domestic workers

On this episode of Labor Justice Radio:

+SEIU members fight for fair treatment in Delaware

+Philly responds to city budget cuts

+Queer immigrants talk about repression and resistance

+Day laborers speak about their right to work

+Music and local news

Christine Lewis, an organizer with Domestic Workers United, speaks about the conditions that domestic workers face on a daily basis and shares a political analysis of the role that domestic work plays in our economy.

This interview was conducted by Kistine Carolan, and produced by Milena Velis. It originally aired on Labor Justice Radio, which can be heard every Monday from 7-8pm on 88.1FM WPEB in West Philadelphia.

In These Times reports that La Colectiva de Mujeres, a collective of domestic workers in San Francisco, have undertaken a new advertising campaign unveiling posters, billboards, bus ads and postcards depicting domestic workers as strong, independent and "green" savvy. The aim of the campaign is to both protect the rights of domestic workers while supporting a worker-run cleaning collective.

The Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights is before the New York State Senate RIGHT NOW.  Help make New York the first state in this country to respect and protect the lives and work of domestic workers.  Domestic Workers United (DWU) has worked hard the last 5 years to get this far- the New York House has passed the bill and the Governor has promised to sign it.

From our allies in New York Domestic Workers United:

Every day in New York, over 200,000 mostly women of color go to work as nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers - the work that makes all other work possible. Despite caring for the most important elements of their employers lives, they are vulnerable, isolated and excluded from almost every major labor law.