We are overjoyed to announce that because of the phenomenal dedication and leadership of domestic workers across California and the incredible mobilization and support from employers, advocates, and allies, SB 1257, the Health and Safety for All Workers Act passed out of the Senate Labor Committee yesterday, May 14, 2020! Starting with a #MyHealthMyDignity Twitter…
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Contacts: Alexandra Early, alex@cadomesticworkers.org California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC) 617-816-4260 FRIDAY May 15th, 2020 Domestic Workers Celebrate The Passage of the Health and Safety for All Workers Act through the Senate Labor Committee On Thursday, May 14th, more than a hundred domestic workers and employers statewide met for a virtual rally and…
The Nation, by Sasha Abramsky “Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.” “I don’t have work right now. There is no work. I’ve been looking, but there’s no work out there,” says Ana, a 53-year-old garment worker in Los Angeles, who migrated from Mexico City just…
Tavleen Tarrant Terry Villasenor lost her job as a caregiver in California recently amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Her husband also lost his job as a maintenance worker at a building in downtown Los Angeles around the same time. Villasenor, a Filipino human trafficking survivor and worker leader at LA’s Pilipino Workers Center — which…