KALW Public Radio, By Teresa Cotsirilos Domestic workers are using lessons learned from California’s wildfires to support their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re also pushing for legislation that could protect workers in future disasters. When the Tubbs Fire burned through Santa Rosa in 2017, Socorro Diaz started losing work. She cleans houses for a…
Los Angeles Times, By Brittny Mejia As fires raged in California, Socorro Diaz found herself cleaning homes in neighborhoods that had been evacuated. The smoke and ash posed a danger, but employers did not provide the 39-year-old house cleaner with any protective equipment. Diaz, a leader with the Graton Day Labor Center in Sonoma County,…
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Contacts: Alexandra Early, alex@cadomesticworkers.org California Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC) 617-816-4260 W Domestic Workers are Frontline Workers and Deserve Health and Safety Now! CA Domestic Workers Launch Campaign to Pass SB 1257, the Health and Safety for All Workers Act! Three weeks after Governor Gavin Newsom announced a shelter in place order for California,…
Noticiero Estrella TV Las trabajadoras domésticas corren mucho riesgo durante la crisis que se vive, la mayoría de ellas son mujeres afroamericanas, hispanas o asiáticas. Cobertura en video noticias.