Domestic workers throughout the country are pushing for better working conditions, staging rallies and protests and lobbying for labor protections.
The workers, including nannies, house cleaners and home care workers, have launched campaigns in places including Miami, where two organizations led a mid-June march calling for a “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.”
That same week, workers rallied in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square — a tony area with well-staffed homes — as legislators from California to Rhode Island considered bills strengthening the labor rights of domestic workers.
The idea of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights has been a centerpiece of the push for better working conditions for nearly two decades, ever since activist Ai-jen Poo envisioned the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) around the concept.
Founded in 2007, it has grown into a national advocacy organization. In April, it co-hosted the Care Workers Can’t Wait Summit in Washington, D.C., along with major labor and political organizations SEIU; AFL-CIO; the American Federation of Teachers; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Community Change; MomsRising; Care in Action; and Care Can’t Wait.
“It’s really the first time that you have domestic workers, home care, child care, early educators, nursing home workers all together to say, ‘Our jobs are the jobs of the future. Our work is here to stay,'” Poo told The Hill in a recent interview.
Though specific legislative...
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