Domestic Workers United

02/12/2013

Let's end human trafficking today! Watch this video by our sisters at Damayan Migrant Workers Association to learn what it means for someone to be trafficked.

What drives women to leave their families in the Philippines to work in the US? And what does it mean for someone to be trafficked? What can you do to keep labor…

02/03/2013

Domestic workers everywhere need a militant domestic workers' movement. Thank you Damayan Migrant Workers Association and Linda Oalican!

"We're not just here to eat good food or be nice to each other. We're here to build a militant domestic workers movement." -Linda Oalican, Damayan Overall Coordinator (Damayan 10th General Assembly, North Star Fund, NYC)

01/29/2013

Lets raise industry standards together! Workers and employers come together in the first "Kitchen Table Dialogues."

01/17/2013

Tonight, 6pm via live stream: A conversation with domestic workers, their employers, legal professionals, and organizers. Learn more about the people who care for children, seniors, and homes. They are important to the U.S. economy as they are to family life!

WHAT: A panel discussion moderated by Maria Hinojosa WHEN: January 17, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm WHERE: WGBH studio, One Guest Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02135 (en español:link) Join us for...

01/16/2013

According to the United Nations, at least 52.6 million people worldwide are employed as domestic workers!

UN data shows that at least 52 million people work as domestics.

01/11/2013

Today, January 11, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

This month, in honor of National Human Trafficking and Slavery Prevention Month, NDWA is launching a project aiming to raise awareness about human trafficking of domestic workers, and to build leadership skills of survivors to be their own advocates.

01/11/2013

A few days ago, President Obama declared January Human Trafficking and Slavery Awareness month. As we gear up to continue to build our movement for dignity, respect, and labor protections for domestic workers in 2013, lets also reflect on the ways in which domestic workers are still a dehumanized and disempowered workforce.

The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is a network of child rights organizations that work to improve the lives of children. Effective information exchange is facilitated through CRIN's website, email and newsletter service and regional information.

01/11/2013

Friends, please sign this petition and help the men falsely accused of r**e and their families receive their much deserved apology and economic justice for the pain and hardship caused by the City and State. After years of wrongful imprisonment, justice delayed is justice denied.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg New York City Hall New York, New York 10007 Re: The Central Park 5 Seeks Economic Justice Dear Mayor Bloomberg: I am...

01/10/2013

After denying strangling the 4-month-old babyshe cared for in 2005, and appeal after appeal by the Sri Lankan government, Rizana Nafeek was executed today in Saudi Arabia despite global appeals to call it off because she was only 17 at the time of the alleged crime.
Rizana's death sentence--a violation of international codes governing the rights of minors--highlights the ways in which domestic workers continue to be denied basic rights. Rizana had no access to legal representation before her conviction.
Domestic workers urgently need greater protections! An ILO report estimates that only about 10% of all domestic workers - about 5.3 million people - are covered by labour laws to the same degree as other workers. Sad, sad, news.

Saudi Arabia has executed a Sri Lankan domestic worker for killing a baby in her care in 2005, a foreign ministry official in Colombo tells the BBC.

01/08/2013

OWS Arts and Labor Discussion: Join us via live stream

Strategy Discussion Part One: Workers Unite! @ USTREAM: Arts & Labor presents a two-part discussion series, bringing together workers, community organizers...

01/07/2013

Join us this evening at the OWS Arts and Labor Strategy Discussion Panel at 334 Broome Street at 7PM!

Arts & Labor 2013 Strategy DiscussionPosted on December 31, 2012ReplyDo you need two or three jobs to make ends meet? Do you run from one workplace to another, or juggle a series of temporary “gigs” throughout the year? Are you overworked? Is your boss also your peer? Are you owed money from an empl...