On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the struggles and successes of domestic workers. New York recently passed a Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, which provides standards and protections for an otherwise unregulated and often exploited workforce. A bill pending in California’s legislature would do the same. How are domestic workers organizing? Are you a domestic worker? Or do you employ one? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What’s fair treatment? And how should it be enforced? It’s Your Call with Holly Kernan, and you.
Guests
Ai-Jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Lil Milagro Martinez-Cornejo, 'Northern California Field Coordinator for the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights Coalition' with Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Matilde Vasquez, member of La Colectiva, a worker-run cleaning collective
Resources
NY Times Magazine: The Nannies’ Norma Rae
The Nation: In Defense Of 'The Help'
Huffington Post: 'The Help' Unites Domestic Workers In Bill Of Rights Campaign
National Domestic Workers' Alliance: CA Bill of Rights
In These Times: Domestic Workers and Their Children March for Rights in California
Domesticworkers.org: TAKE ACTION FOR AB889 Domestic Worker Bill of Rights!
Cadomesticworkers.org: Bill AB889
Domesticworkers.org: Why a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights?
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Association
Data Center: California Assembly Approves Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!
Gail Pellett Productions: I Won’t Get Down on my Knees — Domestics in New York
KPCC: NY passes Domestic Workers Bill of Rights – is CA next?
Colbert Report: Christine Yvette Lewis of Domestic Workers United on The Colbert Report