In the Video Op-Ed above, a domestic worker calls on Congress to pass the first National Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. While labor protections exist for factory workers, truck drivers, teachers, they do not exist for domestic and care workers. This bill would end their exclusion.
Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film, ‘Roma,’ is resonating with domestic workers across the country who see themselves in Cleo. Jacqui Orie, herself a domestic worker and organizer for the Domestic Workers Alliance, talks about her experiences, why this film has inspired her, and why it’s so important that she and her colleagues gain the same rights as anyone else in the workforce.
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