We hope you are energized and inspired by the marches and demonstrations of people power this past May Day! In cities across California, domestic workers were on the front lines, honoring the lives of workers and immigrants everywhere and making their voices heard. Collectively, tens of thousands marched in defense of immigrant working class communities, calling…
Last year, we made history together in passing SB1015 The Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. We showed the rest of the country that when domestic workers and employers unite, we are unstoppable. Now, the fight to defend the dignity of our families is even more urgent under the new administration. If living our politics begins at home,…
This 2017 is proving itself to be a year full of resistance. Beginning in January, just one day after the presidential inauguration, over 3.2 million people across the country joined the historic #WomensMarch. Every week since then, there have been marches and actions – meetings and Know Your Rights trainings. We’ve come together to defend our…
FINDINGS FROM THE BEYOND SURVIVAL CAMPAIGN (NDWA 2017) Trafficking is a common reality: in 2016 domestic work represented the largest sector of all labor trafficking cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Often domestic workers who are trafficked are trapped, their passports confiscated, their jobs contracts are violated, they are forced to work…