Dozens of home care workers employed by a Filipino businesswoman picketed the Dix Hills, N.Y. home of their employer for the third time for her alleged continuing refusal to bargain for fair wages and work benefits.

The workers belonging to 1199 SEIU (Service Employees International Union) – many of them Filipinos – marched and chanted in front of the lawn of Estrella Chan, at 2 Vanderbilt Court in Dix Hills, urging her to raise their wages and provide better health benefits with a union contract.

Chan, who owns two Manhattan-based home care agencies, All Season and Prestige Care, did not come out of the house or show up as usual, according to Peter Fuentecilla, one of the organizers of the protest.

“The house appeared closed, but we know she’s there,” said Fuentecilla, who works for 1199 home care division that promotes the welfare of some 65,000 workers who visit the homes of the elderly and disabled to provide care.

Fuentecilla said the workers are being paid merely $7 to $10 per hour while Chan is making millions of dollars in contracts with the city human resources agencies.

“These are poor, hardworking immigrants who deserve fair treatment,” he said.

Chan’s office was contacted by the Filipino Reporter, but a woman who answered the phone said Chan was not available.

Fuentecilla said the workers and the union will continue to stage protest actions until Chan hears their cries.

The picketers distributed fliers describing how “home-care workers provide comfort and care to the elderly and disabled so they can live in their homes with dignity. We are devoted caregivers, who deserve to be able to care for ourselves and our families.”

The protesters said Chan has the power and means to treat them with decency by giving them a fair contract with secure wages and benefits, without having to worry about putting food on the table.

Chan’s two home care agencies reportedly employ about 2,000 workers, many of them Filipinos, Chinese, Koreans and Latinos.

According to 1199, All Season has a contract with New York City Human Resources Administration to provide services to the elderly and disabled, while Prestige Care contracts with various private agencies, including the Visiting Nurse Service.