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.
April 8, 2009: Give nannies and housekeepers the rights they deserve. New York Daily News
April 8, 2009:
Give nannies and housekeepers the rights they deserve. New York Daily News, Gayle Kirshenbaum.
On any given morning, one of the 200,000 domestic workers in the New York City area might open the door to a household where she is greeted as a member of the family, . . . or she might be ignored as a member of the servant class. . . . Sometimes it’s a little of both. But rare is the household that recognizes her as an employee, no more or less.