Celebrate The International Woman in Your Life With the ‘Meet My Immigrant Mom’ Tumblr
by Julianne Hing on March 8 2013, 5:35PM
It’s just love.
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Just in Time for Oscars, Street Artist Gets Hollywood to Think About Its Workers
by Jorge Rivas on February 24 2013, 10:51AM
Gomez’s installation includes cardboard cutouts of the Oscar statue, a housekeeper and gardener.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
Report: Immigration Status and Race Affect Domestic Workers’ Pay
by Julianne Hing on November 27 2012, 1:01PM
Welcome to the world of domestic work.
Topics: Economy, Immigration, /NOW
Janelle Monáe On Being a Former Maid and Why She Still Wears a Uniform
by Jorge Rivas on November 5 2012, 4:44AM
The singer-songwriter delivered the most moving speech of the evening at the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 2012 awards ceremony.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
Governor Brown Denies Overtime Protection to Domestic Workers in CA
by Jorge Rivas on October 1 2012, 9:59AM
Domestic workers in California will continue to be excluded from or discriminated against by most labor and employment laws.
Did One Of Romney’s Housekeepers Make a Cameo in RNC Video?
by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2012, 1:22PM
The video featured the Romney family inside their home several times but in one of the scenes a women who appears to be working for the family in the background was simply ignored.
Ramiro Gomez’s Cardboard Cut Outs Make LA Times’ Frontpage
by Jorge Rivas on June 5 2012, 2:31PM
Gomez hopes his works shed light on the unseen laborers who keep homes and lawns and care for youngsters.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
Latino Street Artist Sparks Conversation About Labor in Beverly Hills
by Jorge Rivas on May 9 2012, 10:45AM
A 25-year old Mexican American artist is forcing drivers in Beverly Hills to think about it’s workforce with art.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
Ai-jen Poo, Activist Leading CA Domestic Workers, Makes Time 100
by Jorge Rivas on April 18 2012, 2:59PM
Ai-jen Poo leads a nationwide movement of nannies, housekeepers and care workers to gain long overdue workers’ rights
Domestic Workers Use Oscar Buzz Around ‘The Help’ to Create Change
by Rinku Sen on February 24 2012, 10:05AM
The film isn’t perfect, to be sure, but it offers a strategic opening to organizers fighting for domestic workers’ rights. And they’ve been smart enough to exploit it.
Topics: Oscars 2012, Rinku Sen, The Help
Calif. Domestic Workers Celebrate Oscar Nod for “The Help”
by Jorge Rivas on January 24 2012, 5:45PM
Just before 6am this morning more than 500 domestic workers and children were in buses from around the state of California to march for domestic workers rights at the State Capitol in Sacramento when they learned about the Oscar nominations for ‘The Help.’
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
Obama Shuts Jim Crow Era Labor-Law Loop Hole for Home Care Workers
by Jorge Rivas on December 16 2011, 10:35AM
President Obama and Secretary of Labor Solis announced nearly 2 million homecare workers will soon have federal overtime and minimum wage protections. These workers, among others, were left out of 1930s laws at behest of Southern white lawmakers.
‘The Help’ Today Still Don’t Have Rights, Actually
by Rinku Sen on August 11 2011, 11:23AM
Fifty years after the Jim Crow era in which this much-discussed film is set, the largely immigrant women taking care of rich people’s families remain ignored by most labor protections.
Who’s Gonna Care for the Aging Boomers? Poor, Immigrant Women
by Shani O. Hilton on July 13 2011, 10:39AM
As the GOP pushes Medicare and Medicaid cuts, advocates urge Congress to make the programs work for three million home-care givers making poverty-wages—and the ballooning number of people who depend upon them.
It’s Time to Talk to Employers About Domestic Workers’ Rights
by Akiba Solomon on April 27 2011, 9:00AM
As the movement for domestic workers’ rights spreads across the country, progressive employers will need a heads up that speaks to their consciences—and their pockets.
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Domestic Workers Lead the Way to 21st Century Labor Rights
by Rinku Sen on September 2 2010, 11:31AM
An historic New York victory demonstrates what today’s labor movement needs to look like.
Topics: Economy
NY Domestic Workers Celebrate Historic Labor Win
by Michelle Chen on September 1 2010, 11:04AM
It’s official: Gov. Paterson signed into law yesterday new rights for New York State’s domestic workers yesterday. Their movement may be a national model for reform.
‘Is She Yours?’: Mixed-Race Families in the Eyes of Others
by Michelle Chen on August 18 2010, 9:10AM
Multiracial families often evoke strange looks of bewilderment from strangers, followed by the awkward question, “Is she yours?” Or the even more vexing, “Are you looking for more work?”
Topics: On Gender, Schools & Youth
Domestic Workers Get Overtime Pay But No Union
by Karina Hurtado on July 29 2010, 9:45AM
A new law in New York grants basic human rights like a day off per week, but no collective bargaining.
Topics: Economy
States Cracking Down on Modern Slavery in the U.S.
by Michelle Chen on July 19 2010, 8:02AM
Human-trafficking legislation is gaining momentum, and targeting modern-day slavery is a critical issue, but it’s in some ways low-hanging fruit.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
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