Stimulating the Economy; Recession Hits Domestic Workers

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
National Edition
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Domestic Workers Hit Hard By Recession
with
Ai- Jen Poo, Domestic Workers United

Will Obama’s Stimulus Plan Provide Jobs and a
Breath Life Into The Economy? with
Arun Gupta, Editor, the Indypendent
and
William Tabb, Prof. Emeritus of Economics, Queens College & of
Political Science & Sociology, Gradate Center, City University of NY

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Domestic Workers Hit Hard By Recession
with
Ai- Jen Poo, Domestic Workers United

DMU represents over 200,000 nannies, housekeepers, and elderly care-
givers in NYC. Now, however, their organization is hemorrhaging members
as the growing joblessness of their employers trickles down to the number
of hires of these caregivers. Aside, from growing unemployment amongst
their members,the spike in joblessness for those remaining on the job has
fostered competition resulting in wage cuts, increased workload, and
worsening conditions on the job. Under these conditions, & excluded from
the protections of most labor law, DWU’s efforts to secure a NYS Domestic
Workers Bill of Rights is even more pressing.
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Will Obama’s Stimulus Plan Provide Jobs and a
Breath Life Into The Economy?
with
Arun Gupta, Editor, the Indypendent and
William Tabb, Prof. Emeritus of Economics, Queens College & of
Political Science & Sociology, Gradate Center, City University of NY

While the meat has yet to be put on the skeletal frame of President-Elect
Obama’s proposed stimulus package, he has revealed enough to cause
alarm for present and future beneficiaries of Medicare and Social Security
and serious questions as to whether it will create “shovel ready” jobs and
whether its tax cuts can jump-start the sputtering economy.