Domestic Workers Uniting - “Your Home, My Work” - 56:27 or 28'
Domestic Workers Uniting
“Your Home, My Work
”NY Metro Labor Communications Assn. Award Winner in Broadcast Media and Communications Category
Building Bridges allows domestic workers to tell their stories - stories of their pains, their pride and their efforts to organize for labor rights. Since slavery, the domestic work force has been predominately women of color. With the abolition of slavery African-American women were still the predominate workers, as immigrant woman began to enter that workforce. Today, women of color, from around the world work as domestic workers. Everyday, 200, 000 domestic workers (nannies, elderly companions, housekeepers) in New York make it possible for their employers to go to work. Most are employed without a living wage, healthcare, and basic labor protections. Domestic work is vital to the economy and the community, but domestic workers remain invisible, vulnerable, and under-valued. “Your Home, My Work” recognizes and values domestic laborers.
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