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.
June 2, 2010 - "NY Senate passes domestic worker 'bill of rights'" Crain's New York Business
June 02, 2010
NY Senate passes domestic worker 'bill of rights'
By Daniel Massey
The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday night seeking to provide New York's 200,000 domestic workers with overtime pay, vacation and sick days and the right to a weekly day of rest.
The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights—which stalled last year due to the Senate coup—passed by a vote of 33 to 28, with Senator Frank Padavan, of Queens, casting the lone Republican vote. It now must be reconciled with a less comprehensive bill approved by the Assembly last year.