not able to get any at all from the council. even though the demand for care is huge, theyre having to turn away new...

So what is it thats holding you back from doing that? the staffing level. so if we had good, experienced staff with us, then wed be able to take on more packages of care. care providers running more than 5,000 services across the uk and employing nearly 100,000 staff responded to questions from an organisation representing them. of those working in home care, two thirds say theyre no longer able to take new clients. and in care homes, nearly half say theyve closed to new residents. staff vacanci...

The party in lots of ways. >> one place it hasnt quite penetrated is the staffing level because the staff still continue to be overrepresented and look more than the republican caucus. >> this is one of my major beeves in 2016. there really september a pipeline of young staffs of color and its not like a money making venture where if you dont come from money you can go work for less money or volunteer as an intern on a campaign. so most of the people that end up working as staffers come from fam...

Been more diverse than the top of the party in a lot of ways. >> one of the things it hasnt penetrated is the staffing level. which is a huge obstacle. the staffs still continue to be overrepresented and look more like the republican caucus. >> this is one of my major beeves in 2016, there really isnt a pipeline of young staffers of color and infrastructure to allow people to actually work on campaigns. its not like a money-making venture. >> right. >> where if you dont come from money you can g...

In the race this could be -- that would be his top moment and he would go down from there. his launch has exceeded expectations and the number of donors hes got has exceeded expectations and the number of followers and his staffing level is very good. and i think this speech, too, was just another strong moment. his candidacy and front-runner status is for real. long race but it is for real. >> it is a long race. some 200 plus days until the caucus there in iowa. in the meantime, he did mention ...

Bigger discussion about the fact that there are a lot of people who say that hud is not funded the way it should be, and that theres been an effort to sort of reduce funding. so here weve got people sort of who are the least among us, the ones who are struggling the most, even fully funded, hud is having problems meeting the needs of the audience of the clientele that it needs to. >> hud most recently funded about 7,700 people or full-time equivalence, and it in the past when it was most success...

That is forward thinking. >> sorry for that conflation. i did not mean to do that. atimma, staying on the political reporting here. theres a bit of a pact potentially, that if one goes, of the adults or of the generals along with mnuchin, they will all go. >> yeah. ive heard that. and its pretty interesting if that were to actually happen. i think that if it was just these three i think thats bad enough. if you add three to the already -- what is it, nine now combination of firings and resignati...

Since they are the primary law enforcement agency. if theres a major incident or an arrest, aviation police tell us they must wait for chicago police to show up. a unique arrangement among major u.s. airports. >> it doesnt make any sense. >> hes an official with the union that represents aviation police officers. >> basically theyre just -- no disrespect to those officers, but theyre glorified security guards. >> thats exactly right. my question to the city is, you send these men and women to th...

Chicago police academy to be trained as police officers to be able to respond as police officers, to be able to act as police officers. >> reporter: the chicago police department has 231 armed officers assigned to ohare and midway and the city says thats enough. so too does the chicago aviation department about its unarmed force. and the staffing level of armed police is for the most part, similar to other major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest in the u.s., atlantas hartsfield...