January 17, 2025 SACRAMENTO – In a consequential victory, Cal/OSHA is interpreting the application of the fire cleanup standards to apply to domestic workers. This comes after years of advocacy and grassroots organizing by members of the California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC). “This is a systemic change that finally acknowledges the labor of domestic workers…
The current catastrophic California wildfires have made devastatingly clear the impacts of climate change and negligence that leaves domestic workers vulnerable. Climate accelerated disasters, such as the L.A. wildfires, expose the grave health inequities of our State, with women, immigrant, and low wage workers disproportionately bearing the health and economic impacts of the crisis. Unseen…
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We all belong. We will continue to unite, educate, mobilize, organize, resist and protect each other. Yours in Power and Justice, Kimberly AlvarengaDirectorCalifornia Domestic Workers Coalition