New Report: Domestic Work in California
Late 2012, you witnessed the historic, ground-breaking release of Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work – the first-ever, nation-wide report on the state of domestic work. …
Domestic Workers Suffer Abuses Illegal in Most of Labor Force
First-Of-Its-Kind Survey Reveals Myriad Subpar Working Conditions, Provides Policy Recommendations for Reforming Care Sector “Home Economics offers a way out of this shameful situation, a clear course of action toward a …
Domestic Worker’s Corner:
One Story x 2,000
With the much anticipated release of the National Domestic Workers Report, DataCenter spent a weekend in Washington DC with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and worker leaders. Looking at the …
Domestic Workers Corner: Watch Out for this Historic Report in June!
It all started in October 2010, when the domestic worker and allies research team, over 4 days, created questions based on “what do we want to know about us?” Thus …
Community Partners
During DataCenter’s history, we were privileged to work with many dedicated and visionary community organizers. Here are just a few examples of the community-based organizations that partnered with DataCenter to use Research …
Low wage workers unite as experts in their own right!
Low-wage workers from National Domestic Worker’s Alliance (NDWA) and Food Chain Worker’s Alliance (FCWA) attended DataCenter’s “Data Analysis for the People” workshops this past January and December. At these workshops – held in …
Domestic Workers’ Corner: Workers respond to the film “The Help,” write letters and 200,000 strong in California
by Anne Ryan | Communications Associate Stories move you. Numbers wow you. Put them together, and you will feel called to action. DataCenter’s National Domestic Worker Survey is bringing stories …
Victory! Wage Theft Ordiance passes in San Francisco
by Anne Ryan | Communications Associate Do you enjoy bathroom breaks and sick time at work? Does your paycheck arrive on time every month? While these standard labor practices are …
Domestic Worker Survey Project Retreat
By Christina Fletes | Research Fellow From October 12th to the 15th, the DataCenter, National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), Center for Urban Economic Developement (CUED), and workers and staff from …
National Domestic Workers Alliance Project
In 2003, DataCenter was approached by the Domestic Workers United to partner on a participatory, worker-led research project to document the working conditions of domestic workers in New York City. …