California Domestic Workers Coalition

Press Releases

Essential Workers One Step Closer to Governor Newsom’s Desk: The Health and Safety for All Workers Act (SB 321) Passes through the Senate Judiciary Committee

Domestic workers such as home attendants, nannies, and housecleaners secure another victory in the State Senate. The Health and Safety For All Workers Act, authored by María Elena Durazo (D-Senate District 24) and sponsored by the California Domestic Workers Coalition, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday afternoon. SB 321 would end the exclusion of domestic…

Three, Two, One: CA Domestic Workers are Back to Demand Health and Safety After One Year on the Frontlines Without Protections

One year into the pandemic, California Domestic Workers continue to work on the frontlines of this crisis, ensuring that vulnerable seniors and other people susceptible to the illness stay safe, home, and out of a strained medical system. However, domestic workers themselves remain excluded from even the most basic health and safety protections, which means…

Domestic Workers Protest Governor Newsom’s Veto of SB 1257 (Durazo), Denying Domestic Workers the Right to Health and Safety Protections at Work, as Wildfires and Pandemic Rage On

On October 1, domestic workers gathered in San Francisco and Los Angeles to protest Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto SB 1257 (Durazo), the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, which would have ended the 47-year exclusion of domestic workers from CAL/OSHA, the Occupational Safety Health Act. Domestic workers (nannies, housecleaners and homecare workers)…