We have a dream that one day, all work
will be valued equally.
Founded in 2000, Domestic Workers United [DWU] is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, fair labor standards and to help build a movement to end exploitation and oppression for all.
Audio and Video
- January 26, 2011 -- DWU Member Christine Lewis on the Colbert Report
- Dec 5, 2010 -
- Sep 11, 2010 -
- Sep 2, 2010 - Democracy Now
- Sep 1, 2010 - "NY Passes Domestic Worker Bill of Rights - is CA Next?" SCPR
- 31 Aug - "Paterson firma nueva ley de protección para empleadas domésticas" NY1 Noticias
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Paterson Signs Landmark Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers" NY 1
- July 2, 2010 - "New York Lawmakers Approve Labor Standards for Domestic Workers" Democracy Now!
- July 1, 2010 - "Albany Passes Domestic Workers' Bill Of Rights" NY1 News
- June 26, 2010 - GRITtv
- June 2, 2010 - The Brian Lehrer Show: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
- April 22, 2010 - Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition
- 27 March 2010 BBC: New York Nannies Battle for Rights
- 13 November 2009 Labor Justice Radio: Christine’s interview
- 08 November 2009 CurrentTV: “Domestic Workers United and Allies Urge Legislators to Pass Bill of R
- 14 September 2009 Wiretap Magazine: “Home Not-So-Sweet Home” By Laura Dean
- 13 September 2009 Labor Justice Radio: September 2009 Show
- 08 September 2009 Labor Justice Radio: “Pass the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!”
- 3 August 2009 Huffington Post: “The Nanny Diaries: A Caribbean Version” By Arlene M. Roberts
- 22 June 2009 The Capitol: “Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Another Victim of Work Stoppage”
- 12 June 2009 Democracy Now: Joycelyn’s interview
- 11 June 2009 The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC: “Crunch Time in Albany: Domestic Workers' Rights”
- 10 June 2009 NY Daily News: “Albany coup clouds push for Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to get pa
- 28 April 2009 Salon.com Broadsheet: “Domestic workers of the world unite!”
- 27 April 2009 Diane Savino Press Release: “Savino Stands with Domestic Workers to Pass Bill of Rig
- 8 February, 2009 Women’s enews: “N.Y. Domestic Workers See Bill of Rights in ‘09”
- June 14 '09 Women and Work: Feminists in Solidarity with Domestic Workers (film)
- April 28, 2009 Bill of Rights Lobby Day in Albany VIDEO
- Brian Lehrer Show: Erline Brown and Ai-jen Poo (02 Mar 2007)
- Marketplace: Domestics seek to bring rights home
Information For The Press
- Domestic Workers Say No to Keystone XL
- Domestic Workers and Collective Bargaining (Full Report)
- Domestic Workers and Collective Bargaining (Executive Summary)
- PRESS RELEASES FROM DWU
- Home is Where The Work Is (Full)
- UPCOMING PRESS EVENTS
- Exclusion from most labor protections
- Exclusiones de la mayoría de las leyes laborales
- Text Of The Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights
- Statistics On Domestic Workers In New York State
- Home is Where the Work Is (Executive Summary)
Recent News Coverage
- Help 'The Help"
- January 22nd, 2011 - "Cari Poppins: Why So Many Brooklyn Nannies Come From the Caribbean" NY Post
- Jan 13, 2011 -- "Slavery in the Home and out in the Fields" RH Reality Check
- Dec. 2, 2010 - "Migrant-Based Organizations Lead Fight for Domestic Workers’ Rights" The Globalist
- Dec 1, 2010 - "Organizing with Love: Lessons from the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campa
- Nov 30, 2010 - "Its the Law! Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Takes Effect" Ms. Foundation Blog
- Nov. 11, 2010 -
- October 28, 2010 - "Time to Bargain, Say New York Domestic Workers"
- Sep 19, 2010 - "The New Face of Labor" Crain's New York Business
- Sep 2, 2010 - "Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Law Finally Grants Protection for Over 200,000 People
- Sep 2, 2010 - "Domestic Workers Lead the Way to 21st Century Labor Rights" Colorlines
- Sep 1, 2010 - ""NY primer estado en defender los derechos de empleadas domésticas" El Vocero Hispan
- Sep 1, 2010 - "Domestic Workers Rejoice in Newly Won Rights in NYC" The Epoch Times
- Aug 31 - "Paterson firma nueva ley de protección para empleadas domésticas" NY1 Noticias
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Paterson Signs Landmark Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers" NY1
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Paterson firma ley de derechos de empleadas domésticas" Telemundo
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Domestic Workers Make History in New York" Labor Notes
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Protección para domésticas" La Raza
- Aug 31, 2010 - "Patterson Signs First Ever Domestic Workers Rights Bill" PBS
- July 2, 2010 - "Domestic Workers in New York Win First-Ever Job Protections" Labor Notes
- July 1, 2010 - "New York Passes Nation's First Domestic Worker Protection Law" CBS News
- July 1, 2010 - "Domestic Workers' Rights Bill Passes" New York Times
- July 1, 2010 - Statement from Governor David A. Paterson
- July 1, 2010 - "Albany Approves No-Fault Divorce and Domestic Workers' Rights" New York Times
- June 25, 2010 - "What is Albany Doing?" NY Times Editorial
- April 28, 2009 - New York Daily News -
- June 9, 2010 - The Trinidad Guardian
- June 6, 2010 - "Government must OK new domestic worker rights" NY Daily News
- June 6, 2010 - "The Nanny Uprising" New York Magazine
- June 6, 2010 - "Domestic Workers' Rights" New York TImes, Editorial
- June 2, 2010 - "For Nannies, Hope for Workplace Protection" New York Times
- June 2, 2010 - "NY Senate passes domestic worker 'bill of rights'" Crain's New York Business
- April 5, 2009: Farm Workers’ Rights, 70 Years Overdue. New York Times, Editorial.
- May 19, 2009 "Apoyo para las trabajadoras domésticas"
- April 30, 2009- WAMC Domestic Workers Bring Fight For Rights To Albany
- April 28, 2009- Legislative Gazette - "Domestic workers seeking protections"
- April 29, 2009 - “Slavery” Case Prompts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
- April 28, 2009- Special Feature on WBAI's "Global Movements, Urban Struggles,"
- April 28, 2009 - "Staten Island's Sen. Savino Goes to Bat for Female Workers,"
- April 26, 2009 - NY Daily News
- April 24, 2009 - NYTimes - Theater Review of "Exit Cuckoo"
- April 16, 2009 - "Exit Cockoo" Review
- April 8, 2009: Give nannies and housekeepers the rights they deserve. New York Daily News
- April 6, 2009: Giving rights to caregivers without a voice
- December 18, 2008: N.Y. domestic workers seek protection amid tough times.
- December 11, 2008: Trickledown Downsizing. New York Times
- November 28, 2008: Domestic workers earned rights bill.
- June 8, 2008: Women’s Work. NYTimes, Editorial.